Jutta Koether (born 1958) is a German artist, musician and critic based in New York City and Berlin
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee. since the early 1990s.
Early life and education
Koether was born in
Cologne and studied art and philosophy at the
University of Cologne.
She relocated to New York City in 1991.
[ Roberta Smith (June 4, 1993)]
Art Review: Jutta Koether
'' New York Times''.
Career
Koether's paintings are exercises in color, line, form and pattern and often feature text. Her style has precedent in the work of
Sigmar Polke and
Kenny Scharf.
She is also inspired by artists and intellectuals who have created an alternative to mainstream culture, including underground filmmaker
Kenneth Anger and musician
Patti Smith. She has collaborated with
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981. Founding members Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar) and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the b ...
’s
Kim Gordon on a number of projects, for example ''Her Noise'' at
Tate Modern in 2005. Koether's work is also affiliated with
Martin Kippenberger. Their relationship began in Cologne when she interviewed him for
Spex magazine. Although her work is not as grandiose as Kippenberger, both their works engage with the dense history of European, and more specifically, German painting.
For much of the 1990s, she mixed graffiti-inspired brushwork, fluorescent colors (especially bright pink), fragmented images and assorted quotations on surfaces that had a vibrant, all-over undergrowth. Her solo show at
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, in 1997 featured a soundtrack by the artist, accompanied by
Tom Verlaine. Her visionary work, according to ''
The New York Times'' art critic
Roberta Smith, sees painting as multipurpose.
Koether’s 2009 show entitled ''Lux Exterior'' at
Reena Spaulings further explored a common thematic in her work, the relation of painting with other aspects of theoretical and counter culture. Koether’s 2009 show was discussed in
David Joselit
David Joselit is an American art historian who is currently Professor of Art, Film, and Visual Studies at Harvard University, and also a published author, including being an editor of ''October''.
Career
Joselit received his PhD from Harvard Univ ...
’s essay entitled ''Painting Beside Itself''.
The exhibition, which included a painting entitled ''Hot Rod (after Poussin) (2009)'' along with sculptural found objects and a series of three performances, was noted by Joselit as a “sophisticated response to the question which I began
his essay How does a painting belong to a network?”
In spring 2012, Koether took part in the three-month exposition of
Whitney Biennial.
Around that time, she conceived two large series of works that respond directly to the French artist
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was the leading painter of the classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and mythological subjects painted for a ...
, a reinterpretation of his ''
The Seven Sacraments'' reimagined as a series of installations, and ''Seasons'' (2012), a response to Poussin’s ''
The Four Seasons''.
Jutta Koether: Seasons and Sacraments, 4 May 2013 to 7 July 2013
Arnolfini, Bristol.
Since 1985, Koether has also worked as a reviewer and editor for many magazines and journals such as ''Spex'', '' Texte zur Kunst'', '' Flash Art'' and '' Artscribe''.
Koether has taught at many institutions, including Columbia University, the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, Yale University, and Bard College.
Selected exhibitions
2014
* ''Maquis,'' Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich
* ''A Moveable Feast - Part XV,'
Campoli Presti
Paris
* ''Champrovement,'' Reena Spaulings, New York
2013
* ''Un établissement aux Folies-Koethère'', Établissement d'en face projects, Brussels
* ''Cycle 1. Jutta Koether. Viktoria, Luise, Isabelle'', Praxes, Berlin
* ''The Double Session'', Campoli Presti, London
* ''Seasons and Sacraments'', Arnolfini, Bristol, United Kingdom
* ''Seasons and Sacraments'', Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, United Kingdom
2012
* ''The Fifth Season'', Bortolami Gallery, New York
2011
* ''Mad Garland'', Campoli Presti, Paris
* ''The Thirst'', Moderna Museet, Stockholm
* ''Berliner Schlussel'', Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin
2009
* Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
* ''Lux Interior'', Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York
* ''Sovereign Women in Painting'', Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects Vielmetter Los Angeles (formerly Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects) is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2000 by Susanne Vielmetter. The gallery is located in downtown Los Angeles.
History
Susanne Vielmetter launched her first gallery i ...
, Los Angeles
2008
* ''New Yorker Fenster'', Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln
* ''No.5'', Kunsthall Landmark, Bergen
* ''JXXXA LEIBHAFTIGE MALEREI'', Sutton Lane, Paris
* ''Touch and Resist'', Song Song, Wien
* Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich
2007
* ''Anderungen aller Art'', Kunsthalle Bern, Bern
2006
* ''Love In a Void'', Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna
* ''Metalist Moment'', Performance, Herald St, London
2005
* ''Very Lost Highway'', Simultanhalle, Köln
* ''extreme harsh'', Ausstellungsraum Ursula Werz, Tübingen
* ''I Is Had Gone'', Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
* ''Her Noise'', South London Gallery, London
* ''Blankness is not a Void'', Standard Oslo, Oslo
* ''Kim Gordon and Jutta Koether'', Talk and Performance at Tate Modern, London
2004
* ''Curious Crystals of Unusual Purity'', P.S.1 Institute for Contemporary Art, New York City
* ''Fresh Aufhebung - Künstlerisches Interesse am philosophische verneinten Wunderglauben'', Kölnischer Kunstverein
The Kölnischer Kunstverein is an art museum in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia state, Germany. It is named after the historical art society of the same name.
The ''Kölnischer Kunstverein'' was a "Kunstverein" established in Cologne in 1 ...
, Köln
* Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin
* ''Fresh Aufhebung'', 271 Grand Street, New York
2003
* ''Desire Is War'', Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin
* ''The Club in the Shadow'', in collaboration with Kim Gordon, Kenny Schachter conTEMPorary, New York
2002
* ''Black Bonds'', Jutta Koether and Steven Parrino, Swiss Institute, New York
* Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln
2000
* Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln
* ''zur grünen schenke-fünf uhr nachmittags. die geheimen Bilder'', Galerie Freund, Wien
1999
1998
''Brushholder Value'', Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
1994
''Dysfunction USA'', Arthur Rogers Gallery, New Orleans
1993
''Parralax View: Cologne-New York'', P.S. 1 Institute for Contemporary Art, New York
1987
''Werkschau Jutta Koether'', Kunstraum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
References
External links
*Jutta Koether o
ArtFacts.Net
*Images, biography and texts from th
Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects; Jutta Koether Biographie, Pressemitteilungen und Arbeiten
General information on Jutta Koether
*Martin Pesch
Jutta Koether at Galerie Daniel Bucholz
(Review)
Jutta Koether at Campoli Presti
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Living people
1958 births
Artists from Cologne
Women in electronic music
German contemporary artists
University of Cologne alumni
Academic staff of the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg