Eisenschokolade
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Sculptures by Thomas Rentmeister.

1964
born in Reken / Westphalia, lives in Berlin

1984 – 1985
studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf Abteilung Münster

1987 – 1993
studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Günther Uecker and Alfonso Hüppi

1988 – 1989
Philip Morris scholarship, Berlin

1996
Kunstfonds e.V. Bonn (grant)

1999
studio scholarship, Kunststiftung Erich Hauser, Rottweil
lecturer at the Kunsthochschule Kassel

2002
Piepenbrock Junior Award for sculpture

2002 – 2004
guest professor at the Universität der Künste, Berlin

2005 – 2006
lecturer at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee

2007 – 2009
guest professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig

since 2009
professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig
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Eisenschokolade, 2012 cast iron
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Mr. Clever, 2005 toilet bowl, cistern, Nutella
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B-Brötchen, 2005 bronze
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Aufschnitt packets of assorted sliced cold meats, wood, glass
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untitled, 1999 plastic shelving, Nutella
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Zuckerwürfel, 2007 sugar cubes, pattex glue, lacquered metal, glass
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untitled, 2007 sugar, shopping cart
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untitled, 2007 dirty sugar
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untitled, 2007 bast punnet, sugar
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untitled, 2006 potato chips
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Yello and Fred, 1990 two felt-tip pens
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untitled, 2005 chair, peanut flips
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Aufschnitt, 2011 packets of cold cuts
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untitled, 2011 set squares and screws on canvas
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Baustelle, 2010 wood, plastic ribbon, paint
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untitled, 2012 packets of chocolate biscuits (Prinzenrollen)
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untitled, 2007 frying pan, concrete
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untitled, 2006 nibbled sesame ring
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untitled, 2004 large packets of Tempo tissues
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