Klaus Groh (artist)

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Klaus Groh (* 1936 in Neisse , Upper Silesia ) is a German artist and book author.

Life

Klaus Groh studied art education and art history and received his doctorate. phil. at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg with the topic “The new DaDaism on the American west coast” (Maro-Verlag, Augsburg). He has lived and worked in Oldenburg since 2017.

Groh headed the Micro Hall Art Center and the Kleinkunstbühne Literaturium from 1971 to 2006 and the IAC (International Artists' Cooperation) from 1969 to 1990. He was the editor of the IAC information sheet "IAC-INFO", a forerunner of many Mail Art Letters and today's network. Since 2003 he has been the head of the cultural program of the "Schlaraffia Oldenburgia" and founded the cabaret "Burg Uhlenhorst".

Fonts

  • if I had a mind… (I imagine…) Concept-art, project-art. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne 1971, ISBN 3-7701-0571-0 .
  • “Current Art in Eastern Europe” - ČSSR, Yugoslavia, Poland, Romania, USSR, Hungary. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne 1972, ISBN 3-7701-0617-2 .
  • etc. theses, slogans, concepts, ideas. Maro, Gersthofen 1972, ISBN 3-87512-018-3 .
  • Reale Concepte, artist book, 1972, New Reform, Aalst, Belgiën
  • (Ed.): Mixed Magazine / East European Issue. University of Saskatchewan, Sas "katon (Canada) 1973.
  • Art manifest. Friedrichsfehn 1975.
  • Art-Impressions / USA & Canada. (More DaDa). Beau Geste Press, Crainleigh 1975.
  • The OR Book. Don Milliken Press, Shelburne Falls 1977.
  • The new Dadaism in North America. Maro, Augsburg 1979, ISBN 3-87512-113-9 .
  • A crazy DaDa idea - a dadalogy. Edewecht-Friedrichsfehn 1980, ISBN 3-922595-01-4 .
  • Try = life! Edewecht 1983.
  • Installations. Edewecht 1983.
  • "The tree, your friend ...". Edewecht 1984, ISBN 3-922595-07-3 .
  • with Hermann Havekost: Artists' Books - artist books. Oldenburg, 1986, ISBN 3-8142-0152-3 .
  • Mail Art - Correspondence Art , an artistic fringe activity or a serious field of activity for free communication between peoples. In: Fine arts in Eastern Europe in the 20th century. Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-87061-257-6 .
  • Antoni Miro: the bike. Alcoi 1996, ISBN 84-921187-6-8 .
  • with Wolfgang Hase: Kunstpfad 2000. Wiefelstede 2000.
  • Bon-ap-Arte. redfoxpress, Dugort 2007.
  • 1976 - from NYC to LA. redfoxpress, Dugort 2010.
  • with Wilfried Belschner: ninety-nine pearls of sloppy whiteness. Edewecht 2013, ISBN 978-3-922595-17-5 .
  • Sock or dog holder? a Fechsungssammlung by Ritter DaDa-Lust (Klaus Groh), Edewecht 2013, ISBN 978-3-922595-21-2 .
  • Before I forget it completely ... I experienced between 1942 and 1957, Edewecht 2013, ISBN 978-3-922595-20-5 .
  • Texts-thoughts-ideas-slogans on art and related art. Edewecht 2013, Volume 1: ISBN 978-3-922595-19-9 , Volume 2: ISBN 978-3-922595-22-9 .
  • The lubrication book , lubrication bookfechations of three lubrication bookfechers, ed. Ritter DaDa-Lust (Klaus Groh). Edewecht, ISBN 978-3-922595-26-7 .

Exhibitions

Since 1968, Klaus Groh has had 94 solo exhibitions and around 300 participations, including the following:

  • 1969: Liberté de Parole , Denise Davy Gallery, Paris (France)
  • 1981: 6th Sao Paulo Biennial , Sao Paulo (Brazil)
  • 1986: Goethe-Institut, Marseille (France)
  • 1993: IV. Biennal poesia visual / experimental , Mexico City (Mexico)
  • 1997: Eye Rhymes, international visual poetry , Calgary and Edmonton (Canada) 7
  • 1997: Klaus Groh, Centrum Beeldende Kunsten, Guy Bleus' E-Mail-Art Archives , Hasselt (Belgium)
  • 1999: 1st international communication art biennale , COMM.ART., Šabac (Yugoslavia)
  • 2002: Galeria XX1 , in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, Warsaw (Poland)
  • 2002: Mini print international , Cadaques (Spain)
  • 2003: Europe-concrete-reductive , Architecture Museum Wrocław (Poland)
  • 2003: extra50 , 50th Biennale di Venecia, Venice (Italy)
  • 2004: 1st international collage exhibition , in Vilnius (Lithuania)
  • 2004: London Art Biennal 2004 , London (Great Britain)
  • 2005: peotical pages , Moon-Gallery, Mount Berry / GO (USA)
  • 2006: Art without violence , Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Israel)
  • 2007: Internacional-Concreto-Reductivo-Inteligible , Ayuntamiento de Aranjuez (Spain)
  • 2008: Museum Modern Art , Hünfeld / Fulda
  • 2009: 30th international impact Art Festival , Kyoto City Museum (Japan)
  • 2009: FUTURISMO , Museo Minimo, Napoli (Italy)
  • 2010: Convocatoria internacional. Ministero Cultura, Santa Fé (Argentina)
  • 2011: International Triennale of Extended artMedia. Art Salon of Trstenik, Trstenik (SRB)
  • 2011: 32nd Impact Art Festival. Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto (Japan)
  • 2012: 7th edition. Cologne, book objects, New Art Forum Cologne, (D)
  • 2012: Land of Olive trees. Evia Center of Art, Chalcis (GR)
  • 2013: TREIZE- (13). Atelier & Gallery Andrè Robèr, Ille-sur-Tet (F)
  • 2013: GUTAI-Memories. Walter Mc Bean Gallery, San Francisco (USA)
  • 2014: “4th Lessedra International MixedMedia Competition”. Sofia (Bulg)
  • 2014: “The 70ths”, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto (I)
  • 2014: “The Avant-garde did not applaud”, Galeria Sztuki Najnowszej, Wrocław (PL)
  • 2015: "1st OFF BIENNALE 2015" c / o ARTPOOL, Budapest (H)
  • 2015: "Music City", Centro di arte, Boyaca (Colombia)
  • 2016: "Urban jungle", Atelier ROTKLEE, Putbus / Rügen (D)
  • 2016: "UTSANGA", Polo Museo Roccelletta di Borgia (I)
  • 2017: "The Eagle has landed-APOLLO 11-next step", exhibition center PYRAMIDE, Berlin (D)

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personal data
SURNAME Groh, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Nysa