DIETER ROTH (SWITZERLAND)
Swiss poet, graphic designer and intermedia action and object artist of German descent. Born in Hannover, youth in Switzerland. Apprenticeship as graphic designer at Friedrich Wüthrich in Berne. Considered as representative of concrete poetry. Created organic art objects which were subject to a process of gradual change and decay. Produced works of Eat-Art with Daniel Spoerri and André Thomkins. Close friendship and common artistic producing with Richard Hamilton. Was rewarded with the Berliner Kunstpreis for Bildende Kunst in 1994 and received the Cologne Fine Art price in 1998.
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2016 | Dieter Roth: Schöne Scheiße. Dilettantische Meisterwerke, Museum Ostwall, Dortmund |
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| 2014 | Dieter Roth. Balle Balle Knalle, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart |
| 2013 | Dieter Roth, Paffrath und die siebziger Jahre. Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach |
| 2012 | Dieter Roth – Selbste., Museum der Moderne Salzburg |
| 2011 | Dieter Roth – Selbste., Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau |
| 2010 | Multiples, Werke von Joseph Beuys und Dieter Roth, Schloss Gottorf |
| 2010 | Dieter Roth – Das Tränenmeer, Kunsthalle Lucerne |
| 2009 | Dieter Roth – Originale-Multiples-Objekte. Anton Meier, Geneva |
| 2007 | Arnulf Rainer / Dieter Roth: Misch- und Trennkunst. Gemeinschaftsarbeiten und Einzelwerke, 1968 – 2005. Deichtorhallen, Hamburg |
| 2006 | Martin Kippenberger / Dieter Roth. Hauser und Wirth, London |
| 2004 | Roth-Zeit – Eine Dieter Roth Retrospektive. Museum Ludwig, Köln |
| 2003 | Roth-Zeit – Eine Dieter Roth Retrospektive. Schaulager, Basel |
| 2001 | Dieter Roth. Die Haut der Welt + einige andere Dinge, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona |
| 1984 | Von hier aus – Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf |
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