CURRENT EXPOSITIONS

Group Exhibition

from 22th april 2023
Delden (Niederlande), Museum No Hero: Die Überraschung. Oost-Duitse kunstenaars vóór en na ‘die Wende'

Permanent Exhibitions

Halle (Saale), Kunstmuseum Moritzburg: Paths of Modernism. Art in Germany in the 20th Century

Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste: Leipzig. A Universe of Images. 1905−2022

Wagenbrett took part in numerous one man exhibitions and group exhibitions in Germany and abroad.

PRESS
(selection in English)

Norbert Wagenbrett: Schlachter, 1988www.artsy.net

THE INTENSE, LONG-OVERLOOKED PORTRAITS OF THE EAST GERMAN PAINTER NORBERT WAGENBRETT

by Catherine Hickley, 8th may 2020

The butcher’s white apron and striped shirt sleeves are streaked with blood. Against the pristine white tiles behind him, cadavers of animals hang in a row on large, spiked hooks, dripping fresh trails of blood onto the floor. Heavy-jowled and sturdy of stature, he is a formidable presence. His face is shiny, as if from exertion, and flecked with a few tiny spots of blood. ...more

Norbert Wagenbrett: Aufbruch, 1989/90www.newyorktimes.com

30 YEARS AFTER THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL EAST GERMAN ARTS GETS ITS DUE

by Catherine Hickley, 24th july 2019

A young woman and man are submerged in dry, cracked earth. Only their hands and faces are visible; they seem to be trying to pull themselves out. That 1990 painting by Norbert Wagenbrett, called “Aufbruch” (“Awakening”), is part of a sweeping new exhibition staged for the 30th anniversary of the peaceful uprising that culminated in the fall of the Berlin Wall. ...more

BIOGRAPHY

Norbert Wagenbrett lives and works in Leipzig.

1954  Born in Leipzig

1977−1982  Studied at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig, studying under Arno Rink, Wolfgang Peuker, Volker Stelzmann and Sighard Gille

since 1982  Has worked freelanced

1986−1988  Master studies under Willi Sitte

1986−1987  Journeys to Sibiria

1987  Irene and Peter Ludwig Prize in Vienna

1988  43rd Biennale in Venice

since 1990  Member of the artists association "Künstlersonderbund in Deutschland"

since 1993  Journeys to Italy and Greece

1993−2007  Gallery Nikolaus Fischer, Frankfurt/Main

1994−2014  Gallery Alain Blondel, Paris

1995  Foire internationale d'art contemporain − FIAC, Paris

1996  Art Frankfurt

since 2010  Gallery Poll, Berlin

since 2011  Gallery Koenitz, Leipzig

2011−2014  Art Karlsruhe

PUBLICATIONS

NORBERT WAGENBRETT. DER LEBENDE SPIEGEL. BILDNISSE 1982-2012

Editor: Jürgen Krieger
Publisher: Jovis Verlag, Berlin 2013
Authors: Richard Hüttel, Hans-Georg Sehrt
Langues: German/English
192 pages with 130 col. images

 Here you find further literature references and exhibition catalogues.