Anselm Dreher

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Anselm Dreher (born December 21, 1940 in Berlin-Charlottenburg ) is a German gallery owner and publisher.

Life

After graduating from high school, Anselm Dreher studied art education and painting with the informal painter Fred Thieler at the Berlin University of Fine Arts and education at the Free University of Berlin . In 1967 the Galerie Anselm Dreher was founded and the first Berlin graphic ring, which sold original etchings by well-known artists at low prices. Until 1972 he was a lecturer in printmaking techniques. From 1972 to 1984 collaboration with Günter Grass and publication of his etchings. Since 1970 he has been married to the conceptual painter Margarete Dreher , great-great-great-granddaughter of the poet and doctor Justinus Kerner .

In 1968 Dreher was co-founder and 1982–1984 chairman of the Berlin Art Dealers Interest Group (IBK). In 1978 he was the initiator of the “Art Days Berlin” for the IBK (forerunner of Berlin Art Week). In 1983 Dreher was the initiator of the “Art Concentrated” joint program of Berlin Galleries (forerunner of the Gallery Weekend) and the “Berliner Block” Berlin Galleries at Art Cologne . In 1984 Dreher was the initiator of the "Art Mile" Berlin galleries on Kurfürstendamm (forerunner of the Berlin Sculpture Boulevard).

Gallery Anselm Dreher

1971 Relocation of the gallery to Berlin-Wilmersdorf . This was followed by the start of an international gallery program with a focus on minimal and conceptual art as well as thematic exhibitions in an effort to confront the painting-heavy scene in West Berlin with international art movements.

Berlin first and solo exhibitions of the artists a. a. Carl Andre (1984, 1987 with Donald Judd ), John M. Armleder (1988, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007), Anthony Caro (1980), Clegg & Guttmann (1987), ERRó (1971), Jochen Gerz (1977, 1988, 1991), IFP - Information Fiction Publicité (1989), Joseph Kosuth (1986), Bertrand Lavier (1996 with Ange Leccia ), Ange Leccia (1988, 1996 with Bertrand Lavier), Joseph Marioni (1986 with Günter Umberg ), Matthew McCaslin (1996), Olivier Mosset (1991, 2001), Dennis Oppenheim (1995, 1997), Blinky Palermo (1983), Panamarenko (1974), Reiner Ruthenbeck (1985, 1988), Lee Ufan (1987), Alan Uglow (1995), Wolf Vostell (1975, 1977), Lawrence Weiner (1990), Rémy Zaugg (1987), Heimo Zobernig (1992, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015), Margarete Dreher (1986, 1993 , 2004), Arnold Dreyblatt (2003), Thomas Eller (1990), Ulrich Erben (1983), Adib Fricke (1991, 1994), Rolf Julius (1987, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2008, 2011), Volkhard Kempter (1996 , 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007), Köbberling & Kaltwasser (2007, 2009), Gerhard Merz (1993), Gerold Miller (1998, 2001, 2002), Christiane Möbus (1995, 2006, 2010), David Polzin (2009, 2011, 2013), Michael Rutschky (2008, 2010, 2012), Eran Schaerf (1988), Eva-Maria Schön (1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1992), Günter Umberg (1984, 1986 with Joseph Marioni)

Themed exhibitions and a. with John Baldessari , Christian Boltanski , Robert Filliou , Dan Flavin , Sylvie Fleury , Alfredo Jaar , Donald Judd , Imi Knoebel , Louise Lawler , Sol LeWitt , Jonathan Monk , Maurizio Nannucci , Bruce Nauman , Karin Sander , Keith Sonnier , Rirkrit Tiravanija . From 1984 to 1990 funding booths for young artists at the Art Cologne art fair .

Gallery Anselm Dreher in Pfalzburger Strasse

Award

Editor and author

  • 1979/80: Editor of "Günter Grass - Catalog raisonné of the etchings"
  • 1982/83: Editor of “Drawings and Writing”, the pictorial work of the writer Günter Grass, Volumes I and II, Luchterhand-Verlag Darmstadt.
  • 1997: Anselm Dreher / Heimo Zobernig: Lexicon of Art 1997. Edition Patricia Schwarz, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-925911-30-8
  • 2017: Anselm Dreher: Where is the exhibition here ... Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, ISBN 978-3-86828-800-1

literature

  • Anselm Dreher: It's about raising the level. An interview with Peter Funken. In: Kunstforum International , Volume 120, 1992, p. 400 ff.
  • Anselm Dreher: On the state of art in Berlin . In: Spiegelschrift Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, 1994, pp. 28–31, ISBN 3-36400267-3 .
  • Peter Funken: Relations. An exhibition for the 40th anniversary of Galerie Anselm Dreher, Berlin, December 1, 2007 - March 15, 2008. In: Kunstforum International , Volume 190, 2008, p. 285.
  • Konrad Jungmann: With concrete and minimalist art - Anselm Dreher consistently pursues his own line in Berlin. In: Münchner Merkur , January 4, 1991.
  • Anselm Dreher: No more art days? "The intention and concern of the IBK as an indispensable part of Berlin's cultural life In: Berliner Kunstblatt , No. 2/1983, p. 1/2
  • Michael Schultz: Province or Front City ?! - A conversation with Anselm Dreher In: Charlottenburger Kunstmagazin , No. 12/1984, pp. 30/31
  • Angelika Stepken: The Berlin Block - The Anselm Dreher Gallery has been in Berlin for 20 years . Angelika Stepken tells her eventful story for tip. In: Art magazine tip , No. 27/1987, pp. 68/69
  • Marius Babias: I am a kind of GAU - A conversation with Anselm Dreher In: Kunstforum International , Volume 93/1988, pp. 325/327
  • Angelika Stepken: The cultural workers from art in Berlin , Kiepenheuer & Witsch publishing house , Cologne 1989, p. 112
  • Annette Tietenberg: Where is the exhibition here ? Anselm Dreher has been running his gallery full of contradictions for 25 years. In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 27, 1992
  • Frank G. Kurzhals: Minimal Art Galerie Anselm Dreher. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , December 21, 1992
  • Katrin Bettina Müller: Art is a box - For 25 years, Anselm Dreher has been disrupting the current art business, which always wants something new, with conceptual ideas In: tip , No. 24/1992, pp. 116/118
  • Thomas Wulffen: Galerie Anselm Dreher In: Just for Art 1993, Galleries in Germany , Verlag Dr. Gerald Just, Hanover, pp. 16/17
  • Nadine Barth: Gallery owner Playboy introduces five top gallery owners from five cities. In: Playboy , No. 11/1993, pp. 52/53
  • Martin Conrads: Galerie Anselm Dreher In: Zitty , No. 6/1996, p. 88
  • Katja Reissner: The refusal dealer - portrait of the gallery owner Anselm Dreher , In: Der Tagesspiegel , September 24, 1996
  • Ulrich Clewing: The Art Man - 30 Years Galerie Anselm Dreher In: Zitty , No. 23/1997
  • Ulrich Clewing: From Realists to Strict Conceptual Art - 30 Years of the Anselm Dreher Gallery in Berlin In: Art magazine art , No. 11/1997
  • Annelie Lütgens: Heartbeat of Art- 30 Years of Galerie Dreher and a lexicon for the anniversary In: Der Tagesspiegel , November 1st, 1997
  • Karlheinz Schmid: In use for 30 years , In: Kunstzeitung No. 11/1997
  • Peter Funken: Anselm Dreher - From "ab" to "Zynismus" In: Spiegel Online , January 9, 1998
  • Michaela Nolte: What is necessary- The gallery owner Anselm Dreher is celebrating his birthday with an exhibition In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 9, 2000
  • Camilla Blechen: Thought Art - The gallery owner Anselm Dreher In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , December 16, 2000
  • Corinna Daniels: Strict statements for the non-conformist - For 35 years, the artist-gallery owner Anselm Dreher has focused his audience on minimalism In: DIE WELT , December 6, 2002
  • Waltraud Schwab: I am the realizer "For 35 years the gallery owner Anselm Dreher has been showing unloved art in Berlin" In: taz , November 25, 2002, p. 24
  • Peter Herbstreuth: Don't stop, man! - The Berlin gallery Anselm Dreher celebrates its 35th anniversary In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 14, 2002, p. 24
  • Annibel Cunoldi: Anselm Dreher In: Juliet , 137/2008
  • Peter Funken: Relations - An exhibition for the 40th anniversary of the Galerie Anselm Dreher Berlin In: Kunstforum International , Volume 190/2008, p. 285
  • Andrea Hilgenstock: Where thoughts create beauty - consistently concept-oriented. Anselm Dreher has been running his gallery In: Die Welt , January 4th, 2008 for 40 years
  • Michaela Nolte: The endurance runner - For 40 years Anselm Dreher has shown in his gallery what others only discover later In: Der Tagesspiegel , January 5, 2008
  • Julia Siepmann: You showed uncomfortable pictures in divided Berlin - Anselm Dreher / Friedrich Loock In: Berliner Morgenpost , October 26, 2009
  • Christiane Meixner: A gentleman with a point of view - Anselm Dreher has seen Berlin hypes and art fashions come and go. And don't let yourself be impressed In: Zitty , No. 24/2012, p. 92/94
  • Christiane Meixner: Something new is needed - The Berlin gallery owner Anselm Dreher closes his gallery after almost 50 years In: Der Tagesspiegel , December 19, 2015
  • Thea Herold: Anselm Dreher - one of the most famous gallery owners in Berlin closes and starts again in 2016 In: Zitty , 24. – 30. December 2015

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personal data
SURNAME Dreher, Anselm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gallery owner and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Charlottenburg