biografia di Günther FÖRG (1952-2013)

Personal data

Birth : 1952 - Füssen, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - Switzerland

Address

Areuse NE, Switzerland

Representatives

Conny Dietzschold – Galerienhaus Seipple Zeughausstr 26 – Cologne, Germany
Galerie Fahnemann – Gipsstr. 14 – Berlin, Germany
Galerie Vera Munro – Heilwigstrasse 64 – Hamburg, Germany
Luhring Augustine Gallery – 531 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Education

1973 – 1979 : Akademie der Bildenden Künste München – Akademiestrasse 2 – Munich, Germany

Professional data

Work and Life

Lives and works in Areuse, Switzerland
Lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland

Prizes

1996

1996 : Wolfgang Hahn Prize – Cologne, Germany

Other professions

1992 – 1998 : Professor
Staatliche Hochschule fur Gestaltung – Durmersheimer Strasse 55 – Karlsruhe, Germany

1999 : Professor – Painting
Akademie der Bildenden Künste München – Akademiestrasse 2 – Munich, Germany

Work

Categorie and medium


Painting : Mural painting
Print-Multiple :
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Installation
Photography :
Drawing-Watercolor : Watercolour/paper
Audiovisual-Multimedia :

Subject

architecture
portrait

Movements and styles

Minimal Art

Works

Standomi
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Watercolour/paper
Size : 36 x 48 cm
 
Busgaragen
Date of creation : 1995-2000
Medium : Plastic
Size : 270 x 180 cm
 
Architektur Moskau 1923-1941
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Installation
Technical data : photographs, Baryta prints
Size : 150 x 100 cm
 
Untitled
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : Painting
Materials : acrylic
Supports : canson paper
Size : 200 x 184 cm
 
Untitled
Date of creation : 1991
Medium : Gouache
Size : 56 x 38 cm
 
Untitled
Date of creation : 1990
Medium : Installation
Technical data : acrylic/lead/wood panels
Size : 71 x 44 inch
 
Sturz
Date of creation : 1984
Medium : Photograph
Size : 186 x 123 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2003

Galerie Onrust – Amsterdam, Netherlands
11/2003 – 11/2003

Recent Works
Galeria Filomena Soares – Lisbon, Portugal
09/25/2003 – 11/02/2003

2002

Günther Förg
Galerie Vera Munro – Hamburg, Germany
2002 – 05/25/2002

Architectural Photography
Galerie Lelong Zürich – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
05/25/2002 – 07/31/2002

Galería Estiarte – Madrid, Spain
01/29/2002 – 03/04/2002

2001

Kunstverein Heilbronn – Heilbronn, Germany
10/14/2001 – 12/02/2001

Galerie Max Hetzler – Berlin, Germany
10/12/2001 – 12/22/2001

2000

14 Photographien: Architektur Konstantin Melnikov
Sammlung Essl – Vienna, Austria
07/06/2000 – 10/01/2000

Luhring Augustine Gallery – New York NY, United States
06/09/2000 – 07/28/2000

Förg – Deutsche Bank Collection
Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin – Berlin, Germany
05/27/2000 – 06/25/2000

Sabine Knust Gallery & Maximilian Verlag – Munich, Germany
03/02/2000 – 04/15/2000

Galerie Vera Munro – Hamburg, Germany
01/25/2000 – 03/31/2000

ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst – Ishøj, Denmark
01/22/2000 – 06/04/2000

1999

Galerie Gisela Capitain – Cologne, Germany
09/10/1999 – 10/23/1999

1998

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia – Madrid, Spain
1998 – 1999

Fenster die fehlen
Bawag Foundation – Vienna, Austria
12/1998 – 02/1999

1997

Galerie Lelong Paris – Paris, France
09/1997

Facciate nere, finestre bianche
Salvatore + Caroline Ala Galleria – Milan MI, Italy
05/22/1997 – 09/18/1997

1995

Kunstverein – Hanover, Germany
1995 – 1996

Couplet 4 – Gunther Förg Paintings 1974-1994
Stedelijk Museum – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman – Adamgasse 7a – Innsbruck, Austria

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Mikael Andersen – Bredgrade 63 – Copenhagen, Denmark

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galerie Bärbel Grässlin – Bleichstrasse, 48 – Frankfurt, Germany

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie Bärbel Grässlin – Bleichstrasse, 48 – Frankfurt, Germany

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Mikael Andersen – Bredgrade 63 – Copenhagen, Denmark

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : salon Verlag & Edition Gerhard Theewen – Cologne, Germany

KUNSTKÖLN 2003 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
04/05/2003 – 04/09/2003
Represented by : Galerie Fahnemann – Gipsstr. 14 – Berlin, Germany

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Clairefontaine – Espace 1 7 Place de Clairefontaine – Luxembourg, Luxembourg

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Vera Munro – Heilwigstrasse 64 – Hamburg, Germany

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002

ACAF 8 – Australian Contemporary Art Fair / Melbourne Art Fair
Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne VIC, Australia
10/02/2002 – 10/06/2002
Represented by : Conny Dietzschold – Galerienhaus Seipple Zeughausstr 26 – Cologne, Germany

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Mikael Andersen – Bredgrade 63 – Copenhagen, Denmark

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Erik Bausmann – Kerschensteinerstrasse 13 – Mainz, Germany

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Luhring Augustine Gallery – 531 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Max Hetzler – Zimmerstrasse 90/91 – Berlin, Germany

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 8
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : 20-21 Galerie – Meisenburgstrasse 169-173 – Essen, Germany

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Mikael Andersen – Bredgrade 63 – Copenhagen, Denmark

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Art & Public – 35 rue des Bains – Geneva GE, Switzerland

art-vienna, n° 1
Technisches Museum – Vienna, Austria
05/10/2001 – 05/13/2001
Represented by : Galerie Erik Bausmann – Kerschensteinerstrasse 13 – Mainz, Germany

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 13
Frankfurt, Germany
04/28/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Galerie Erik Bausmann – Kerschensteinerstrasse 13 – Mainz, Germany

ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Deweer Art Gallery – Tiegemstraat 6A – Otegem, Belgium

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Atc-Weihergut – Biberngasse 31 – Salzburg, Austria

Art Innsbruck, n° 5
Innsbruck, Austria
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Rackey – Hauptstrasse 40c – Bad Honnef, Germany

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Christine Burgin & Julie Sylvester – Two Cut Road – Saint-Georges, Bermuda

AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Erma Schmidt – Stärz Photo Art – Rathausstrasse 13/V – Hamburg, Germany

2000

Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Fahnemann – Gipsstr. 14 – Berlin, Germany

ACAF 7 – Australian Contemporary Art Fair / Melbourne Art Fair
Royal Exhibition Building – Melbourne VIC, Australia
10/04/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Conny Dietzschold – Galerienhaus Seipple Zeughausstr 26 – Cologne, Germany

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Galerie Ackermann – Bertram Blank Strasse 8 – Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Erik Bausmann – Kerschensteinerstrasse 13 – Mainz, Germany

Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galerie Forsblom – Norra Esplanaden 27C – Helsinki, Finland

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Gisela Capitain – Aachener Strasse 5 – Cologne, Germany

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galerie Bärbel Grässlin – Bleichstrasse, 48 – Frankfurt, Germany

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie & Edition Artelier – Glockenspielplatz 4/1 – Graz, Austria

Group exhibitions

2008

Espèce d’Espace
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
10/12/2008 – 01/04/2009

Espèces d’espace
Le Magasin – Centre National d’Art Contemporain – Grenoble, France
10/12/2008 – 01/04/2009

2007

Derniers encodages
IKOB Internationales Kunstzentrum Ostbelgien – Eupen, Belgium
06/01/2007 – 07/08/2007

2004

Short stories
Graz, Austria
03/24/2004 – 04/17/2004

2003

Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004

The Daimler Chrysler Collection: 100 artists out of more than 60 years
Museum für Neue Kunst – Karlsruhe, Germany
05/24/2003 – 08/31/2003

2002

Lila, weiß und andere Farben: A Summer Group Show
Galerie Max Hetzler – Berlin, Germany
08/10/2002 – 09/07/2002

2001

Jan Dibbets – Fenster / Günther Förg – Skulpturen
Galerie Bärbel Grässlin – Frankfort KY, United States
05/18/2001 – 06/23/2001

Change of Scene XIX
Museum für Moderne Kunst – Frankfurt, Germany
03/30/2001 – 09/02/2001

2000

Sommer 2000
Galerie Fahnemann – Berlin, Germany
06/28/2000 – 09/09/2000

Something About Painting
DCA Gallery – New York NY, United States
03/11/2000 – 04/15/2000

1999

Photographs by Painters, Photographers, Sculptors
Lennon Weinberg Gallery – New York NY, United States
12/11/1999 – 01/22/1999

The Museum as Muse : Artists Reflect
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
03/14/1999 – 06/01/1999

1994

Return of the Hero
Luhring Augustine Gallery – New York NY, United States
1994

1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

1988

Equation
Barbara Krakow Gallery – Boston MA, United States
09/17/1988 – 10/12/1988

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Books

1999

Art at the Turn of the Millenium / L’Art au Tournant de l’An 2000
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Collectif
Director of publication: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
1999
ISBN : 3822873934

Periodicals

2002

Arte y Parte n° 37
Santander, Spain
02/2002-03/2002

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