Horst Rellecke (1951)
Horst Rellecke
Horst Rellecke is a German painter and graphic artist, architect and sculptor, living and working in Mönesee.
After studying architecture in the United States and Italy, Rellecke earned his doctorate in engineering in 1982 with a thesis on the relationship between pop music and architecture. His work includes paintings, graphics and sculptures, and he has won numerous architectural competitions and received several awards.
Horst Rellecke's best known work is the landmark of Hammer, a glass elephant he created in 1984 for the first state horticultural exhibition in North Rhine-Westphalia from an old Maximilian coal mine. Drawing and painting still form the basis for all other activities of the artist, such as architecture, the invention of mobile art machines or large laser shows.
| Date and place of birt: | 1951, Duisburg, Germany |
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| Nationality: | Germany |
| Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
| Specialization: | Architect, Artist, Graphic artist, Media artist, Painter, Sculptor |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
