Peter Welz (video artist)

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Peter Welz (born December 1, 1972 in Lauingen - 47 years and 275 days old) is a German video artist who lives and works in Berlin .

Life

Peter Welz is one of the up-and-coming artists on the Berlin art scene. He was educated at the National College of Art and Design (Dublin), Chelsea College of Art and Design (London) and Cooper Union (New York). On the one hand, his artistic works are known for their kinetic experimental arrangements, on the other hand, the cinematic plays a central role. In addition to questions about the status of the image, the sculptural and the question of the relationship between image and space, aspects of the figurative in particular have recently shaped his work. Welz's artistic work also reflects his engagement with Samuel Beckett . He also became known for a five-part video installation that was created in close collaboration with the choreographer William Forsythe . Works by Peter Welz are among others. a. in the Goetz Collection, the Falckenberg Collection and in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt.

Exhibitions

• 2005 Mönchehaus Museum Goslar , Germany.
• 2005 Renaissance Society , Chicago, IL, USA.
• 2006 Museum der Gegenwart, Hamburger Bahnhof , Berlin, Germany (curated by Stan Douglas & Christopher Eamon).
• 2006 MIT , List Visual Art Center, Boston, MA, USA.
• 2006 Louvre , Galerie de la Melpomène, Paris, France.
• 2007 Weserburg Museum for Modern Art , Bremen, Germany.
• 2009 National Gallery of Modern Art, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna , Rome, Italy.
• 2013 Aichi Triennale 2013, Nagoya , Japan.
• 2013 Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota (Aichi) , Japan.
• 2013 MOMAT Tokyo, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan.
• 2014 Galerie Crone: Exhibition Malaparte , Berlin, Germany.
• 2014/15 Galleria Fumagalli: Portraits & Installations (November 14, 2014– January 6, 2015), Milan, Italy.
• 2014/15 Weserburg Museum of Modern Art : Artists' Spaces 02 (December 5, 2014– May 31, 2015), Bremen, Germany.

literature

• Carsten Ahrens (Ed.): Peter Welz | Weserburg | Museum of Modern Art. Exhibition catalog. Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-86828-140-8 .
• Peter Welz: TO UNSAY . Exhibition catalog. Goslar 2005, DNB 977266141 .

Web links

• HP Peter Welz

Remarks

1. ↑ An institution of the National University of Ireland
2. ↑ http://www.sammlung-goetz.de/
3. ↑ http://www.sammlung-falckenberg.de/
4. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 19, 2013 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. 
5. ^ [1] Website Galerie Crone , accessed on March 23, 2014.
6. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from June 22, 2013 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. Galleria Fumagalli website , accessed December 7, 2014. 
7. ↑ [2] Website Weserburg | Museum of Modern Art , accessed December 7, 2014.