Serpentin, 4,7 cm
Bronze, 10,0 cm
Bronze, 22,0 cm
Bronze, 31,0 cm
Sandstein, 52,0 cm
Sandstein, 60,0 cm
Eiche, 130,0 cm
Sandstein, 44,0 cm
Sandstein, 37,5 cm
Bronze, 38,0 cm
Sandstein, 61,0 cm
Bronze, 56,0 cm
Frank Maasdorf
Frank Maasdorf, a sculptor from Dresden, makes heads that are like real forces of nature. Stone and volume set the theme and expression, while diagonals create rhythm and structure. »I wander through the stone with my chisel«, says Maasdorf, giving it shape in a way that's easy to see and with minimal gestures.
curriculum vitae
| 1950 | born in Dresden |
| 1972-1977 | Study of sculpture at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden under Walter Arnold, Wolf-Eike Kuntsche, Helmut Heinze, and Gerd Jäger |
| 1977 | diploma under Gerd Jäger |
| 1978-1980 | exchange and collaboration with A.R. Penck, sculpture, free jazz |
| 1978-1983 | participation in various symposia, including in Lohmgrund/Rottwerndorf and Nadelwitz/Bautzen |
| 1994 | employment at the Janus & Ihle foundry |
| 1995 | Ernst-Rietschel-Prize |
| 2023 | died in Dresden |
further exhibitions
| 1979 | district art exhibitions, Dresden (participation) |
| 1980 | Sport- und Ausstellungszentrum, Frankfurt/Oder (participation) |
| 1981 | Albrechtsburg, Meißen (participation) |
| 1985 | district art exhibitions, Dresden (participation) |
| 1984 | Neue Berliner Galerie, Altes Museum, Berlin (participation) |
| Galerie Rähnitzgasse, Dresden | |
| 1986 | Albrechtsburg, Meißen (participation) |
| Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden (participation) | |
| Galerie Ost, Dresden (participation) | |
| Galerie Kunst der Zeit, Dresden (participation) | |
| 1987 | Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden |
| 1987/1988 | X. Art exhibition of the GDR (participation) |
| 1988 | Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden (participation) |
| Zentralinstitut für Kernforschung, Dresden-Rossendorf | |
| 1989 | BASF-Feierabendhaus, Ludwigshafen (participation) |
| Nationalgalerie, Berlin/East (participation) | |
| 1991 | Frankfurter Kunstverein Steinernes Haus, Frankfurt/Main: »7. Ausstellung der Jürgen-Ponto-Stiftung zur Förderung junger Künstler – Junge Kunst aus Sachsen« (participation) |
| 1993 | Galerie Rähnitzgasse, Dresden (participation) |
| 1998/1999 | Stadtmuseum, Dresden (with Hubertus Giebe) |
| 2013 | GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden (with Harald Metzkes) |
| 2015 | Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden |
| 2017 | GALERIE HIMMEL, Dresden (participation) |
| 2019 | Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Dieselkraftwerk, Cottbus: »Kriege und Krisen im 20. Jahrhundert« (participation) |
| Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum für moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Oder: »Kriege und Krisen im 20. Jahrhundert« (participation) | |
| 2020 | Ernst-Barlach-Haus, Hamburg: »Kosmos Ost. Kunst in der DDR 1949–89« (participation) |
| 2023 | Galerie am Damm, Dresden |
| Technische Universität Dresden: »System und Revision. Der Kunstbesitz der TU Dresden« (participation) | |
| 2025 | Galerie Mitte, Dresden (with Wolfram Hänsch) |
| Zeitkunstgalerie, Halle/Saale (with Gerhard Schwarz) |
