Peter Clouth

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Paramecium Cyborg III
(49 × 51 × 15 cm) from the Biotecks series , 2002
Lightling II (29 × 44 × 13 cm), 2005
Photo from the stage comic the forgiving machine , Düsseldorf 2002

Peter Clouth (* 1958 in Düsseldorf ) is a German artist. The trained businessman and information designer lives and works in Düsseldorf. Peter Clouth is a member of the producer gallery plan.d.

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Clouth's thematic focus is on the relationship between the individual, society and technology. In his work he experiments with different media ( photography , video ) and techniques ( assemblage , graphics , sculpture ). Since 2001 he has favored cardboard as a working material.

Exemplary work

  • Biotecks: Clouth's “microorganisms”, consisting of corrugated cardboard and Shoji paper, combine the character set of Fordist industrial culture (gear wheels, assembly lines, drive belts) and biological forms, a reference to the technological paradigm shift that is taking place .
  • Lightlinge: These objects are based on small, individually cut pieces of cardboard. Put together, they result in a formed whole, a meta-statement about the relationship between the individual and mass society .
  • Stage design: For the stage comics by the German-Israeli artist duo , past sich schuld (Ilanit Magarshak-Riegg and Sir ladybug beetle) created stage design elements (shadow stencils) for the following productions: die sündvergebmaschine (2002), the diaries of Kommissar Zufall (2004) and Barefoot through Hiroshima (2006).

Solo exhibitions (excerpt)

  • 1993: Strandgut, Aidshilfe, Düsseldorf
  • 2000: Five spaceships - one earth, Interim Gallery, Düsseldorf
  • 2001: pappsatt, producer gallery plan.d., Düsseldorf
  • 2003: Biomasse, Weissraum Gallery, Kyoto / Japan
  • 2003: PutzWahn, plan.d., Düsseldorf (with Dunia Khalil)
  • 2005: Lichobjekte, producer gallery plan.d, Düsseldorf
  • 2005: Unterstrom, Bild + Wort, Berlin (with Heinz Hachel)
  • 2006: Facades, Clean Sisters Gallery, Osaka / Japan
  • 2006: New works, Weissraum Gallery, Kyoto / Japan
  • 2006: bacillus subtilis ad locus amoenus, producer gallery plan.d., Düsseldorf

Exhibition participation (excerpt)

  • 1994: News from the Obscurei, Theaterhaus, Düsseldorf
  • 1996: Kommando Bimberle, Galerie 33, Düsseldorf
  • 1996: Departure station: pool, wave pool, Düsseldorf
  • 1997: Extended quality show - extra class department in the NW Museum, Düsseldorf
  • 2001: Changing sides, gallery in the tower - Stollwerck, Cologne
  • 2001: Free elections, State Art Gallery Baden-Baden
  • 2003: EN-Kunst, Kluterhöhle, Ennepetal
  • 2005: Collaboration, City Museum, Fujisawa
  • 2005: run separately 2, Aula Carolina, Aachen
  • 2006: Outdoor - the video project, Ückerplatz, Düsseldorf
  • 2006: papART, Wasserschloss Klaffenbach, Chemnitz
  • 2006: Lent Me Your Ear, Kunstverein, Bad Salzdetfurth

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personal data
SURNAME Clouth, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf