Georg Joachim Schmitt

Georg Joachim Schmitt (born May 18, 1963 in Trier ) is a German artist and author .

Life

Schmitt studied classical philology, philosophy and art history in Bonn and Tübingen.

His work includes photographic works, paintings, drawings, plastic works, art films, inventions, compositions, book editions, articles on SPIEGELonline and the Süddeutsche Zeitung, documentaries, performances and scientific treatises.

One of his best-known works is “The Nutritional Value of Money”, a series of prints with the results of food chemistry analyzes of D-Mark, dollar and euro. In 2006, Schmitt initiated the first official artist strike in German history at the Brandenburg Gate.

Schmitt is co-organizer of the "cologne contemporary international art biennale 08".

Works (selection)

• Alphabet of the Elements , 1998
• You shall not dine other gods beside me! , 2000
• The Nutritional Value of Money , 1999–2002
• The omnipotence of the gaze. The debate about media violence in contemporary film , edition nadir 2001
• Self , 2003
• The Art of Buying , 2004
• The Forty Robbers of A ... , Constantin Post Verlag 2005
• First German artist strike , 2006
• cologne contemporary international art biennale 08 , 2008

Web links

• Literature by and about Georg Joachim Schmitt in the catalog of the German National Library
• Use the art of the hour - stern.de article about the first German artist strike
• Doesn't money fill you up? - stern.de article about the "nutritional value of money"
• cologne contemporary international art biennale 08 - Homepage of the Biennale
• georgschmitt.com - website of the artist