Mann
Geboren in: Berlin (Germany) am 19 April 1949.
Derzeit wohnhaft in: Langwedel (Germany).
Aktivität: Malerei; Digital Grafik;
b. April 19, 1949, Berlin (Germany).
Senior Lecturer in German literature for public and private institutions (Universities of Milan, Siena, Bergamo, Goethe-Institut Milan, Fondazione Milano: http://www.fondazionemilano.eu/lingue/docenti_traduzione). 2002-05 Director of Bachelor Studies in Linguistic Mediation, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (Foundation Milan, Italy).
2004/05 Director of Master Studies in Translation for Visual Arts.
Translations from English and Italian into German, including 2004: MoMa – Highlights, Museum of Modern Art, NYC & Skira Editore, Milan.
1985 MA, Freie Universität Berlin.
Since 1986 publications, conferences, papers on Literature and Visual Arts.
1993: 1st One-Person Show Macere, Libreria Unione, presented by Generalkonsul Dr. Michael Engelhard, Milan.
1996/2000 Curator of Art exhibitions (including Artisti di passaggio, City of Monteriggioni, Siena, 1999) and Art Director of Spazio d’Arte/ Rapsodia Café and Backstage Gallery, Milan. 2001 Curator of the Art-Music-Literature-Event Romantik 2001, Bergamo/Milan. 2012: Cofounder & Web Administrator Kultur im Norden – KUNO: www.kunoweb.jimdo.com.
Selected One-Person Shows
• 1996 Constructa Romantika, Istituto di Cultura Germanica, Bologna (Catalogue);
• 1997 Constructa Romantika 2, Circolo Filologico Milanese, Milan;
• 1998 Constructa Romantika 3, Circolo Culturale Bertolt Brecht, Milan (Catalogue);
• 2001 ein heilig ding, Goethe-Institut Milan, Catalogue;
2003
• angele, Pizia Arte, Teramo, http://www.piziarte.net/krocker.htm;
• Tra sacralità e sopraffazione, Galleria Cortina, Milan, CD-Rom;
• 2004 weiberleiber, Munix, City of Rome X, Town hall Cinecittà (Catalogue);
• 2006 Il vuoto sacro, Istituto di Cultura Germanica, Bologna, CD-Rom;
• 2008 WARNING, CYBERLEIBER ONLY! Etelser Hunde-Zwinger, Langwedel (D);
2010
• Blaue Blume Rote Fahne, Galerie unterwegs, Berlin:
http://blaueblumerotefahne.jimdo.com/
• Paul Kroker´s Digital Art, Lambda Gallery, Padova: http://lambdagallery.blogspot.de/search?updated-max=2010-05-25T14:54:00%2B02:00;
• Publikumspreis “Lieber Maler, male mir (m)ein Bild”, Neonchocolate Gallery Berlin: http://neonchocolate.de/shows/sa-140810-paul-kroker, Town hall Langwedel, Volksbank Hoya: http://liebermaler.jimdo.com/.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2002
http://www.deathpenaltyartshow.org/gallery/artist_display.php?id=145&img=2
2007
2010
http://www.kunstpreis.net/kunstpreis2010/preistraeger10.htm;
libero?,Bolzano: Arunda Verlag, p. 97;
2011
http://www.ellenmarkgraf.de/bild/ausstellungen/Fotoalbum%20Tischgeschichten.pdf;
Awards (Selection)
• 1997 Concorso di Pittura F.Sassetti, Milan, 2nd prize;
• 2000 4° Biennale d’Arte, City Council of Limana (Italy), 3rd prize;
• 2002 BondArt 2002, Borgata Bonda (Biella, Italy), 1st prize ex aequo: www.bondarte.it/vincitori.htm;
• 2007 artist in residence, CAMAC centre d’art, Marnay-sur-Seine (rejected);
• 2012 The KressProject, Georgia Museum of Art, Honorable Mention:
http://www.georgiamuseum.org/kressproject/view-entry/portrait-of-natascha-wodin
His works have been commented on by (Selection)
• Bernd Hägermann, “Lieber Maler, male mir – Kunstprojekt mit digitaler Malerei“, Achimer Wochentipp, 8.4.2010*;
• Franca Cavagnoli, “Storie di funamboli, nocchieri e pierrots lunaires”, www.liebermaler.jimdo.com, april 2010;
• Hauke Hirsinger, „In fremden Gesichtern lesen“, Weserreport, 12.1.2010*;
• Christian Neuhuber, LENZ-BILDER. Bildlichkeit in Büchners Erzählung und ihre Rezeption in der bildenden Kunst, Wien/Köln/Weimar, 2009, p.314-316;
• Carlo Quadrino, „Paul Kroker, il connubio tra le arti“, 04.07.08:http://genomart.org/info_art/interviste.php?page=4&mode=leggi&id=62&PHPSESSID=0d248f4468d10ba96a04fda8b9812fc0;
• R. Bergmeyer, „Meine ganz persönliche Ausdrucksform“, Achimer Kreisblatt, 10.6.2008*;
• Inka Sommerfeld, „Kritische Pornografie“, Weser Kurier, 10.6.2008*;
• Philippe Daverio, „Corpo a corpo con l´osceno”, Istituto di Cultura germanica, Bologna, 28.1.2006*;
• Giorgio Cusatelli, Intro to the Symposium “Utopie romantiche”, Università degli Studi, Mailand, 23.3.2001*;
• Orsola Riva, “Il ritorno del Romanticismo”, Corriere della Sera, 11 March 2001http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2001/marzo/11/ritorno_del_Romanticismo_co_7_0103111142.shtml;
• Roberto Festa, Interview, Radio Popolare, 15.3.01, 11.30;
• Generalkonsulin Uta Mayer-Schalburg, Introduction, Circolo Culturale Bertolt Brecht, Milan 1998;
• Carlo Perini, “Acrobate”, in: Constructa Romantika 3, Catalogue, Milan 1998;
• Giovanni Cerri, “Sorelle”, in: Constructa Romantika 3, Catalogue, Milan 1998.
*see: http://beatrizszonell.jimdo.com/rezensionen-presse/
References
• Prof. Marina Falco, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, mfalco.arte@gmail.com;
• Patrizia Raimondi, Galleria L´Ariete, Bologna, patrizia@galleriaariete.it.