Dirk Dobke
Dirk Dobke (* 1966 in Neviges ) is a German art historian and curator .
Life
Dirk Dobke studied art history and classical archeology at the University of Hamburg with a focus on contemporary art and photography. He completed his studies in 1994 with a master's degree with a thesis on the photographer couple Bernd and Hilla Becher and also worked as a freelance photographer.
1997 Dobke was with a thesis on Dieter Roth with the title - "Melancholy Nippes Dieter Roth's early material objects and pictures (1960-75)" doctorate . Roth himself added sketches and comments to the manuscript. In January 1998 he appointed Dobke as curator of the Dieter Roth Foundation, which he co-founded, and of the Dieter Roth Museum.
Dobke was co-curator of the exhibition “Roth-Zeit, Eine Dieter Roth Retrospective”, the opening exhibition of the Schaulager in Basel (2003); further stations were: Museum Ludwig , Cologne (2003) and Museum of Modern Art (with PS1), New York (2004).
He is also active in art education and founded the artfinder gallery in Hamburg with Mathias Güntner in 2000 , from which he retired at the end of 2005. Since 2006 he has been in charge of the work archive of Berlin-based artist Sonja Alhäuser . He published various publications on the artists in charge as well as books with a photographic focus, e.g. B. 2016 the catalog raisonné “Classics of Photography” in the pen art.
Since 2010 he has been the managing director of the Griffelkunst-Vereinigung Hamburg .
Publications (selection)
- Dieter Roth Foundation (Ed.): Dirk Dobke “Melancholischer Nippes. Dieter Roth's early objects and material pictures 1960 - 75 ” , Diss., Univ. Hamburg, 1997, 2nd version with notes and drawings by Dieter Roth, published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2002
- Dieter Roth Foundation / Dirk Dobke: "Dieter Roth Originale" , Edition Hansjörg Mayer, London 2002 (sales bookshop Walther König, Cologne, English version: "Dieter Roth Unique Pieces" , sales Thames and Hudson, London, New York)
- Dieter Roth Foundation / Dirk Dobke: Dieter Roth Druckgraphik 1947-1998 ( Catalog Raisonné ), Edition Hansjörg Mayer, London 2003 (distributed by Walther König, Cologne, English version: "Dieter Roth Graphic Works" , distributed by Thames and Hudson, London, New York)
- Catalog "Roth-Zeit - A Dieter Roth Retrospective" , Theodora Vischer and Bernadette Walter (eds.), Texts by Dirk Dobke and Bernadette Walter, Schaulager, Basel 2003 (English version "Roth-Time" , both published by Lars Müller, Baden, Switzerland)
- Dirk Dobke: "How Karl-Dietrich Roth first became Diter Rot, then Heinrich Schwarz and finally Dieter Roth" , Griffelkunstvereinigung Hamburg, List of Editions 1976-2000, Vol. 2, Hamburg 2003, pp. 14-16
- The Continually Decomposing Work of Art - Dieter Roth's Early Graphic Works , in Art on Paper, New York, Nov./Dec. 2003 pp. 54-58
- Dieter Roth Foundation / Dirk Dobke: Dieter Roth: Books + Editions , Edition Hansjörg Mayer, London 2004 (Distribution Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne, English version: "Dieter Roth Books + Multiples" , Distribution Thames and Hudson, London, New York)
- Dieter Roth Foundation / Dirk Dobke: Dieter Roth in America , interviews by Dirk Dobke, photos by Patrick Becker, Edition Hansjörg Mayer, London 2004 (sales bookstore Walther König, Cologne, and Thames and Hudson, London, New York)
- Dieter Roth in Print - Artist's Books / Kuenstlerbuecher, 200 pages with over 300 color illustrations, text in German / English, published by Zucker Art Books, New York 2006
- (Ed. And others): Sonja Alhäuser - Immerzu, Nordhorn, Göppingen, Hamburg 2007
- without eye contact, artist book (Foto-Leporello, edition 150, signed and numbered), 22 × 16.5 or 22 × 455 cm, Hamburg 2007
About Dirk Dobke (selection)
- "Stage fright", TV interview Hamburg 1 from August 15, 2008
- Belinda Grace Gardner: "Dirk Dobke - Administrators of Decay Art" in Art Year 2008, page 132/133, Verlag Lindinger + Schmid, 2008, ISSN 1618-4106
Web links
- Literature by and about Dirk Dobke in the catalog of the German National Library
- "Melancholy knickknacks - Dieter Roth's early objects and material pictures (1960-75)" (electronic publication of the dissertation, 1st version) (PDF file; 1.47 MB)
- Dieter Roth Foundation
- Hamburger Abendblatt, June 2, 2012
- Radio report NDR 90.3 from August 14, 2012 (.mp3 file; 2.9 MB)
- Dieter Roth Museum
Individual evidence
- ↑ New boss of stylus art , Welt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dobke, Dirk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and curator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neviges |