Kinderstern/Star for Children is an artwork series the German artist Imi Knoebel has created since 1988. The artwork is entirely donated to projects for children in need. The Star for Children has so far collected donations of four million Euros and is the only artwork worldwide from which 100% of proceeds go to children in need. The "Star for Children in Need" receives support through artists and collectors, musicians and actors/actresses,Der Stern für Kinder in Not, viewed 11.21.2011 museums like Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin and Sammlung Grässlin in the BlackforestStars for Children in Need accessdate=November 21, 2011 Kunst tut gut Museum Fridericianum Kassel 1995 and art fairs.Ein Kinderstern für Tschernobyl-Opfer Art Frankfurt 1993, Frankfurter Rundschau 25. Februar 1993Sammlung Grässlin spendet Art Cologne Preis für Kinderstern accessdate=November 21, 2011
History
The Kinderstern is a social sculpture formulated in 1967 by Joseph Beuys.
In 1988, the Star for Children was printed for the first time as silkscreen in red. This print was, next to original prints from the artists Sol LeWitt, Jörg Immendorff, Sigmar Polke, Max Bill, Heinz Mack, Keith Haring, part of a portfolio created under the auspices of Lothar Späth,Kinderstern Zeitschrift für Allgemeinmedizin, 15. Januar 1990 minister-president of Baden-Württemberg/Germany. Title of the portfolio: "Kinderstern"/Star for Children. Its proceeds supported the financing of accommodations for parents close to pediatric clinics.
In 2016, Knoebel told collectors not to buy the Kinderstern at auctions, stating that the auction houses overpriced the art.
Exhibitions 1991 Art Cologne 1993 Art Frankfurt 2010 Art Cologne 2010 art forum berlin 2011 Pure Freude Düsseldorf 2012 Herberholz Frankfurt 2014: Pure Freude Düsseldorf 2015: Pure Freude Düsseldorf 2016: Pure Freude Düsseldorf 2016: Herberholz Frankfurt 2017: Pure Freude Düsseldorf
Kinderstern Sponsorships and Cooperations
Grace P. Kelly Foundation Er hat einen Kinderstern gemalt, Petra Kelly, the last interview, Süddeutsche Zeitung, S.8, 21. Oktober 1992 Association for the Fight against Mucoviscidosis, Union Chernobyl, Aid for Chernobyl victims in Ukraine Fanconi Anemia Project, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. Aid for Bulgaria Christian Campaign Man and Environment for the Pediatric Clinic Nr. 14 Ochmatdet, Kiew Strahlt für die Opfer, Frankfurter Rundschau, 21. März 1993 Medical child protection day ward at the Protestant Hospital in Düsseldorf Arco Iris Foundation for Street Kids in La Paz/Bolivia The children´s Right Foundation World in Union e. V. Düsseldorf Order of the Poor Brothers in Düsseldorf, accommodating homeless children. Children's Planet Heidelberg/Germany Phönikks, a Foundation for psycho social help, Hamburg/Germany Peacevillage Oberhausen/Germany, aid for children in war zones Children´s village Baan Gerda for HIV orphans in Nong Muang/ Thailand German Economic Foundation for Humanitarian Help/WHH From the Hearts to the Hearts – cardiac operations for child victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam SonKy Orphanage in Saigon/Vietnam financing the buying of a new house for orphans Outback Stiftung, Refugee Home Düsseldorf, language training and social aid for child refugees Ullaaitivu Children's Aid, Sri Lanka Support of Waaga e.V., medical aid for children from Afghanistan Caritas Mettmann, Projects for refugee children Königinnen und Helden, neighborhood Integration Projects in Düsseldorf Schlaufox, Hamburg, Initiative to support immigrant children Education Diakonie Kaiserswerth, language training and integrative Dance-Workshops Bunte Schule Dortmund, Waldorf education in social hotspot Dortmund IJS e.V, integrative projects for particularly vulnerable refugee children Carolinenhof Essen, therapeutic riding for children with special needs Support of a school in a social hotspot in Düsseldorf Wasserwerk Theater, Strausberg, integrative Theatre projects for children UPSALA, the street children's circus in St. Petersburg, "Housing First" purchase of a flat for homeless mothers.
References and notes
External links kinderstern.com Imi Knoebels guter Stern Spiegel, Hamburg, 2. Juli 1990, S. 167. Himmlische Momente. In: Monopol Magazin. Berlin, Oktober 2010 "Artist Imi Knoebel: 'If you want to stay alive, you have to do something radical" The Guardian, 15. July 2015
Further reading Imi Knoebel: Werke von 1966 bis 2006. Kerber, Bielefeld 2007. Kinderstern page 24 ff., . Imi Knoebel: Zu Hilfe, zu Hilfe ... Hatje Cantz Verlag, Berlin 20 .