Ursula Lytton

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ursula Lytton (born February 13, 1949 in Aachen ) is a German art and building historian , Germanist, curator and PR consultant.

Career

She studied art history with Hans Holländer , architectural theory with Manfred Speidel , Albrecht Mann in building history, Thomas Kramer at RWTH Aachen University , graduating with a Magister Artium in 1981. After a short teaching post in Aachen, she obtained the academic degree 1984 a research fellow and lecturer at Keiō University Tokyo. The main topics were sacred rites and customs of the Shugendo of the Dewa Mountains of Northern Japan, traditional Japanese architecture, especially in the field of martial arts, Budo . The focus was on the dojo architecture of archery, Kyūdō . Lytton Kyūdō himself practiced according to the rules of the Heki School, Insai-ha, under the teachers Genshiro Inagaki at Waseda University , Tokyo and under Toshio Mori at the University of Tsukuba , Saitama .

In 1985 Lytton was appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board of the OAG, East Asian Society, Tokyo. She lectured at numerous international conferences on the topics of East Asian art, culture and architecture as well as on traditional value systems and their significance in contemporary society. Her research was disseminated in print and TV media. Parallel to her academic activities, she worked as a culture and PR advisor in the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Yamagata Prefectural Government between 1987 and 1991 , supporting the presentation of Tōhoku's cultural treasures in Japan, the USA and Europe.

After her return from Japan in 1991, Lytton worked for a decade as Head of Public Relations for Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV, headquartered in London, UK. She accompanied u. a. The establishment and commissioning of a manufacturing facility for semiconductors in Alsdorf , North Rhine-Westphalia, was responsible for corporate communications and maintained the corporate identity of the European Mitsubishi Electric branches. Since 2000 she worked for C&P Asset Management in Luxembourg.

Since 2004 Lytton has been concentrating more and more on tasks in the arts and culture. Since then she is u. a. Founding member and board member of the German-Chinese Society Neuss eV She curates exhibitions for the society as well as for galleries as well as for contemporary German and Chinese artists. She is also the author of numerous lectures on art and traditional East Asian culture.

Exhibitions

  • 1991 The Mountain as a Mandala - The Mandala as a Mountain , Colorado University, Boulder, USA
  • 2007 Sezuan meets Yin and Yang , exhibition with an installation by Ming Ming Yin and paintings by I-shu Chen on the subject of The Good Man by Sezuan Play by Bertolt Brecht , Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss.
  • 2008 Current Chinese Art , exhibition with works by the artists Jia He and Jun-Yuan Zhao, 7th Culture Night Neuss: China Culture Day of the VHS in cooperation with the German-Chinese Society VHS Neuss
  • 2009 Chinese ink painting with works by Gu Gan, Xu Zhong Ou, I-shu Chen, Rene Böll, Troner Art Consulting, Stilwerk, Düsseldorf
  • 2009 East meets West , curator and speaker of the exhibition with works by Xu Zhong Ou, Loiic Madec and Michael Dickmann, Landestheater Neuss
  • 2009 10 to the power of −35 , exhibition of sculptures and paintings by the artists Thomas Schönauer and Sascha Berretz, Galerie Freitag 18.30, Aachen
  • 2013 data sculptures , exhibition with sculptures, graphics and paintings by Matthias Hintz, 11th art tour Merck Finck & Co, Düsseldorf
  • 2015 CHINA - People, Life, Landscapes - A photographic journey with pictures by Eberhard Nowak . Photo exhibition for the 10th year. Anniversary of the German-Chinese Society Neuss, Sparkasse Neuss

Publications (selection)

  • Hans Scharoun - A monograph. Peter Blundell Jones; Krämer Verlag, Stuttgart 1979, translation from English with Manfred Speidel and Uwe Kortlepel
  • Shamanism, Leisure and Kyudo. International Conference on Human Values, Tokyo 1984
  • What is missing? - A Survey of European Art Concepts. Keio University, Tokyo 1985, Colloquium Prof. Miyake
  • On the importance of the spiral as a symbol of change. Philosophy, No 84, Keio University, Tokyo 1987
  • Inside and Outside of a Kyu-Dojo - An Anthropological Approach. 32nd International Conference of Orientalists in Japan, The Toho Gakkai, Tokyo 1987
  • Aspects of Dual Symbolic Classification: Right and Left in a Japanese Kyu-Dojo. Asiatic Society of Japan, Tokyo 1988
  • Other Aspects of Kyudo - An Anthropological Study. Anthropos 2/1989, St. Augustin, NRW
  • Shoureisai - The New Year's Festival at Mount Haguro. 34th International Conference of Orientalists in Japan, The Toho Gakkai, Tokyo 1989
  • Aspects of Dual Symbolic Classification: Right and Left in a Japanese Kyu-Dojo. Asian Folklore Studies 2/1989, Nagoya, Japan
  • Routes and Places of Pilgrimage. International Conference on Human Values, Tokyo 1989
  • Killing Time - An Intercultural Survey on Concepts of Leisure. Journal of Japanese Studies 1/1990, Yamagata University, Yamagata City
  • Death and Transformation - A Study of a Religio-Aesthetic Concept in Japan. The International Association of Japanese Studies. 1990
  • Nihon no Sei naru Shizen - The sanctity of nature in Japan. Contribution to Dewasanzan to Nihonjin no Seishin Bunka, Dewasanzan and the spiritual culture of Japan. Pelikan Publishing Inc., Tokyo 1994
  • In Red the Angels, picture cycle by Renate Müller-Drehsen. Contribution to the website of the Morinaga-Angel Foundation, Tokyo 2005
  • Audacity. Contribution to the Festschrift of Volksbank Sulingen, unveiling of the Millstone sculpture by Thomas Schönauer, Sulingen, 2006
  • Frontier workers. Article in the monograph Bildarchitekturen - Sascha Berretz. , with co-authors Stefan Skowron, Nadya Bascha, Kühlen Verlag, Mönchengladbach 2007
  • Tempora mutantur et sicut mutamur. Text on the catalog of the exhibition by Qi Yang, Tang Chenghua, Xiangdong Chen, Liao Shiou-Ping, New York 2008
  • Steel +. Contribution to the 2008+ catalog . Exhibition with works by Thomas Schönauer, Galerie Noack, Mönchengladbach 2008
  • Thomas Schönauer - Fallen from Heaven. with co-authors Bernd Kortländer, Barbara Schildt-Specker, Rainer Zimmermann, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Berlin 2009
  • Designed gardens. Contribution to Landscape Paintings - engineered by Thomas Schönauer . with co-authors Volkmar Hansen, Juliane Zetzsche, Dorothee Achenbach, Andreas Kipar, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, Berlin 2012

Press (print)

  • People in Aachen, today: Ursula Lytton. In: Aachener Nachrichten. June 8, 1991
  • A short way from the conveyor wheel to the chip. In: Aachener Nachrichten. May 23, 1992
  • Yes i eat a shoe. In: FAZ Allgemeine Hochschulanzeiger. WS 92/93
  • From sanctuaries to semiconductors. In: Aachener Volkszeitung. February 13, 1993
  • Endurance test in Tokyo. In: Cosmopolitan. No. 8, August 1994
  • Exhibition Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss with works by I-shu Chen and Ming-Ming Yin. In: Stadtkurier Neuss. September 1, 2007
  • (INTERBODEN, Innovative Lebenswelten): Unveiling of the stainless steel sculpture Skink by Thomas Schönauer. In: Lebenswelten. 2/2008
  • I-shu Chen exhibits in Ponitz. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung. June 12, 2009
  • Experiences with Asia's art, Rene Böll, I-shu Chen, Ursula Lytton. In: Welt am Sonntag. May 24, 2009
  • Chinese dragon and Neuss lion. In: Neuss-Grevenbroicher newspaper. November 29, 2008
  • 10 years German-Chinese society, photo exhibition Sparkasse Neuss In: Neuss-Grevenbroicher Zeitung. 3rd November 2015

Web links (selection)

  • May 2009 ... is according to art historian Ursula Lytton "one of the most extensive exhibitions of ink drawings and calligraphy ..."
  • May 2016 ... The three-member board - besides Baten, Ursula Lytton (secretary) and Hartmut Morgenfrüh (treasurer) - was confirmed in office ...
  • September 2007 ... Ursula Lytton , secretary of the German-Chinese Society and an art historian by training, was the Taiwanese artist ...
  • September 2016 ... The guests were the head of the department, Mr. Tillmann Lonnes, Mrs. Ursula Lytton , German-Chinese Society Neuss, the school management ...
  • Sascha Berretz. Image architectures ( Ursula Lytton )
  • CultrD.tv - Thomas Schönauer & Ursula Lytton - Skydrops Skyfalls - Noise Trailer
  • The West - Anja Weinberg is exhibiting from today ... after the greeting ... art historian Ursula Lytton introduces the work.
  • Aspects of Dual Symbolic Classification: Right and Left in a Japanese Kyu-Dojo by Ursula Lytton

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IconParc GmbH 1999-2018: Traditional archery - magazine for long bows and recurve - 14324954 - Schweitzer Shop. Retrieved February 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ The basic texts of the Heki School | Kyudo Verein Düsseldojo eV Retrieved on February 4, 2018 (German).
  3. ^ The OAG German Society for Nature and Ethnology of East Asia | OAG - German Society for Nature and Ethnology of East Asia (Tokyo) . In: OAG - German Society for Nature and Ethnology of East Asia (Tokyo) . ( oag.jp [accessed February 1, 2018]).
  4. ↑ a b c German-Chinese Society Neuss eV Retrieved on February 4, 2018 (German).
  5. ^ University of Colorado Boulder. Accessed February 4, 2018 .
  6. ↑ a b Rheinisches Landestheater Neuss. Accessed February 4, 2018 .
  7. ↑ “In Zeit und Raum” - a discreet prelude to the night of the museums - masterful Chinese ink painting in the style work | Düsseldorf blog. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
  8. ↑ anna troner art consulting | Düsseldorf blog. Retrieved February 4, 2018 .
  9. ^ Art gallery in Aachen for contemporary art - Gallery Friday 6.30pm. Retrieved on February 4, 2018 (German).
  10. ↑ http://www.hintz-kunst.de/de/. Retrieved on February 4, 2018 (German).
  11. ↑ Merck Finck - Düsseldorf. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
  12. ↑ RP ONLINE: Neuss: Exhibition shows photos from trips through China. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
  13. ↑ a b 東方 学会 - 紀要 （20 ～ 11）. Retrieved February 4, 2018 .
  14. ↑ Ursula Lytton: Aspects of Dual Symbolic Classification: Right and Left in a Japanese Kyu-Dojo. In: http://enlight.lib.ntu.edu.tw . Asiatic Society of Japan, Tokyo, 1988, accessed January 31, 2018 .
  15. ^ ANTHROPOS - Anthropos Institute. Retrieved February 4, 2018 .
  16. ↑ YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY. Accessed February 4, 2018 .
  17. ^ Morinaga & Co., Ltd. Retrieved February 1, 2018 (Japanese).
  18. ↑ Sulingen - Culture And Sights | The German-language knowledge database. Retrieved February 5, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Stefan Skowron: Essays and Articles 2007-2004. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
  20. ^ Gallery Noack. Retrieved February 4, 2018 .
  21. ↑ University of Düsseldorf: people detailed view. Retrieved February 1, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lytton, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art and building historian, Germanist, curator and PR consultant
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen