Dieter Roth

(German/Swiss, 1930–1998)

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Dieter Roth

nah und fern, 1978–1980

1,400 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1930
Born: in Hannover, Germany
1943
Moved permanently to Zurich, Switzerland were he started painting and writing poetry
1947
Moved to bern, Switzerland with his family where he began an apprenticeship in commercial art
1957
Moved to Reykjavik, Iceland
1960
Won the William and Norma Copley Award
1970
Taught at the School of Graphic Design, Providence, RI
1991
Awarded the Genevan Prix Caran d’Ache Beaux Arts, Switzerland
1998
Died: in Basel, Switzerland
Preis der Kiefer-Hablitzel Stiftung für Malerei in Bern
Preis der William und Norma Copley Stiftung

Exhibitions

2015
Stedelijk Museum, ‘Countdown to Tomorrow: The International ZERO Network, 1950s–60s’, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Martin-Gropius Bau, ‘Countdown to Tomorrow: The International ZERO Network, 1950s–60s’, Berlin, Germany
Museum Tinguely, ‘Spielobjekte – Die Kunst der Möglichkeiten’, Basel, Switzerland
Museum Meermanno, ‘From Picasso to Sol LeWitt’, Den Haag, Netherlands
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, ‘Playtime’, Munich, Germany
Kunstmuseum Basel, ‘Le Corbeau et le Renard – Revolt of Language with Marcel Broodtaers’, Basel, Switzerland
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ‘Countdown to Tomorrow: The International ZERO Network, 1950s–60s’, New York NY
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, ‘Hans im Glück – Kunst und Kapital’, Duisburg, Germany
Museum Folkwang, ‘Von Warhol bis Richter. Grafik zwischen Foto und Druck’, Essen, Germany
Summerhall, ‘Rot Rot(h) Roth. Dieter Roth’, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)

Literature

2011
Dobke, Dirk (ed.) (et al.), ‘Dieter Roth: SELBSTE’, Köln: Verlag Buchhandlung Walter König
Keusch, Beat (ed.), ‘Dieter Roth Souvenirs’, Ostfildern: Hatja Cantz Verlag, 2011
Kursmeyer, R. / Malsch, F. (2011). In: Beispiel Schweiz – Entgrenzungen und Passagen als Kunst (im Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein). Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag
Cotter, Susen, Massimiliano Gione (eds.) (et.al), Defining Contemporary Art – 25 years in 200 pivotal artworks, London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2011, pp.218-219
2010
Rosen, Barry (ed.), ‘Dieter Roth / Björn Roth, Work Tables & Tischmatten’, New York NY: Hauser & Wirth, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2010
Paravicini-Tönz, Flurina & Gianni (ed.), ‘Dieter Roth. Ur-Tränenmeer’, Luzern: Edizioni Periferia, 2010
Paravicini-Tönz, Flurina & Gianni (ed.), ‘Dieter Roth. Tränen in Luzern/Tears in Lucerne’, Luzern: Edizioni Periferia, 2010
Stiftung Diana Pro Arte (ed.), ‘Dieter Roth zum 80. Geburtstag’, Hanover: Stiftung Pro Arte, Kestner Pro Arte, 2010
Galerie Anton Meier (ed.), ‘Dieter Roth. Objekte, Multiples 1961- 79’, Geneve: Galerie Anton Meier, 2010
2006
Boeken van. Livres de Dieter Roth. Gent: Bookbeeld, 2006 (catalogue)