TWINS – Meet the Artist Remarks on the sculpture of the artist Johan Tahon at the Landeskirchenamt of the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Hanover
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by Stefan Heinze
in cooperation with the Landeskirche Hannovers
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TWINS – Meet the Artist 1 Two figures with their own individuality The artist Johan Tahon from Belgium describes his sculpture
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TWINS – Meet the Artist 2 Tahon needs the flow Loss of control is a root of creativity
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TWINS – Meet the Artist 5 Anchor in the universe For Johan Tahon, sculpture is a vital means of expression
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TWINS – Meet the Artist 6 Life of the artist Internationally renowned sculptor
Before closing, some background information on Johan Tahon, the artist who created TWINS: Johan Tahon was born in 1965 in Menen (Belgium). He lives and works in Sint-Denijs-Boekel (Belgium) and Istanbul (TR).
He studied sculpture at the Ghent Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Since 1994, Johan Tahon regularly presents his works in Belgium as well as abroad. After various presentations in his own Studio, he experienced his first breakthrough following the exhibition De Rode Poort at the Ghent Museum of Contemporary Art in 1996 (curator Jan Hoet, Documenta 9). Tahon has participated in internationally acclaimed exhibitions.
In Germany Tahon has become well known through solo exhibitions, in the Kunstverein Schwerte, the Gerhard Marcks Haus in Bremen and different presentations in Berlin, to name but a few. Tahon's sculptures are also part of important public as well as private collections.
For Johan Tahon, creating a work of art means taking up an extremely personal search for the human-being and his or her needs and requirements, at the same time depicting the unalterable solitariness of human existence. Characteristic of his work is the quest for a place that makes existence possible.
Tahon expresses and touches upon a fundamental need to seek spirituality due to human insignificance in relation to the universe or human imperfection in relation to divinity.
With his sculptures, Tahon fathoms the dark, fleeting and unquantifiable dimensions of existence. They are attempts to reconcile an ungraspable universe, yes existence itself, with his own incomprehesble universe, his own being. Microcosm and macrocosm seem perpetually to exchange places.
TWINS – Meet the Artist Further information
TWINS – German
Introduction and discussion of the sculpture in German language
Artist interviews, information about the art competition, reactions from Judaism and much more.
Johan Tahon
Information about the artist
In English and Dutch.
Church and Judaism
The field of work Church and Judaism
A workspace of the Haus kirchlicher Dienste of the Ev.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers.
Arts and Culture
The field of Work Arts and Culture
A workspace of the Haus kirchlicher Dienste of the Ev.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers.
The Landeskirchenamt
The place of the artwork TWINS by Johan Tahon
Rote Reihe 6, 30169 Hannover. https://www.google.de/maps/@52.3715898,9.7285963,18z
TWINS – Meet the Artist Author | Thanks | Rights | Imprint
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Conception, photos, videos, texts, editor, postproduction (photo and video):
Stefan Heinze, Photography and Journalism www.stefanheinze.de
The production of the Pageflow was made possible by the Evangelische Medienarbeit (EMA, formerly the Evangelisches MedienServiceZentrum).
Various supporters have advanced the work on the presentation, provided additional authors and image/sound owners with additional media.
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2. Thanks
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Interviews
Sculptor Johan Tahon
Additional picture material
bronsgieterij.be
Promotion art competition
Hanns-Lilje-Stiftung Hannover http://www.hanns-lilje-stiftung.de
Support | Landeskirchenamt
Matthias Oppermann und Team
Cornelia Reiche
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Pageflow-Support | EMA
Pastor Kay Oppermann, Evangelische Medienarbeit (formerly the Evangelisches MedienServiceZentrum) of the Ev.-luth. Landeskirche Hannovers
Translation
Florian von Ehrenstein
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www.stefanheinze.de
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Videos | Tahon needs the flow / Archaic surface
bronsgieterij.be (photos sculpture making)
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