ERIK SCHWARZBART - Artist and leader at the Musicon Art School
About the artist
Erik Schwarzbart was born in 1948 in Denmark. His artistic career started at the age of 16, when he was apprenticed as a lithographic draftsman at an art printing company. Here he came into contact with artists from all over the country and many other countries in and outside Europe. This gave his life a creative and artistic starting point, which has followed him throughout his life.
As an artist, he has worked with many materials and forms of expression: drawing, painting and various printing techniques. But for the past several years, it has been his favorite expression, especially 3-dimensional art, sculpture in many different materials, installation and landart.
Teaching art
To give his experiences to others has always been essential for Erik Schwarzbart. Therefore, he took education as a teacher and pedagogue, and subsequently started various schools. The last school started 25 years ago was an art school, now called MusiconArt, of which he is the head.
At the same time, he is the manager of the cultural center KunstSmedjen, which is located in the Danish city of Roskilde.
International cooperation
The inspiration from other countries and cultures always had a great influence on his artistic work. He often organized workshops with artists from 8-10 different countries, who, were experimented with common theme, different materials and expressions. Through art, the world became bigger.
Shona
The meeting with the Shona culture in particular gives Erik Schwarzbart an understanding of the close connection between a people's soul and the idiom of the culture.
The interaction with artists from the large sculpture collectives gave insight into some of the values on which families and local communities in Zimbabwe are based, togetherness and the strength of the community.
These values are an important element at his art school, where for the last 10 years he has taught Shona culture, and has taught many Danes to make sculptures that have a close connection with their own soul and the culture they are a part of.
Erik Schwarzbart was born in 1948 in Denmark. His artistic career started at the age of 16, when he was apprenticed as a lithographic draftsman at an art printing company. Here he came into contact with artists from all over the country and many other countries in and outside Europe. This gave his life a creative and artistic starting point, which has followed him throughout his life.
As an artist, he has worked with many materials and forms of expression: drawing, painting and various printing techniques. But for the past several years, it has been his favorite expression, especially 3-dimensional art, sculpture in many different materials, installation and landart.
Teaching art
To give his experiences to others has always been essential for Erik Schwarzbart. Therefore, he took education as a teacher and pedagogue, and subsequently started various schools. The last school started 25 years ago was an art school, now called MusiconArt, of which he is the head.
At the same time, he is the manager of the cultural center KunstSmedjen, which is located in the Danish city of Roskilde.
International cooperation
The inspiration from other countries and cultures always had a great influence on his artistic work. He often organized workshops with artists from 8-10 different countries, who, were experimented with common theme, different materials and expressions. Through art, the world became bigger.
Shona
The meeting with the Shona culture in particular gives Erik Schwarzbart an understanding of the close connection between a people's soul and the idiom of the culture.
The interaction with artists from the large sculpture collectives gave insight into some of the values on which families and local communities in Zimbabwe are based, togetherness and the strength of the community.
These values are an important element at his art school, where for the last 10 years he has taught Shona culture, and has taught many Danes to make sculptures that have a close connection with their own soul and the culture they are a part of.
