Arthur Køpcke

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Arthur "Addie" Køpcke , born Arthur Köpcke (born November 26, 1928 in Hamburg ; † October 20, 1977 in Copenhagen ), was a German artist who was mainly active in the Fluxus area. His work included literature, painting, object, concept and action art.

life and work

Køpcke, an autodidact artist, was mainly concerned with painting and literature after 1945. He moved to Copenhagen at the end of 1957 and opened the Køpcke Gallery with his wife Aase ("Tut") in October , which became a center for the avant-garde scene in Denmark for the next five years , with a focus on Fluxus and Nouveau Réalisme . There presented, among others, Piero Manzoni , Robert Filliou , Dieter Roth , Niki de Saint Phalle , Daniel Spoerri and Emmett Williams out. In March 1963, it was closed due to little commercial success. From 1960 to 1968 he was a member of the artists' association “Maj-Udstellingen”. In addition, from 1962 Køpcke was the organizer and participant of many Fluxus events in the Scandinavian region and took part in many Fluxus festivals, including in the cities of Paris , Düsseldorf , Amsterdam and Aachen . From 1972 to 1973 Køpcke was visiting professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen. His work includes panel and scroll paintings, objects, collages , assemblages , Fluxus pieces and literary works. His key work reading / work-pieces-manuscript was written between 1963 and 1965 .

To death Køpckes published Joseph Beuys in 1977 in the time the article Mach's window, halt 'ne speech . The Arthur Köpcke Prize (Arthur Køpckes Mindegat), which has been in existence since 1983 and is awarded annually to Danish artists on his birthday, is named after him.

Trivia

In 2016, Reading / Work-Piece hit the headlines nationwide. A ninety-year-old former dentist had entered the answer word wall in the crossword puzzle of the collage in the New Museum in Nuremberg . She understood the text “Insert words” on the work as an invitation to the visitor.

Exhibitions (selection)

Actions and Performances

  • 1963: Festum Fluxorium Fluxus ; State Art Academy Düsseldorf (February 2nd and 3rd)
  • 1964: Actions / Agit-Pop / Decollage / Happening / Events / Antiart / L'autrisme / Art Total / Refluxus ; Festival of New Art, at the Technical University in Aachen (July 20)
  • 1964: Wolf Vostell : bus stop ; Billedhuggersalen Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (August 30)
  • 1969: with Joseph Beuys: I'm trying to set you free (to make) (February 27)

literature

  • Berlin artist program of the DAAD / Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (Ed.): Arthur Køpcke. Pictures and pieces . Druckhaus Hentrich, Berlin undated (1988), ISBN 3-89357-000-4
  • René Block , Gabriele Knapstein (concept): A long history with many knots. Fluxus in Germany. 1962-1994. Institute for Foreign Relations , Stuttgart 1995
  • Hannelore Kersting (arrangement): Contemporary art. 1960 to 2007 . Municipal Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach 2007, ISBN 978-3-924039-55-4
  • Barbara Wien : Arthur Köpcke, understanding, experiencing. Collected Writings . Wiens Verlag, Berlin, 1994
  • Do you want total life? Fluxus and agit-pop of the 60s in Aachen . New Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen 1995, ISBN 3-929261-24-3
  • Susanne Rennert: Arthur Köpcke - cross-border commuters. Pictures, objects, pieces of Fluxus . Publisher Silke Schreiber, Munich 1996
  • Never again trouble-free! Aachen avant-garde since 1964 . Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-86678-602-8
  • SD Sauerbier: Arthur Köpcke: Objects, actions, events. About some Reading Pieces, Work Pieces, Reading / Work Pieces. Cologne 1990. No ISBN
  • SD Sauerbier: When this you see remember me . Köpcke, Køpcke, Kœpcke. [About the work of Arthur Köpcke.] = Artist. In: Critical Lexicon of Contemporary Art . Edition 12. Munich 1990. ISSN  0934-1730

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joseph Beuys : Open the window, hold a speech . In: Die Zeit , No. 46/1977
  2. ↑ Interview between Benjamin Maack and the lawyer Heinz-Harro Salloch : Legal dispute about crossword puzzle art: "The art direction is not that great either". Der Spiegel , August 3, 2016, accessed on August 3, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Katja Auer: Senior citizen claims copyright on destroyed work of art , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung , August 2, 2016, p. 26
  4. ↑ Petra Kipphoff : Why? Why not! In: Die Zeit , No. 44/1988; review
personal data
SURNAME Køpcke, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Køpcke, Addie (nickname); Köpcke, Arthur (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 20th October 1977
Place of death Copenhagen