Klaus Mettig

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Klaus Mettig (* 1950 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) is a German artist . He lives in Düsseldorf .

In 1973 Klaus Mettig received a scholarship from the Whitney Museum of American Art , New York City . Between 1976 and 1978 he traveled to and from the USA and China. Mettig is one of the first multimedia artists. He has been using photography and video art to deal with social issues since the 1970s.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1974 Gallery Oppenheim, Cologne
  • 1975 (and later) Galerie Klein, Bonn
  • 1980 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
  • 1982 "And such a press of people", Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven
  • 1983 "The explosion is silent", Kunstmuseum Bonn; Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
  • 1987 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff scholarship. Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
  • 1989 Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf
  • 2008 Haus am Kleistpark and New Society for Fine Arts, Berlin
  • 2010 "Don't be left behind", Museum Kunst Palast Foundation, Düsseldorf
  • 2017: Klaus Mettig. Traveler without a ticket , LVR-LandesMuseum , Bonn

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • 1982 Documenta 7, Kassel
    • "Video art in Germany", Kölnischer Kunstverein
  • 1983 "Starting points for critical art today", Bonner Kunstverein; NGBK, Berlin
  • 1984 "Rheingold", Palazzo della Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti, Turin
  • 1987 "You do what you want", Sofia
  • 1989 "2000 years. The present of the past", Bonner Kunstverein
  • 1995 "RAM", Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe a. a.
  • 2004 Klaus Mettig, Christoph Brech, Walter Storms Galerie Munich
  • 2005 "China. September-October 1978". Klaus Mettig, Katharina Sieverding , Wolfsburg Art Museum
  • 2006 "Every Day ... another artist / work / show", Salzburger Kunstverein.
  • 2015 "Road Map", Art Foyer, DZ-Bank Art Collection, Frankfurt am Main.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The motifs are on the street in Frankfurter Neue Presse from March 17, 2015, page KuS1
personal data
SURNAME Mettig, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Brandenburg