Claus Föttinger
Claus Föttinger (* 1960 in Nuremberg ) is a contemporary German artist . He lives in Düsseldorf and Arnhem in the Netherlands . Föttinger mainly deals with installation and object art .
Professional background
Claus Föttinger was assistant to two advertising photographers from 1979 to 1981 and completed internships as a set designer and stage painter at the Nuremberg Municipal Theaters . From 1982 to 1989 he studied free painting at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf under Professor Alfonso Hüppi . In 1987 he was his master class . From 1989 to 1990 he was an assistant to Harald Klingelhöller and Katharina Fritsch . In addition to his artistic activity, he worked from 1990 to 1992 in the Kunstraum Friesenwall 116 a e. V. in Cologne. In 1991 he was a founding member of the art association WP8 e. V. in Düsseldorf and took over its honorary management from 1992 to 1994. From 1995 to 1996 he was a guest curator of the Derik-Baegert Society in Ringenberg Castle on the Lower Rhine. Since 1996 Föttinger has only carried out its own projects.
Exhibitions, objects, installations (selection)
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2001 “The Cronenberg's”, Museum Ludwig , Cologne
- 2002 Private C, Mini Gallery, Duisburg
- Sies + Höke Gallery, Düsseldorf
- 2003 Suddenly, Sies + Höke, at Armory Show, New York
- 2004 Luhmann-Eck, Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers , Cologne, DE
- 2005 90th Anniversary-Anzac Day , Gallipoli
- 2006 The Gallipoli Project, Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE
- 2006 Claus Föttinger, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven , Bremerhaven, DE
- 2010 Saigon Wrap and Other Natural Phenomenons, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum , Düren, DE
- 2011 Claus Föttinger, Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf, DE
- 2015 Silver Factory, Galerie Flash, Munich, DE
- 2016 Föttinger Ltd Unlimited Bars and Coconuts, VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, DE
- 2017 bubbles carry a lot of weight (with Jeanette Mohr), Kerstin Engholm, Vienna, A
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1985 Galerie Diemo Hänsler, Nuremberg, with Hendrik Krawen, Rupert Huber and Dirk Skreber , painting and installations
- 1993/94 painting 2000, Hamburg Sprinkenhof; Malmö Art Gallery
- 1995 The focused gaze, Hüppi class, Museum Haus Koekkoek , Kleve; Barmen Art Gallery , Wuppertal 1994
- 1996 Bochynek in front, Galerie Bochynek, Düsseldorf, with Reinhard Mucha, Dirk Skreber, E. Boslet and others
- 1997 Surprise II, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
- 1998 “Mayday”, Böhler-Werke , together with HobbyPOP, Düsseldorf
- 1999 Carte Blanche, Galerie Eof, Paris
- 2000 JD´S FAN DELIGHT, "Parkhaus" in Malkastenpark , Düsseldorf (Joe d'Alessandro's Bar)
- 2002 come-in, George Soros Center of the Art, Kiev
- 2003 Maria von der Heide, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Maria von der Heide and her friends, Museum Katherinenhof, Kranenburg
- 2004 Auschwitz Trial 4 Ks 2/63, Haus Gallus, Frankfurt am Main, Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin
- 2005 Coca Cola Light, Art Edition with Florian Slotawa and Johannes Wohnseifer
- 2006 come in, Korea Institute for Design Promotion, Seoul
- 2008 "VISIT [E] - From Gerhard Richter to Rebecca Horn - Works from the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany", Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany , Bonn
- 2008 “The Grounds”, Kunsthalle Nürnberg / steirischer herbst - Festival of Contemporary Art, Graz
- 2010 "I want to see how you see - Julia Stoschek Collection", House of Photography, Deichtorhallen , Hamburg
- 2010 original functional, Kunstverein Wiener Art Foundation, Vienna, A
- 2010 Come in Design de interiores como meio de arte contemporânea na Alemanha, Museo Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba, BR
- 2011 The Invention of Reality - Photography at the Art Academy Duesseldorf from 1970 to today, Akademie Galerie, Düsseldorf, DE
- 2011 Pieces, Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna, A
- 2012 Art and Identity of Everyday Life, Kadir Has Ueniversitesi, Istanbul, TRK
- 2012 Smoorshow, de Van Muylwijkstraat 23, Arnhem, NL
- 2014 World Cup bar, German national team, DFB, Campo Bahia, St. André, Brazil
- 2015 EM Lounge, DFB U 21, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2016 come-in. Interior as a medium of contemporary art in Germany, National Gallery of Modern Art NGMA, Mumbai, IND
- 2017 Duet with partner, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, 21er Haus, Museum Belvedere, Vienna
- 2018 evolve / evrim, Port Izmir 4, Izmir, turkey
- 2018 bar 3000, Opera Village Africa, Burkina Faso
- 2018 Bamboo Bar, Dortmunder Kunstverein
- 2019 Xi'an Bar, Xian Academy of Arts, China
- 2019 The future of the SPD, Galerie Zwinger, Berlin
Bibliography (selection)
- 1987 Der Kreis im Fluß, artist group "Der Kreis eV", Nuremberg (exhibition catalog)
- 1995 The focused view, Düsseldorf (exhibition catalog by H. Meister), Museum Haus Koekkoek, Kleve; Kunsthalle Barmen , Wuppertal, pp. 45–48
- 1995 Zyma art today 4/1995, article about “It's all true” (group exhibition in the gallery M + R Fricke), Düsseldorf
- 1997 Surprise II (surprise), Kunsthalle Nürnberg (exhibition catalog)
- 1998 Toi toi toi, Düsseldorf (exhibition catalog by H. Meister), Tanzhaus NRW, Düsseldorf, pp. 31–34
- 1999 Charles Kabold, Interview with Claus Föttinger, in: "Site II, 99", Neuer Aachener Kunstverein , Aachen, pp. 62–64 (exhibition catalog)
- Gronzka, P [atricia]: “Bar every painting?”, In: Falter, Stadtzeitung Wien No. 46/1999
- 2001 Come In. Interior as media of contemporary art in Germany. Exhibition catalog, Institute for Foreign Relations Stuttgart, Cologne, pp. 39–43
- 2001 Zero Gravity. Exhibition catalog, Düsseldorf, pp. 36–37
- 2001 clearing. Works in the museum, exhibition catalog, Hamburger Kunsthalle , Ostfildern-Ruit, p. 86
- 2003 Petra Gördüren: Cultural history as decor - Claus Föttinger's social sculptures. In: Accessoire Maximalismus, catalog no. 302 of the exhibition of the Kunsthalle zu Kiel from August 29 to November 9, 2003. Texts: Dirk Luckow, Feridun Zaimoglu , Ingrid Loschek , Jana Simon , and others. a .; Artists: Monica Bonvici, Carlo Farsang, Claus Föttinger, Swetlana Heger, Thomas Hirschhorn , Jakob Kolding, Pia Lanzinger, Sherrie Levine , Erik van Lieshout , Peter Loewy, Haim Steinbach , Feridun Zaimoglu; With artist biographies and a list of the exhibited works; Kiel, 2003, ISBN 3-937208-02-X , pages 41/42
- 2004 Auschwitz Trial 4 Ks 2/63, exhibition catalog, Frankfurt am Main, Fritz Bauer Institute , Cologne
- 2006 Christiane Hoffmans: Art in the German clubhouse. Andreas Gursky and Claus Föttinger set up a World Cup bar in the Sies + Höke gallery in Düsseldorf. In: WELT am SONNTAG No. 24 of June 11, 2006, page 72 - also online
- 2006 Jacqueline Overberg, Claus Föttinger: Get together campaign 2006 . Düsseldorf: Verlag Studio von der Heide, 2006, 13 pages, ISBN 3-9810579-2-9
- 2008 Dorothee Achenbach: Tomorrow the world's oldest art fair opens in Cologne. BILD explains the ten most important works of art . In: Bild, April 15, 2008, p. 9 (Art Cologne: No. 8 The Functional, Claus Föttinger, "Light object with hooded people")
- 2008 Robert Nelson: Doner like a diner . In: The Age, May 3, 2008 - online
- 2008 Birgit Ruf: Art show on the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg. Triumph of leisure . In: Nürnberger Nachrichten of July 5, 2008 - online
- 2010 Ivo Goetz: What is not within the scope of the conceivable is beautiful. The latest developments in film and video art can be seen in Hamburg's Deichtorhallen . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 7, 2010 (Photo: Ivo Faber: “In Hamburg, film works from Gordon Matta Clark to Claus Föttinger's Hanoi-Saigon are shown.” - Catalog: I want to see how you see. Works from the Julia Stoschek Collection. Hamburg, Große Deichtorhalle until July 25th)
Web links
- Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf: Claus Föttinger, biography, bibliography, works
- Ifa artist database: Claus Föttinger
- Art aspects: Claus Föttinger - exhibitions, galleries
- Literature by and about Claus Föttinger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ bubbles carry a lot of weight, March 9, 2017 Press release Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Vienna. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ↑ World Cup base of the DFB-Elf "Campo Bahia": WG with Bar - false flag, 06/09/2014 evening paper Munich. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ↑ Campo Bahia: Art at the bar for footballers, July 3 , 2014 DiePresse.com. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ↑ German World Cup Coach Buys Art from Team Base, 08/14/2014 artnet news. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ↑ DFB-Elf: Team spirit grows at the "Nürnberger Bar", 06/12/2014 Nürnberger Nachrichten. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ Art for Jogis Elf, June 15, 2014 Dare Magazine. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ↑ Where Toni Kroos listened to the tropical birds concert, June 30, 2018 Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Föttinger, Claus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German contemporary artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |