Ole Wittmann Explained

Ole Wittmann
Birth Date:31 August 1977
Birth Place:Henstedt-Ulzburg, West Germany (now Germany)
Occupation:art historian and curator

Ole Wittmann (born 31 August 1977) is a German art historian, curator and publisher. He is specialized in the role of tattooing in art. His research on the German tattoo history of the late 19th and 20th century is considered pioneering.[1] [2] He has written the first German doctoral thesis on tattooing and art and his research has generated considerable media interest.[3]

Biographical and career information

Wittmann was born in Henstedt-Ulzburg. He studied art history at the University of Hamburg and has been a visiting lecturer there. He worked for the Arno Schmidt Stiftung from 2009 to 2012 and was involved in the conception of the exhibition 'Tattoo'[4] (2015) at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg.

His doctoral thesis Tattoos in der Kunst[5] is concerned with material specific aspects and the iconology of tattoos, he received his Ph.D. in 2017.[6] [7]

Since December 2015, Wittmann is a postdoctoral scholarship holder of the Hamburger Stiftung zur Förderung von Wissenschaft und Kultur (Hamburg Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Culture) working on a research project on the estate of the German tattooist Christian Warlich (1891–1964) in cooperation with the Stiftung Historische Museen Hamburg/Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte.[8]

Wittmann is the founder and owner of the company Nachlass Warlich.[9] He is an executive board member and research director of the nonprofit organisation Institut für deutsche Tattoo-Geschichte e.V. (IDTG) since 2018. Wittmann is the curator of the exhibition "Tattoo-Legenden. Christian Warlich auf St. Pauli" (2019/20) at the Museum für Hamburgische Geschichte.[10]

Honours

The book Karl Finke: Buch No. 3 was edited and published by Wittmann in 2019 and was awarded bronze by the Art Directors Club für Deutschland e.V. (ADC)[11] and won the German Design Award.[12] [13] [14]

Bibliography

Selected bibliography

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wie ein Hamburger zum Urvater der Tätowierer wurde. July 13, 2016 . Julika Pohle . Die Welt.
  2. Web site: Tattoos in der Kunst. September 10, 2017 . Martin Kulik. postmondaen.
  3. https://www.olewittmann.de/presse/ Print & Online / TV
  4. Web site: Jetzt gibt's was auf die Poren. Mar 3, 2015 . Katrin Weber-Klüver. fluter. 2018-07-04.
  5. http://literarisches-berlin.de/Neue_Buecher/Ganze%20Buchbesprechungen/Tattoo.htm Art and Culture - Book Reviews
  6. Web site: Tattoos in der Kunst – Ole Wittmann – AG Hautbilder. skinstudies.wordpress.com. 2018-06-03.
  7. Web site: Buchvorstellung: Tattoos in der Kunst. Mar 20, 2017 . Heide Heim. Tätowier Magazin.
  8. Web site: Geschichte mit gravierenden Folgen. April 19, 2017 . Kilian Trotier. Die Zeit.
  9. https://www.nachlasswarlich.de/about/ imprint Nachlass Warlich
  10. https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article185949786/Besucherrueckgang-Warum-die-Historischen-Museen-im-Teufelskreis-stecken.html Julika Pohle: Warum die Historischen Museen im Teufelskreis stecken. welt.de
  11. http://www.adc.de/wettbewerb/ PDF
  12. Karl Finke: Buch No. 3. Ein Vorlagealbum des Hamburger Tätowierers, Projekt-ID: GDA2019-31344. Team German Design Award 2019, Rat für Formgebung Service GmbH
  13. Art Directors Club für Deutschland e.V. (Ed.).: ADC Jahrbuch 2018, Berlin 2018, p. 330.
  14. Andrej Kupetz, Lutz Dietzold, Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council: German Design Award 2019. Excellent Communications Design, Volume 2, Frankfurt am Main 2019, p. 177.
  15. [Leipziger Buchmesse]