Peter Vogel

Peter Vogel

1937 - 2017, born in Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany), lived and worked in Germany

Represented by the Galerie La Ligne since 2019

Works by Peter Vogel

Interaction was the artist's central intention, the viewer becomes a participant, a player who can influence the work through his impulses. Vogel was thus an exponent of a generation of artists who placed the viewer's participation at the center of their work. Even in the context of constructive-concrete and kinetic art, the goal is to combine art and life in order to provide the recipient with an active and sensual-aesthetic experience that goes beyond just looking at the picture.

After studying physics, Peter Vogel worked in Switzerland at Hoffmann-La Roche on brain research and the development of medical devices. He was particularly interested in cybernetics and neurobiological processes. In addition to electronic music, this was the access to his artistic concept. Cybernetics, music and performance were the cornerstones of his actions. Early on Vogel composed electronic music, worked in the theater and made and modified electronic instruments.

The sound and light objects of Peter Vogel blur the boundaries between fine art and performance traditions. His works question established relationships between sculpture and sound, seeing and hearing, the static and the live, as well as challenging the place of sound within the historiography of gallery spaces.

They combine the open form sensibilities of interactive multimedia with an almost classical visual aesthetic that emphasises clean lines, balanced forms and delicate structures.

Public collections (Selection)

Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe

Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg

Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg (Canada)

Wilhelm Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München

Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth

Museo de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janeiro

Städtisches Museum, Gelsenkirchen

Landesmuseum Wiesbaden, Sammlung Berger

Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart

Lütze-Sammlung, Sindelfingen

Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe

David Bermant Foundation, Rye NY (USA)

Museum of Electricity in Life, Minneapolis Min. (USA)

Skulpturen-Museum Glaskasten, Marl

Haagse Gemeentmuseum, Den Haag

Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern

Städtisches Museum, Wolfsburg

Regierungspräsidium Kanagawa, Yokohama

ZKM Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Karlsruhe

Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede (NL)

Städtische Galerie, Jena

Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt

Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid

Electrum, Museum der Elektrizität, Hamburg

IBM Science and Art Gallery, Tokyo

Wakayama Museum of Modern Art, Wakayama (Japan)

Landesmuseum, Mainz

Europäisches Patentamt, München

Fundació Baruch Spinoza, Barcelona

Museum Kulturspeicher, Würzburg

Joshibi Art Museum, Sagamihara (Japan)

Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch

Villa Datris, L'isle-sur-la-Sorge (F)

Kunsthalle, Mannheim

Awards

Reinhold-Schneider-Preis der Stadt Freiburg

Oberrheinischer Kunstpreis