Serge Spitzer
Serge Spitzer (born June 29, 1951 in Bucharest , † September 9, 2012 in New York City ) is a Romanian - Israeli installation artist who worked in Jerusalem , New York City and Berlin .
life and work
Serge Spitzer studied at the National University of the Arts in Bucharest from 1969 to 1972 and then from 1972 to 1974 at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
The la Concorde fountain has existed at the Platz der Menschenrechte in Graz since 1985 .
A well-known work in public space is the so-called Spitzer spiral on Kennedyplatz in Essen. On March 24, 1996, the work of art formed from a double T-beam was erected. It is five meters in diameter, eight meters high and weighs around 22 tons.
Exhibitions (selection)
Solo exhibitions
- 1983 Territories: Serge Spitzer , Museum of Modern Art , New York City
- 1984 Serge Spitzer stations , Kunstmuseum Bern , Bern
- 1995 Serge Spitzer – Reality Models , Westfälischer Kunstverein , Münster
- 2008 Serge Spitzer: Still Life , Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
- 2012 Serge Spitzer – A Forty Year Perspective , Faggionato Fine Arts, London
Group exhibitions
- 1975 Isolation Corner , Israel Museum , Jerusalem
- 1979 About territories, traps, and living spaces ... , Museum Folkwang Essen
- 1987 documenta 8 , Kassel
- 1989 Illumination , Deichtorhallen Hamburg
- 1992 Seduction , Museum in the Kleihues Building, Kornwestheim
- 1995 On my own behalf at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf
- 1995 Peacesculpture 1995 , Ludwig Forum for International Art , Aachen
- 1997 Unmapping The Earth , 2nd Gwangju Biennale , Gwangju
- 1999 48th Biennale di Venezia , Venice
- 2003 In the gorges of the Balkans - a report , Kunsthalle Fridericianum , Kassel
- 2005 Rundlederwelten Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin
- 2006 Serge Spitzer and Ai Weiwei - Conquest , Museum of Modern Art , Frankfurt am Main
- 2008 Minimal is More , Gemeentemuseum Den Haag , The Hague
- 2010 The Beauty and the Distance , 17th Biennale of Sydney , Sydney
Awards
- 1979 Scholarship, Folkwang Museum, Essen
- 1982 America-Israel Cultural Foundation scholarship
- 1983 Berlin artist program of the DAAD Berlin
literature
- Serge Spitzer: Brunnenwerk: La Concorde / Platz der Menschenrechte Graz 1985 (German / English), Serge Spitzer, Horst Gerhard Haberl ISBN 978-3-90032-7-316
- Serge Spitzer: Supplement to the exhibition INDEX 1972–1992 , Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen , Düsseldorf, May 8 to June 20, 1993 by Jürgen Harten , Raimund Stecker , Dirk Hotzel, Nic Tenwiggenhorn, ISBN 978-3-92597-4- 298
- Serge Spitzer Index 1972-1992 , with texts by Harald Szeemann , 1992 ISBN 978-3-92597-4-298
Individual evidence
- ↑ documenta 8 catalog: Volume 1: Essays; Volume 2: Catalog pages 242–243; Volume 3: artist book; Kassel 1987, ISBN 3-925272-13-5 .
- ↑ information center for israeli art accessed on February 14, 2016
- ^ Kulturserver Graz Serge Spitzer, Brunnenwerk ("Rostiger Nagel") accessed on February 14, 2016
- ↑ Der Westen, December 18, 2012, Helen Sibum The creator of the controversial Spitzer spiral in Essen is retrieved dead on February 14, 2016
- ↑ art agenda Faggionato Fine Arts Serge Spitzer (1951–2012): A Forty Year Perspective accessed on February 14, 2016 (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spitzer, Serge |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-Israeli installation artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bucharest |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 2012 |
| Place of death | New York City |