Christos M. Joachimides

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Christos M. Joachimides ( Greek Χρηστός Ιωακειμίδης Christós Joakimidis , * 1932 in Athens ; † December 11, 2017 ibid) was a Greek art historian . He worked mainly in Germany as a curator and exhibition maker.

Life

Joachimides fled to Germany from the effects of the Greek Civil War in 1952. He studied philosophy and literature at the University of Stuttgart, and from 1953 in Heidelberg art history and cultural sociology . Since 1958 he lived in West Berlin .

In 1957 he organized his first exhibition “Berlin Berlin - Young Berlin Painters and Sculptors” in Athens. He established his reputation as an exhibition organizer in 1977 with the Joseph Beuys retrospective “Directional Forces” in the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

In 1981 he organized the exhibition "A new Spirit in Painting" with Norman Rosenthal and Nicholas Serota at the Royal Academy of Arts in London . The Zeitgeist exhibition in the Martin-Gropius-Bau followed in 1982 . In 1985 the “Zeitgeist Society for the Promotion of the Arts in Berlin”, which specializes in exhibitions in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, was founded. Joachimides was its general secretary. In Berlin he also organized “Metropolis” in 1991, “ American Art of the Twentieth Century ” in 1993 and “The Epoch of Modernity” in 1997. Art in the 20th Century ”.

Joachimides returned to Athens in 2003 with “Outlook”, an exhibition in the Benaki Museum on the occasion of the 2004 Olympic Games . Since then he has been commuting between the two cities.

Joachimidis was the editor of numerous art books.

In 1996 he was awarded a non-academic honorary professorship in Berlin.

Exhibitions / writings

  • with Norman Rosenthal (ed.): The epoch of modernity - art in the 20th century . Ostfildern-Ruit, 1997, ISBN 3-7757-0672-0 .
  • (Ed.): German art in the 20th century . Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7913-1462-9 .
  • with Norman Rosenthal (Ed.): American art in the 20th century. Munich 1994, ISBN 3-7913-1261-8 .
  • with Norman Rosenthal (Ed.): American Art in the 20th Century . Munich 1993, ISBN 3-7913-1240-5 .
  • with Norman Rosenthal (ed.): Metropolis . Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-89322-220-0 .
  • with Werner Hofmann (Ed.): Georg Baselitz . Hamburg 1988.
  • The unused look. Art of our time from a Berlin perspective . Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-926175-07-9 .
  • (Ed.): German art in the 20th century . Munich 1986, ISBN 3-7913-0728-2 .
  • (Ed.): Origin and Vision: New German Painting . Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-88725-163-6 .
  • (Ed.): Zeitgeist . Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-88725-086-9 .
  • The twenties today: topicality, connection, impact . Berlin 1977.
  • Joseph Beuys, directional forces . Berlin 1977.
  • My house . Berlin 1976.
  • Takis' musical rooms . Hanover 1974.
  • with Helmut R. Leppien (Ed.): Art in political struggle: challenge, claim, reality . Hanover 1973.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sebastian Preuss: He brought the world to the West Berlin art province: On the 75th birthday of the exhibition organizer Christos Joachimides: Agent for the spirit of the times . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 11, 2007, accessed on December 13, 2017.
  2. ↑ Christos M. Joachimides . Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein , accessed on December 13, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Joachimides, Christos M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Joakimidis, Christós; Ιωακειμίδης, Χρηστός (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 2017
Place of death Athens