Hubertus Butin
Hubertus Butin (* 1964 in Hann. Münden ) is a German art historian , art theorist and exhibition curator .
life and work
Butin studied art history in Bonn and Zurich, art history, philosophy and modern history. From 1996 to 1998 he worked as an art historical assistant in Gerhard Richter's studio . Since 1992 he has published numerous books on contemporary art, in particular on Gerhard Richter and the art of capitalist realism . In 2014 his extended glossary of terms on contemporary art and his updated catalog raisonné of the editions by Gerhard Richter were published.
Butin lives and works in Berlin.
Curated exhibitions (selection)
- 2012: Gerhard Richter - Editions 1965–2011 , Me Collectors Room Berlin -Stiftung Olbricht, Berlin. (2013 also Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo , Turin)
- 2004: Gerhard Richter. Printed! Prints, photo editions and artist books (with Stefan Gronert ), Kunstmuseum Bonn , (afterwards Kunstmuseum Luzern and others).
- 1994: Gerhard Richter and Romanticism , Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen
Fonts (selection)
- Art forgery - the deceptive object of desire , Suhrkamp / Insel 2020 ISBN 978-3-518-42911-2
- Glossary of terms for contemporary art (as publisher), Snoeck, Cologne, 2014 ISBN 978-3-86442-100-6
- Gerhard Richter, Editions 1965–2013: Catalog Raisonné (with Stefan Gronert), Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2014 ISBN 978-3-7757-3519-3
- Imi Knoebel , Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, 2009 ISBN 978-3-7757-2500-2
- Gerhard Richter. Works on Paper - Works on Paper , Walther König, Cologne ISBN 3-00-017217-3
- KP Brehmer: All artists lie , Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, 1998 ISBN 978-3-927015-13-5
- Graphics of capitalist realism: KP Brehmer, KH Hödicke, Konrad Lueg, Wolf Vostell, Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter , Grafik-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1992 ISBN 3-9802488-9-5
- Gerhard Richter, early printmaking 1965–1974 , Galerie Bernd Slutzky, Frankfurt am Main, 1992 ISBN 3-9802488-5-2
Web links
- Hubertus Butin homepage
- Literature by and about Hubertus Butin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hubertus Butin at Perlentaucher
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ingeborg Wiensowski: Gerhard Richter in Berlin: From snapshot to art . In. Spiegel Kultur online from March 6, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butin, Hubertus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German art historian and exhibition curator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hann. Münden |