Dietmar Elger
Dietmar Elger (* 1958 in Hanover ) is a German art historian and curator .
life and work
Elger studied art history, history and literary studies at the University of Hamburg . In 1984 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Merzbau by Kurt Schwitters . From 1984 to 1985 he was secretary in the studio of the painter Gerhard Richter , then from 1985 to 1988 research assistant at the Museum am Ostwall , Dortmund. Since 1989 Elger has worked as a curator for painting and sculpture at the Sprengel Museum Hannover. He organized numerous exhibitions on modern and contemporary art and wrote accompanying exhibition catalogs, including on Richard Tuttle , Stephan Balkenhol , Félix González-Torres , Donald Judd , Ludger Gerdes and the portraits of Andy Warhol .
Dietmar Elger is considered one of the best experts on the work of Gerhard Richter. He assisted in the artist's studio and during this time also compiled the first catalog raisonné of paintings and sculptures by Gerhard Richter (1986). In 1998 he curated the exhibition Gerhard Richter. Landscapes (1998) in the Sprengel Museum Hannover. In 2001 he published Gerhard Richter. Firenze . A year later his extensive biography Gerhard Richter, Maler was published . It is considered a standard work and has already been translated into English, American, French and Japanese. At the moment he is working on the new catalog raisonné of Gerhard Richter's paintings and sculptures.
In February 2006 the Gerhard Richter Archive was founded in Dresden as an institute of the Dresden State Art Collections . Dietmar Elger has headed the archive from the start.
Fonts
- Catalog raisonné of Gerhard Richter's paintings and sculptures. Volume 1: Works from 1962 to 1968. Ostfildern-Ruit 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-1978-0 .
- Catalog raisonné of Gerhard Richter's paintings and sculptures. Volume 2: Works from 1968 to 1975. Ostfildern-Ruit 2017, ISBN 978-3-7757-1979-7 .
- Catalog raisonné of Gerhard Richter's paintings and sculptures. Volume 3: Works from 1976 to 1987. Ostfildern-Ruit 2013, ISBN 978-3-7757-1980-3 .
- Catalog raisonné of Gerhard Richter's paintings and sculptures. Volume 4: Works from 1988 to 1994. Ostfildern-Ruit 2015, ISBN 978-3-7757-1981-0 .
- Catalog raisonné. Volume 5 Nos. 806-899-8 1994-2006. Hatje Cantz, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-7757-3230-7 .
- Gerhard Richter. Painter biography and work. DuMont, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-8321-9065-1 .
- Andy Warhol. Self-portraits. Hatje Cantz, 2004, ISBN 3-7757-1390-5 .
- with Lucius Grisebach : Keith Sonnier. Works. 1994, ISBN 3-89322-544-7 .
- Felix Gonzales-Torres: Catalog Raisonee. 2 volumes. Hatje Cantz, 1997, ISBN 3-89322-883-7 .
- Gerhard Richter. Landscapes. Hatje Cantz, 2002, ISBN 3-7701-1772-7 .
- Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau. A work monograph. König, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-88375-362-9 .
- Dietmar Elger, Hubertus Butin , Oskar Bätschmann: Gerhard Richter. Landscapes. ed. by Dietmar Elger. Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-7757-2639-9 (English edition: ISBN 978-3-7757-2639-9 ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Dietmar Elger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the Gerhard Richter Archive, Dresden State Art Collections
Individual evidence
- ^ The Merzbau by Kurt Schwitters. 2nd Edition. König, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-88375-362-9 .
- ^ Website of the Goethe Institute
- ^ Gerhard Richter archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elger, Dietmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and curator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |