Documenta IX Jonathan Borowsky Friedrichsplatz

Zwehrenturm Lothar Baumgarten Documenta IX

DOCUMENTA IX was the ninth edition of

documenta ''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...

, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 13 June and 20 September 1992 in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

, Germany. The artistic director was Jan Hoet in collaboration with Bart de Baere,

Denys Zacharopoulos Denys Zacharopoulos (born 1952 in Athens, Greece) is an art historian and theorist. He works as Professor of Art History, author, and curator, amongst others at the 48th Biennale in Venice (Italy) and documenta IX in Kassel (Germany). Biography ...

and Pier Luigi Tazzi.Documenta IX: Kassel, 13. Juni - 20. September 1992 – Katalog in drei Bänden; Stuttgart 1992, (German) / (English)

Participants

* A Marina Abramović, Absalon, Richard Artschwager * B Francis Bacon, Marco Bagnoli, Nicos Baikas, Mirosław Bałka, Matthew Barney, Jerry Barr, Lothar Baumgarten,

Jean-Pierre Bertrand Jean-Pierre or Jean Pierre may refer to: People * Karine Jean-Pierre b.1977, White House Deputy Press Secretary for President Joe Biden 2021- * Jean-Pierre, Count of Montalivet (1766–1823), French statesman and Peer of France * Eugenia Pierre ( ...

, Joseph Beuys,

Michael Biberstein Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

, Guillaume Bijl, Dara Birnbaum, Jonathan Borofsky, Louise Bourgeois,

Herbert Brandl Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

Ricardo Brey Ricardo Rodríguez Brey (born November 9, 1955) is a Cuban conceptual artist, sculptor, installation artist and draftsman. Education From 1970 to 1974, Brey attended La Escuela de Artes Plásticas San Alejandro. In 1974, Brey enrolled at La Esc ...

, Tony Brown,

Marie José Burki Marie–José Burki (born 1961) is a Swiss visual artist and educator. She is best known for video art, but also has worked in photography, screen printing, sculpture, and installation art. Her work is interested in exploring the interaction betw ...

Jean-Marc Bustamante Jean-Marc Bustamante (born 1952 in Toulouse) is a French artist, painter, sculptor and photographer. He is a noted conceptual and installation artist and has incorporated ornamental design and architectural space in his works. Career Bustamante ...

Michael Buthe Michael Buthe (1 August 1944 – 15 November 1994) was a German artist who lived and worked between Germany and Morocco. He exhibited widely throughout Europe during his life and is known for his eclectic and prolific oeuvre which encompasses pa ...

* C Pedro Cabrita Reis,

Waltércio Caldas Waltércio Caldas Júnior (born 6 November 1946), also known as Waltércio Caldas, is a Brazilian sculptor, designer, and graphic artist. Caldas is best known as part of Brazil's Neo-Concretism movement as well as for his eclectic choices in mate ...

, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Ernst Caramelle, Lawrence Carroll,

Saint Clair Cemin Saint Clair Cemin (born Cruz Alta, Brazil in 1951) is a postmodern sculptor. Life and work Saint Clair Cemin lives and works in New York City and Beijing. His work encompasses multiple styles, approaches, and materials, from neo-surrealism to fu ...

Tomasz Ciecierski Tomasz is a Polish given name, the equivalent of Thomas in English. Notable people with the given name include: * Tomasz Adamek (born 1976), Polish heavyweight boxer * Tomasz Arciszewski (1877–1955), Polish socialist politician and Prime M ...

, Tony Clark, James Coleman, Tony Conrad,

Patrick Corillon Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint * Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick o ...

* D

Horia Damian Horia Damian (Bucharest, 27 Feb 1922 - Paris 14 May 2012) was a Romanian painter and sculptor. Biography Damian enrolled at the School of Architecture in Bucharest in 1941. In that same year he made his debut at the Salonul Official de Pictur ...

, Richard Deacon, Thierry De Cordier,

Silvie Defraoui Silvie Defraoui is a visual artist born in St. Gallen in 1935. Biography Silvie Defraoui spent her childhood in St. Gallen and in Grisons. She first studied painting at the l’école des Beaux-Arts d’Alger and later ceramics at the l’éco ...

& Chérif Defraoui, Raoul De Keyser, Wim Delvoye, Braco Dimitrijević,

Eugenio Dittborn Eugenio is an Italian and Spanish masculine given name deriving from the Greek ' Eugene'. The name is Eugénio in Portuguese and Eugênio in Brazilian Portuguese. The name's translated literal meaning is well born, or of noble status. Similar de ...

, Helmut Dorner,

Stan Douglas Stan Douglas (born October 11, 1960) is an artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Douglas' film and video installations, photography and work in television frequently touch on the history of literature, cinema and music, while examining t ...

, Marlene Dumas, Jimmie Durham * E

Mo Edoga Mo or MO may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Mo, a girl in the '' Horrible Histories'' TV series * Mo, also known as Mortimer, in the novel '' Inkheart'' by Cornelia Funke * Mo, in the webcomic ''Jesus and Mo'' * Mo, th ...

* F

Jan Fabre Jan Fabre (born 14 December 1958) is a Belgian multidisciplinary artist, playwright, stage director, choreographer and designer. Conviction for sexual assault and harassment In September 2018, twenty former members of Fabre's performing ar ...

Luciano Fabro Luciano Fabro (November 20, 1936 – June 22, 2007) was an Italian sculptor, conceptual artist and writer associated with the Arte Povera movement. Life Fabro was born in Turin, and he moved to Udine, in the Friuli region after his father's deat ...

Belu-Simion Fainaru Belu-Simion Fainaru (born 1959) is an Israeli sculptor who was born in Bucharest, Romania and immigrated to Israel in 1973. He studied at the University of Haifa from 1980 to 1983 and earned an MA from the University of Chicago in 1984. He cont ...

, Peter Fend,

Rose Finn-Kelcey Rose Finn-Kelcey (4 March 1945 – 13 February 2014) was a British artist, born in Northampton. Finn-Kelcey grew up in Buckinghamshire as part of a large farming family, and went on to study at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, and later ...

, Wolfgang Flatz, Fortuyn/O'Brien, Günther Förg,

Erik A. Frandsen Erik August Frandsen (born April 20, 1957) is a Danish contemporary artist. In the early 1980s Erik A. Frandsen was part of the artistic movement '' de unge vilde'' (the young wild ones red.) and in 1981, he co-founded the artist collective ''Værk ...

Michel François Joseph-Michel François was a colonel in the Haitian army. As Haiti Chief of National Police he participated in the 1991 Haitian coup d'état, which overthrew Haiti's elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Former Haitian President candidate ...

Vera Frenkel Vera Frenkel D. Litt (born November 10, 1938) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist based in Toronto. Her installations, videotapes, performances and new media projects address the forces at work in human migration, the learning and unlearning ...

Katsura Funakoshi is a Japanese sculptor. Funakoshi is considered a leading name in the field of visual arts in his country. His father, Yasutake Funakoshi, was also a sculptor and soon he felt the same vocation. He studied in the University of Art and Design ...

* G Isa Genzken, Gaylen Gerber, Harald Gnade, Robert Gober, Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Angela Grauerholz, Michael Gross * H

George Hadjimichalis George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President ...

, David Hammons, Georg Herold, Gary Hill, Peter Hopkins, Rebecca Horn * J Geoffrey James,

Olav Christopher Jenssen Olav Christopher Jenssen (born 2 April 1954 in Sortland, Norway) is a Norwegian artist. Jenssen is considered one of the most acclaimed contemporary Norwegian artists, with a significant international career. He has for years lived and worked in B ...

, Tim Johnson, Andrej N. Joukov * K Ilya Kabakov, Anish Kapoor,

Kazuo Katase Kazuo (カズオ, かずお) is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible spellings It has several written forms, and the meaning depends on the characters used (usually kanji, but sometimes hiragana). Common forms include: * 一雄: first son, ...

, Tadashi Kawamata, Mike Kelley, Ellsworth Kelly, Bhupen Khakhar,

Per Kirkeby Per Kirkeby (1 September 1938 – 9 May 2018) was a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. Biography By the time Kirkeby completed a masters degree in arctic geology at the University of Copenhagen in 1964, he was already part of the ...

, Harald Klingelhöller, Kurt Kocherscheidt,

Peter Kogler Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

, Vladimír Kokolia, Joseph Kosuth,

Mariusz Kruk Mariusz Kruk is a Polish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the C-1 4 x 200 meter relay at the 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships The 2010 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held ...

, Guillermo Kuitca * L

Suzanne Lafont Suzanne Lafont (born 1949) is a French photographer. Life and career In 1992, she had a solo exhibition titled ''Projects 37: Suzanne Lafont'' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Her work is included in the collections of the National Gal ...

, Jonathan Lasker,

Jac Leirner Jacqueline "Jac" Leirner, (born 1961) is a Brazilian artist. Leirner is best known for the sculptures and installations she creates from mundane objects and ephemera, including devalued bank notes, used envelopes, promotional tickets, empty packs ...

, Zoe Leonard, Eugène Leroy,

Via Lewandowsky Volker Via Lewandowsky (born 7 March 1963, in Dresden) is a German artist who works with installation, sculpture, object art, photography, performance, painting and drawing. ;Poem for an Artist ''Born in Dresden in 1963'' ''lost an eye at t ...

Bernd Lohaus Bernd Lohaus (1940 in Düsseldorf – 4 November 2010 in Antwerp) was a German sculptor, painter and draftsman. Life and works Lohaus studied from 1963 to 1966 at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts under Professor Joseph Beuys. From 1964 to ...

Ingeborg Lüscher '' Ingeborg Lüscher (born June 22, 1936 in Freiberg) is a German/Swiss artist, working with painting, sculpture, photography, installation and video. Her work has been exhibited in many institutional venues around the world, including the Musée ...

, Attila Richard Lukacs, James Lutes * M Marcel Maeyer, Brice Marden, Cildo Meireles,

Ulrich Meister Ulrich Meister (4 January 1838 – 3 February 1917) was a Swiss Swiss may refer to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina *Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses *Swiss ...

Thom Merrick Thom Merrick (born 1963) is an American contemporary artist. Early life and education Merrick was born in Sacramento, California in 1963. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute. Career Merrick is known for creating with industrial ma ...

, Gerhard Merz, Mario Merz,

Marisa Merz Marisa Merz (23 May 1926 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian artist and sculptor."M ...

, Meuser,

Jürgen Meyer Jürgen or Jurgen is a popular masculine given name in Germany, Estonia, Belgium and the Netherlands. It is cognate with George. Notable people named Jürgen include: A *Jürgen Ahrend (born 1930), German organ builder *Jürgen Alzen (born 196 ...

, Liliana Moro,

Reinhard Mucha Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name *Reinhard of Blankenburg (after 1107 – 11 ...

, Matt Mullican, Juan Muñoz * N Christa Näher, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Bruce Nauman, Max Neuhaus, Pekka Nevalainen,

Nic Nicosia Nic Nicosia (born 1951) is an American artist using photography, sculpture, and drawing in his practice. He received a BS in radio-television-film, with a concentration in motion pictures, from the University of North Texas in 1974. He was awarded ...

, Moshe Ninio, Jussi Niva, Cady Noland * O

Manuel Ocampo Manuel Ocampo (born 1965) is a Filipino artist. His work fuses sacred Baroque religious iconography with secular political narrative. His works draw upon a wide range of art historical references, contain cartoonish elements, and draw inspiratio ...

, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Tony Oursler * P

Panamarenko Henri Van Herwegen (5 February 1940 – 14 December 2019), known by the pseudonym Panamarenko, was a prominent assemblagist Belgian sculptor. Famous for his work with aeroplanes as theme; none of which are able nor constructed to actually leave ...

, Giulio Paolini, A. R. Penck, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Hermann Pitz,

Stephen Prina Stephen Prina (born 1954) is an American artist. His work has been categorized as post-conceptualism. Prina is a professor at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) at Harvard University. Early life and education Born in 1954, in ...

, Richard Prince,

Martin Puryear Martin L. Puryear (born May 23, 1941) is an American artist known for his devotion to traditional craft. Working in wood and bronze, among other media, his reductive technique and meditative approach challenge the physical and poetic boundaries ...

* R

Royden Rabinowitch Royden Rabinowitch, (born March 6, 1943) is a Canadian post-minimalist sculptor who exhibits internationally. Some critics consider him one of the pioneers of modern sculpture. Rabinowitch was elected Visiting Associate 1983/84; Visiting Fellow 1 ...

, Rober Racine,

Philip Rantzer Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularize ...

, Charles Ray,

Martial Raysse Martial Raysse (born 12 February 1936 in Golfe-Juan) is a French artist and actor. He lives in Issigeac, France. He holds the record for the most expensive work sold by a living French artist. Biography Raysse was born in a ceramicist family in ...

, readymades belong to everyone,

José Resende José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...

, Gerhard Richter,

Ulf Rollof Ulf Rollof is a Swedish artist, born 1961 in Karlskrona, Sweden. He was educated at Royal University College of Fine Arts The Royal Institute of Art ( sv, Kungliga Konsthögskolan) is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in ...

Erika Rothenberg Erika Rothenberg is a Los Angeles-based conceptual artist whose work has included painting, drawing and photography, public art, sculpture and installation art, installation.Freudenheim, Susan"Casting a cold eye...,"''Los Angeles Times'', March ...

Susan Rothenberg Susan Charna Rothenberg (January 20, 1945 – May 18, 2020) was an American Contemporary art, contemporary painter, printmaker, sculptor, and draughtswoman. She became known as an artist through her iconic images of the horse, which synthesized t ...

, Ulrich Rückriem, Thomas Ruff, Stephan Runge, Edward Ruscha,

Reiner Ruthenbeck Reiner may refer to: *Reiner (crater), a crater on the Moon, named after Vincentio Reiner *Reiner Braun, a fictional character in the anime/manga series ''Attack on Titan'' People with the given name Reiner *Reiner Knizia, a board game designer *Re ...

* S Remo Salvadori, Joe Scanlan, Eran Schaerf,

Adrian Schiess Adrian is a form of the Latin language, Latin given name Adrianus (given name), Adrianus or Hadrianus (disambiguation), Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria (river), Adria from the Venetic language, Venetic and ...

Thomas Schütte Thomas Schütte (born 16 November 1954) is a German contemporary artist. He sculpts, creates architectural designs, and draws. He lives and works in Düsseldorf. Education From 1973 to 1981 Schütte studied art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf al ...

, Helmut Schweizer,

Maria Serebriakova Maria Serebriakova (born 1965) is a Russian artist, who lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Life and work Maria Serebriakova was born in Moscow. Her work mainly consists of installations, graphics, objects and photographs, which express loneli ...

, Mariella Simoni,

Susana Solano Susana Solano (born 1946) is a Spanish sculptor Solano is known for her large-scale sculpture, often made of sheet metal and wire mesh. She lives and works in Barcelona. Education and early life Susana Solano was born in 1946 in Barcelona. She ...

Ousmane Sow Ousmane Sow (10 October 1935 – 1 December 2016) was a Senegalese sculptor of larger-than-life statues of people and groups of people. Life Sow was born in Dakar, Senegal, on 10 October 1935. After the death of his father in 1956, he lef ...

Ettore Spalletti Ettore Spalletti (26 January 1940 – 11 October 2019) was an Italian artist. He exhibited at Documenta in 1982 and 1992 and represented Italy at the Venice Biennale in 1997. Spalletti was mostly known for his light blue monochrome paintings that ...

, Haim Steinbach, Pat Steir, Wolfgang Strack, Thomas Struth, János Sugár * T Yuji Takeoka, Robert Therrien, Frederic Matys Thursz, Frédéric Matys Thursz, Niele Toroni, Thanassis Totsikas, Addo Lodovico Trinci, Mitja Tušek, Luc Tuymans * U Micha Ullman, Juan Uslé * V Van Gogh TV, Bill Viola, Henk Visch * W James Welling, Franz West, Rachel Whiteread, Christopher Wool * Y KeunByung Yook * Z Heimo Zobernig, Gilberto Zorio, Constantin Zvezdochotov

References

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