Jiři Keuthen

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Jiři Keuthen (born February 8, 1951 in Goch , Niederrhein, North Rhine-Westphalia ; † June 26, 2007 in Neustadt in Holstein ) was a German contemporary art painter .

life and work

Jiři Keuthen went to school in Kleve and then completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk . From 1972 onwards he studied drawing and painting as an autodidact . He graduated from a university of applied sciences with a focus on economics, which enables him to study at the social academy in Arnhem . 1978–1980 he took further studies at the Werkkunstschule in Krefeld . From 1981–1988, Keuthen had studios in Krefeld , Cologne and New York City . In 1987 he received a work grant from the Ministry of Culture in North Rhine-Westphalia at Schloss Ringenberg and in 1989 one from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. 1989–1997 he lived in a studio house in Koblenz .

1991–1992 Keuthen held a visiting professorship for painting at the Kraków Art Academy . Three years later he is involved in the Association for Psychology in Seligenstadt , where he supports the Art-Transmitter project of the European Society for the Promotion of Art and Culture in Psychiatry. In 2000 the first retrospective took place in the Museum Schloss Moyland with works from 20 years. In 1997 the construction of a new studio apartment building began in Macken on the Moselle. In 2003 the company moved to the Zuckerturm in Neustadt in Holstein . From 2004 he worked as an art pedagogue at the Heiligenhafen / Ostsee psychiatry and, together with Michael Dieckmann, board member of the Ameos clinics, set up the Heiligenhafen art class, which he led from then on. In 2005/2006 he was proposed by Georg Baselitz , Björn Engholm , and Franz Joseph van der Grinten for the Schleswig-Holstein State Art Prize . In 2013 the 2nd retrospective took place in Berlin's Kleisthaus with the works from 1982 to 2007.

In his works there is a "permanent struggle for [the] liberation from mental paralysis". The work Self-Portrait from 1990 shows Keuthen as a visually impaired person with a blindfold and a long stick . Keuthen also often uses the Red Cross as a protective symbol in his works. It becomes part of an entire cycle called My own Red Cross Campaign .

Jiři Keuthen was married to Barbara Bauhaus-Keuthen and had three daughters.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1981 Krefeld, ManufacturArt Gallery
  • 1984 Kleve, Museum Haus Koekkoek , 21 paintings 1982–1983, Cologne, Galerie Koppelmann, paintings 1984
  • 1985 Krefeld, Galerie Fochem, works on paper 1980–1985, paintings 1985
  • 1987 Düsseldorf , Galerie Kleinsimlinghaus, Male und Schweige, Modern Landscapes, Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Haus am Redoutenpark, Charades
  • 1988 Frankfurt am Main , Jürgen Ponto Foundation, Spirit and Mission
  • 1990 Frankfurt a. M., JWG University, On Questions of Our Time
  • 1991 Cracow, Ulica Warszawska, Wystawa Obrazow pysanych
  • 1991 1992 Koblenz, Middle Rhine Museum , work and bread
  • 1994 Landesmuseum Mainz, the fortune teller, My Brother and the Cultura
  • 1995 Essen, Galerie Kosmos, Spiritus, Trebe, turpentine
  • 1995 Seligenstadt, Association for Psychology, Iconotherapeutic Work
  • 1999 Bonn, Foundation for Art and Culture, the One Day of Hands
  • 2000 Bedburg-Hau, Museum Schloss Moyland - Collection van der Grinten, exhibition Neue Vorburg, Forme, Male Schweige - Works from 20 years (1st retrospective)
  • 2003 Montpellier, Maison de Heidelberg, C'est moi - that's me
  • 2007 Berlin, Kleisthaus, Get an Angel - An angel for you, 68 works - one work, 1998–2002
  • 2007 Cologne, Teutonika, set out of the intellectuals - awakening of the intellectuals
  • 2009 Koblenz, Galerie Krüger, On high you're lone - that's good - it's lonely upstairs - and that's a good thing. Opening as part of the Long Night of the Museums, September - November
  • 2009–10 Koblenz, Galerie Krüger, ROBOT - drawings and unique prints. December to February
  • 2010 Koblenz, Galerie Krüger, In dubio, February to April
  • 2011 Cologne, Galerie Koppelmann, GGG - I am where I am, June 18 to August 31
  • 2012 Schoenstatt (Vallendar) , Pilgrim Church, May 5th to 18th, as part of the Holy Rock Days
  • 2013 Berlin, Kleisthaus, Humanitas - art never sleeps, works from 1987–2007, (2nd retrospective), April 18 to May 28
  • 2013 Trier, Museum am Dom Trier , group exhibition, “The garment as a motif of contemporary art” 500 +1, June 28th to October 13th
  • 2013 Koblenz, Galerie Krüger, Jiři Keuthen - GET AN ANGEL - AN ANGEL FOR YOU, July 12th to August 30th, 2013
  • 2014 Trier, Museum am Dom Trier, “People need attitude - positions by Jiři Keuthen”, April 11th to September 14th
  • 2014 Koblenz, Gallery Krüger, “Man My Brother My Sister”, September 19 to November 9

Works (selection)

  • 1990: Robot series
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  • 1990: Join the jacket like pants movement
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Works in public collections (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Federal Government Commissioner for the Issues of Disabled People (Ed.): Curatorial foreword by Heike Krüger, Humanitas - Art never sleeps , 2013
personal data
SURNAME Keuthen, Jiři
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Goch , North Rhine-Westphalia
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2007
Place of death Neustadt in Holstein