Monika Sprüth

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Monika Sprüth (born May 18, 1949 in Memmingen ) is a German gallery owner .

Life

After studying architecture, she worked as an urban planner in Oberhausen before opening a gallery in Cologne's old town in 1983. She initially exhibited young, as yet unknown artists such as Rosemarie Trockel , Cindy Sherman , Barbara Kruger and Jenny Holzer , whom she helped to gain international recognition, "with which she broke the trend in the art market that had been dominated by male artists." She was also instrumental in developing the early careers of artists such as Peter Fischli , Louise Lawler , Andreas Gursky , Thomas Demand , Andreas Schulze , George Condo , Axel Kasseböhmer and Thomas Scheibitz .

In 1998 she founded the Sprüth Magers gallery with Philomene Magers , based in Berlin, London and Los Angeles. a. John Baldessari , Cyprien Gaillard , Donald Judd and Joseph Kosuth represents.

She is an appointed member of the German Academy for Football Culture .

Publications (selection)

  • Artificial paradises: Salvo, Andreas Schulze, Milan Kunc, George Condo, David Bowes, Dieter Teusch , exhibition catalog, Museum Folkwang Essen 1985; Kunstverein München 1985, edited by Zdenek Felix ; Monika Sprüth
  • Jean Fautrier , catalog for the exhibition, Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne 1989, edited by Monika Sprüth; Wilfried Dickhoff
  • Ed Ruscha, gunpowder and stains , exhibition catalog, Monika Sprüth, Philomene Magers Gallery Munich 2000, edited by Monika Sprüth; Philomene Magers
  • Frances Scholz: I return abstraction to the world , 2008, edited by Monika Sprüth; Philomene Magers,
  • Thomas Scheibitz, the goldilocks zone , exhibition catalog, 2008, edited by Monika Sprüth; Philomene Magers

Honors

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maria-Hilfstrasse 17, Cologne, 1983
  2. ↑ More than just knitting Deutschlandradio Kultur by Carsten Probst, October 8, 2011
  3. ↑ The Other Half ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Frieze Magazine, March 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.frieze.com
  4. ↑ Walther Müller-Jentsch: The art in society . VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2011, p. 66., ISBN 3-531-17694-3
  5. ↑ faz.net accessed on January 30, 2012
  6. ↑ Today art is a mass sport. ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. art - Tim Sommer's art magazine ; Elke Buhr, October 20, 2008, accessed January 30, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.art-magazin.de
  7. ^ Sprüth Magers Berlin London
  8. ↑ https://www.fussball-kultur.org/adresse/address/monika-sprueth
personal data
SURNAME Sprüth, Monika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gallery owner
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Memmingen