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Biografie A.R. Penck
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1939 |
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Born as Ralf Winkler Dresden, East Germany
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1945 |
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Experiences the bombing of Dresden on 13th and 14th of February
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1953 - 1954 |
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Painting and Drawing course with Jürgen Böttcher
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1955 |
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Begins an apprenticeship as a draftsman at VEB DEWAG (Volkseigener Betrieb Deutsche Werbeagentur, Nationally owned enterprise German advertising agency)
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1956 |
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Repeatedly unsuccessful applications to art academies in Dresden and East Berlin. As an autodidactic artist he begins to work on painting, sculpture, film, writing and music
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1957 - 1959 |
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Starts making figurative sculptures and head studies out of plaster. Meets Georg Kern (Baselitz)
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1961 |
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First System-Bilder and further portraits and autoportraits
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1964 |
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Own studio in Lange Strasse, Dresden
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1964 |
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Concentrates on working with cybernetics, other scientific areas and System-Bilder.
Produces his first Standart-Arbeiten and sculptures out of various materials
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1965 |
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Takes part in an exhibition at the Puschkin-Haus in Dresden. Meets Michael Werner.
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1966 |
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Accepted as candidate for the Verband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands (VKBD).
Rejection by the jury after the three-year deadline for candidates.
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1968 |
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Adopts the pseudonym A.R. Penck. Michael Werner displays his first exhibition at the Galerie Hake Cologne.
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1969 |
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Exhibition at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
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1967 - 1970 |
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Begins working on signalling, sketching and symbols.
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1970 - 1971 |
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Various publications in which the term Standart is described
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1972 |
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Finishing of Standart-Arbeiten. Participation in documenta 5 in Kassel
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1973 - 1974 |
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Spends six months working as a reserve for the People’sthe Mike Hammer series which then leads to the development of the TM series
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1975 |
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First major retrospective at the Bern Kunsthalle.
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1977 |
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First wooden sculpture. Participation in documenta 6 in Kassel.
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1977 |
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First meeting with Jörg Immendorff in East Berlin
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1979 |
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Releases the first recording of >Gostritzer 92<.
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1980 |
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On 3rd August travels to Lörsfeld/Kerpen (near Cologne) in the German Federal Republic. Awarded the Rembrandt Prize by the Goethe Foundation in Basel. Meets Markus Lüpertz and Per Kirkeby. Visits Joseph Beuys
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1982 |
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Participation in documenta 7 in Kassel. First publication ot the newspaper >Krater und Wolke< which is edited by A.R. Penck.
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1983 |
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Extended visit to Israel. Settles in London and later in Ireland.
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1983 |
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Galeria Lucio Amelio, Neapel
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1984 |
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Participation in the 41st Biennal in Venice together with Lothar Baumgarten. Increased interest in music. Joins work on the production of numerous Free Jazz Recordings.
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1984 - 1985 |
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Miniature sculptures in bronze
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1985 |
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Awarded the artist’s prize by the city of Aachen
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1986 |
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First Carrara marble sculptures
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1987 |
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Receives the Nord/LB Prize for art
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1987 |
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Settles in Ireland, in Dublin
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1988 |
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Professorship at the Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany
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1992 |
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Takes part in documenta 9 in Kassel
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1998 |
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Extensive travelling exhibition throughout Japan
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1999 - 2000 |
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Exhibition of the bronze sculptures in Heilbronn, Bremen, Recklinghausen, Luxembourg, Berlin und Bad Homburg.
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Lives and works in Ireland and Germany
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| Ausgewählte Ausstellungen |
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2009
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Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, LACMA, Los Angeles, traveling to Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg and Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
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2008
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A.R. Penck: Peinture, Système, Monde, Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris
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2008
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A:R. Penck: Die Achtziger Jahre (The Eighties), Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin
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2008
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A.R. Penck, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg
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2008
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Being and Nature – The Unknown Penck, Städtische Galerie Dresden, Dresden
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2008
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Series Drawings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
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2008
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A.R. Penck: Paintings from the Eighties, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
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2008
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Julius Werner Berlin (solo)
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2007
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A.R. Penck: Der Begriff Modell, Neues Museum – Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design, Nürnberg
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2007
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A.R. Penck. Retrospektive, Kunsthalle zu Kiel
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2007
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A.R. Penck, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
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2006
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A.R. Penck, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
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2006
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Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai
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2006
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Beautiful Cynicism, Arario Beijing, Beijing
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2005
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A.R. Penck, Per Kirkeby, Markus Lüpertz, Gallery W52, New York (solo)
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2005
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A.R. Penck, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki (solo)
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2005
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A.R. Penck: Neue Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne (solo)
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2004
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A.R. Penck: Paintings from the Seventies, Michael Werner Gallery, New York (solo)
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2004
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A.R. Penck, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica (solo)
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2004
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A.R. Penck: Constructions, Michael Werner Gallery, New York (solo)
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2003
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Wereldblik 1968-2002, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostende.
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2003
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A.R. Penck. Jenseits der Kriege. Bilder aus dem Jahr 2002, Galerie Michael Werner, Köln
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2003
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A.R. Penck. Weltsicht 1968 – 2002, Museum Küppersmühle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg
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2002
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Ralf Winkler. Frühe Arbeiten. Bilder und Zeichnungen aus einer Dresdener Privatsammlung, Galerie im Schloss Wiligrad, Kunstverein Wiligrad e.V., Lübstorf
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1999
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A.R. Penck. Bronzeskulpturen, Galerie Michael Werner, Köln
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1997
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A.R. Penck. German Darkness and Contemporary Symbol, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima
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1995
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A.R. Penck, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexiko-Stadt
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1992
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A.R. Penck. Standart-Modelle, Galerie Michael Werner, Köln
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1988
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Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Kunsthaus Berlin, Germany & Zurich, Switzerland
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1988
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Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, Germany
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1984
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Brown's Hotel and Other Works, The Tate Gallery London, UK
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1984
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Biennial, Venice, Italy
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1982
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45 Zeichnungen - Bewußt-seinschichten, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
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1981
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Gemälde und Handzeichnungen, Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne, West Germany
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1978
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Museum Ludwig Cologne, West Germany
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1972
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Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
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1972
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Documenta 5, Kassel, Gemany
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1968
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Michael Werner Cologne, West Germany
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1956
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Dresden, East Germany
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| Literatur |
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A.R. Penck, Ereignisse im Unbekannten, texts by A.R. PENCK and MARCADÉ Bernard, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 2003
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A. R. Penck, texts by A.R. PENCK and Bernard MARCADÉ, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 1996
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