Jörg Schellmann

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Jörg Schellmann (* 1944 in Kassel ) is a German gallery owner and founder of Schellmann Art München-New York , a company that produces contemporary art in editions, as well as a furniture designer.

Art editions

Schellmann opened his first gallery, Kunstladen , in Munich in 1969 . With the intention of producing art that is accessible to a wider audience due to lower prices than the originals, Schellmann began to publish limited editions of graphics , objects and installation works by internationally known artists. Schellmann has worked with Joseph Beuys , Christo , Donald Judd , Keith Haring , Jenny Holzer , Thomas Ruff , Cindy Sherman , Andy Warhol and Christopher Wool , among others . He was best known as the publisher of the catalog raisonnés of Joseph Beuys' Multiples , the prints by Andy Warhol and the editions of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Donald Judd and, most recently, Thomas Ruff.

Schellmann's projects have been exhibited in numerous important galleries and museums: Paula Cooper Gallery, New York; Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac , Paris; Museum of Modern Art , New York; House of Art , Munich; and National Gallery , Berlin.

Furniture design

After a 40 year career as an art publisher of graphics, objects and installations, Schellmann began producing furniture objects designed by artists in 2009. Shortly afterwards, his own furniture designs followed, the aesthetics of which are strongly influenced by everyday objects and industry. They also reflect the formal language of minimalism and conceptual art , which both shaped Schellmann's artistic development. Jörg Schellmann's furniture designs are now produced and sold by established furniture companies such as Moroso and e15 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katharina Altemeier: Pleasant But Not Pleasing , katharinaaltemeier.com
  2. ↑ Birgit Sonna: Chilled to brightly colored ( memento from November 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), in: art - Das Kunstmagazin , February 5, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Schellmann, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German furniture designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH kassel