Dierk Schmidt

This article is about the artist Dierk Schmidt. For people with a similar name, see Dirk Schmidt .

Dierk Schmidt (* 1965 in Unna ) is a German artist who primarily uses painting , drawing and semiotics . The theme of his most important works is the critical preoccupation with history and the depiction of history .

Life

Dierk Schmidt studied art history and philosophy at the University of Bonn from 1984 to 1986 . In 1987 he switched to art studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , which he completed in 1992 as a master student of Prof. Hüppi . From 1996 to 1997 he studied at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam .

Since then Schmidt has been working as a freelance artist, but also writes for the art magazine springerin . In his painting works and installations he deals with the critical definition and expansion of the history picture, both in the sense of the artistic meaning of the word ( history painting ) and in the sense of ideas about history ( history picture ). He often uses PVC and mirror film as image carriers, whereby his painterly expression is more graphic, on the other hand he also paints realistically expressive in oil. His best-known work, entitled The Division of the Earth , deals with colonial history, especially the Berlin Africa Conference . The work was shown at Documenta in 2007 .

Schmidt lives and works in Berlin .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2011: Image Leaks. On the image policy of the resource , Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt am Main
• 2007: The division of the earth - Tableaux on synopses of the Berlin Africa Conference , art space of the Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• 2005: The division of the earth , Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg .
• 2004: Geiseln , Society for Contemporary Art , Bremen.
• 2004: 2 from ... Berlin - together with Frank Kästner, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel .
• 2001: I know what you don't know - when opinion becomes an occasion for calculation , Kunstraum objectif, Antwerp .

Participation in group exhibitions (selection)

• 2007: Pictures of society - contemporary painting , art association in Hamburg .
• 2007: documenta 12 , Kassel. The work on display was Die Teilung der Erde - Tableaux on legal synopses of the Berlin Africa Conference .
• 2007: Projecting Time , Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe .
• 2007: Trienal de Luanda 2007 , Luanda .
• 2006: EXCESS , Z33, Hasselt .
• 2005: Be what you want but stay where you are . Witte de With , Rotterdam.
• 2005: THE GOVERNMENT - Heavenly Spaces of Action , Vienna Secession, Vienna.
• 2004: Diving trips - drawing as a report , Kunstverein Hannover and Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Sketches of the work on partitioning the world / conference on reparations payments were shown .
• 2004: How do we want to be governed? , MACBA , Barcelona.
• 2004: Ex Argentina - Steps to Escape from Work to Doing , Museum Ludwig , Cologne.
• 2004: 3rd berlin biennale for contemporary art , Berlin Biennale .
• 2003: PolyPol 4 , Württembergischer Kunstverein , Stuttgart.
• 2003: Forms of Organization , shown at the HGB Leipzig and in the art space of the University of Lüneburg .
• 2002: History (s) , Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg .
• 2002: Violence is the edge of all things , Generali Foundation, Vienna .
• 2000: Governmentality , Alte Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover .
• 1999: Trouble spot - painting , Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (MuHKA), Antwerp.

Web links

• Literature by and about Dierk Schmidt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Materials by and about Dierk Schmidt in the documenta archive
• Dierk Schmidt on kunstaspekte.de
• Dierk Schmidt at the Ursula Waldbröl Gallery, Düsseldorf.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Die Teilung der Erde , Salzburger Kunstverein, September 21 - November 27, 2005. Curated by Hemma Schmutz. Available online (Retrieved May 26, 2008)
2. ↑ Geiseln , Society for Current Art, Bremen, December 4, 2004 - February 6, 2005. Available online ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 26, 2008.) 
3. ↑ 2 from ... Berlin - Frank Kästner | Dierk Schmidt , Kasseler Kunstverein, March 7th - April 25th, 2004. Curated by Peter Anders. Catalog What you buy is your problem published by Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel 2004. ISBN 3-927941-36-0 . Available online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.)  
4. ↑ Available online (Accessed May 27, 2008.)
5. ↑ Images of society. Contemporary painting . Kunstverein in Hamburg, September 15 - December 30, 2007. Available online ( Memento of the original from July 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 23, 2008.) 
6. ^ Documenta 12 , Kassel. June 16 - September 23, 2007. About the works by Dierk Schmidt shown on the official documenta blog: Available online ( Memento of the original from May 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed May 23, 2008) 
7. ^ Projecting Time . Badischer Kunstverein, June 29 - August 26, 2007. Available online (accessed on May 27, 2008.)
8. ↑ Cosmos Mundo Forever . Trienal de Luanda 2007, February 2 - February 23, 2007. Available online ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.) 
9. ↑ EXCESS , Z33, Hasselt, February 12 - May 21, 2006. Curated by Pieter von Bogaert. Available online ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.) 
10. ↑ Be what you want but stay where you are . Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam. April 29 - June 19, 2005. Curated by Ruth Noack and Roger M. Buergel. Witte de With presents from April 29 till June 19 the exhibition? Be what you want but stay where you are? ( Memento of November 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Retrieved May 22, 2008.)
11. ^ THE GOVERNMENT - Heavenly Spaces of Action Vienna Secession, Vienna, February 24 - April 24, 2005. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( memento of the original dated June 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.) 
12. ^ Diving trips - drawing as a report , Kunstverein Hannover, November 27, 2004 - January 30, 2005. Curated by Clemens Krümmel and Alexander Roob. Catalog published by Richter, Düsseldorf 2004. ISBN 3-937572-17-1 . Available online (Retrieved May 27, 2008)
13. ^ Diving trips - drawing as a report , Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, February 19 - April 24, 2005. Curator and catalog as with Kunstverein Hannover. Available online ( memento of the original from November 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.) 
14. ↑ How do we want to be governed? , Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona, ​​2004. Curated by Roger Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Retrieved May 27, 2008)
15. ↑ Ex Argentina - Steps to escape from Work to Action . Museum Ludwig, Cologne, March 6 to May 16, 2004. Curated by Andreas Siekmann and Alice Creischer. Catalog published Walther König, Cologne 2004. Available online ( Memento of the original from April 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.) 
16. ↑ 3rd berlin biennale for contemporary art , KW - Institute for Contemporary Art and Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin. February 14 - April 18, 2004. Curated by Ute Meta Bauer. Catalog published by König, Cologne 2004. ISBN 3-88375-789-6 . Available online (Retrieved May 27, 2008)
17. ↑ PolyPol 4 , Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, September 6 - October 12, 2003. Available online (accessed May 27, 2008.)
18. ^ Forms of Organization , Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig, April 11 - May 10, 2003. Available online (accessed on May 27, 2008.)
19. ^ Forms of Organization , Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, July 9th - July 24th 2003. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online (Retrieved May 27, 2008)
20. ^ Geschichte (n) , Salzburger Kunstverein, October 16, 2002 - December 8, 2002. Curated by Hildegund Amanshauser and Hedwig Saxenhuber . Available online (Retrieved May 27, 2008)
21. ↑ Violence is the edge of all things , Generali Foundation, Vienna, January 17 - April 21, 2002. Curated by Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann . Catalog published by König, Cologne 2002. ISBN 3-88375-564-8 . Available online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.)  
22. ↑ governmentality , Austrian cultural program for EXPO 2000, Alte Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, June 7th - July 30th, 2000. Curated by Roger M. Buergel and Ruth Noack. Available online ( memento of the original from January 9, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.) 
23. ↑ Trouble spot - painting , MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, May 8th - August 22nd 1999. Available online  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Retrieved May 27, 2008.)