Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth
Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth is a German artist duo (since 2003), which consists of Heike Mutter (* 1969 in Munich ) and Ulrich Genth (* 1971 in Tübingen ). The duo lives and works in Duisburg and Hamburg .
From 1994 to 1999 Genth studied object art at the Münster Art Academy . Mother studied media art in Karlsruhe and Cologne from 1995 to 2001 . Since 2007 she has been a professor at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts .
Works (selection)
- 2018: Freiham Folly , 21 meter high sculpture in Munich
- 2017: Memorial for the permanent new beginning on the Neumarkt in Dresden
- 2014: Slate forest between Eschborn and Steinbach
- 2011: Large accessible sculpture Tiger and Turtle - Magic Mountain on the landfill of the former Duisburg zinc smelter Heinrich-Hildebrand-Höhe on the route of industrial culture
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2012: i. A., two current projects of the New Patrons, Acc-Gallery Weimar, with Henrik Schrat .
- 2011: The self-fulfilling present of prophecy, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel
- 2010: Blind Date, Kunstverein Hannover Hannover
- 2007: cut out of context, Galerie Vous etes ici, Amsterdam
- 2006: Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
- 2003: Nouophoren, Galerie Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2012: Copenhagen Art Festival
- 2012: JE HAIS LES COUPLES, w jamois art space, Paris
- 2011: Perspectives for art in public space
- 2010: DA HOOD Vol.1, Gängeviertel Hamburg
- 2010: Residual, Muca Roma (Museum of Contemporary Art) Mexico City, public space
- 2008: For an economy of exchange, paradoxes of the public, City-Palais Duisburg, first official project of the European Capital of Culture Duisburg
- 2007: Works by the artists of the Heidenheim Sculpture Symposium, Heidenheim Art Museum
- 2006: end of season, Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg
- 2006: Echo, New Media / Old Masters, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , Cologne
- 2005: The solid reality of the conditioned, Sculpture Biennale Münsterland
- 2005: K4 Gallery, Max Ophüls Festival, Saarbrücken
- 2002: West German Artists Association , Bochum Art Museum
- 1999: Sculpture project Ibbenbüren / Hellendoorn, set piece, Ibbenbüren (Ulrich Genth)
- 1999: Master class, Montevideo, TBA, Amsterdam (Heike Mutter)
Awards (selection)
- 2009: First prize, closed competition for a landmark on the Heinrich-Hildebrand-Höhe Duisburg, European Capital of Culture Ruhr 2010
- 2008: Third prize, competition for the realization of Paradoxes of the Public
- 2008: First prize, closed QUIVID competition, art in the building of the city of Munich, Munich city drainage
- 2005: Sponsorship award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists , (Heike Mutter)
- 2001: GWK sponsorship award (Ulrich Genth)
- 2001: Young West Art Prize for Sculpture (Ulrich Genth)
- 2000: Digital Image World Art Prize, Recklinghausen (Heike Mutter)
literature
- Tiger & Turtle - Magic Mountain. A landmark in Duisburg by Ulrich Genth and Heike Mutter (English / hardcover), 2011
- Compilation of texts in exhibition catalogs
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the city of Duisburg ( Memento from March 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Project page on dresden.de, accessed on June 7, 2017
- ↑ West Art Masterpieces