Lorenza Böttner

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Lorenza Böttner (* 1959 in Punta Arenas , Chile , † 1994 in Munich ) was a multidisciplinary German artist .

biography

Böttner was born into a German family who emigrated to Chile. At the age of eight years her arms had to be amputated because they a power pole had come too close, as if to get a bird's nest. Böttner grew up in Germany and went to school with children who were damaged by thalidomide . In view of the medical diagnosis as a disabled person and the social expectations associated with it, Böttner decided to study at the Kunsthochschule Kassel and began to paint.

She became a multidisciplinary artist who painted with her feet and mouth, using photography , drawing , painting, and public performances as a means of building a political and artistic body. At the same time Lorenza began to perform performances . In the eighties she participated with Sandra Aronson in the “Disabled Artists Network” and defended the existence of a genealogy of artists who work with the mouth and the feet.

After Lorenza tried not to be buried by the labels of the transsexual and the disabled, the public breakthrough came. Lorenza interpreted Petra , the mascot of the Paralympic Games of Barcelona 1992, designed by Xavier Mariscal , a personality who tirelessly advocated the policy of integration.

Lorenza Böttner died in 1994 of complications from her HIV disease. Thanks to Lorenza's mother, a few memories and works of art have survived. In 2017 a small selection was presented at documenta 14 in Kassel , and in November 2018 La Virreina de Barcelona opened a solo exhibition . Another solo exhibition then took place at the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart .

Solo exhibitions

  • 2018: La Virreina de Barcelona: Requiem for the norm .
  • 2019: Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart: Requiem for the norm .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b ANTONI RIBAS TUR: La Virreina allibera Lorenza Böttner de la Petra paralímpica. In: ara.cat. ara.cat, November 7, 2018, accessed November 7, 2018 (catalan).
  2. ↑ Documenta 14: Lorenza Böttner. In: https://www.documenta14.de/de/artists/21958/lorenza-boettner . Documenta 14, April 8, 2017, accessed on March 17, 2019 (German / English).
  3. ↑ Lorenza Böttner. artfacts.net, accessed on March 27, 2019 .
  4. ^ Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart: Württ. Kunstverein Stuttgart: Lorenza Böttner. Requiem for the norm. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Boettner, Lorenza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German multidisciplinary artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Punta Arenas , Chile
DATE OF DEATH 1994
Place of death Munich