Lothar Baumgarten
Encyclopedia
Lothar Baumgarten is a German
conceptual artist
, based in New York
and Düsseldorf
. His work includes installation
and film.
and Venezuela
, and these visits resulted in works such as Terra Incognita, a three-dimensional diagram of the frontier between the two countries.
He represented Germany at the 1984 Venice Biennale
, where his work consisted of the names Amazonian peoples engraved on a marble floor and filled with resin. A ceiling piece made for the Carnegie Museum of Art
in 1988 featured hand-painted letters from the Cherokee
alphabet. For his 1993 solo exhibition at the Guggenheim
he printed the names of indigenous North American peoples on the inner curves of the rotunda.
His works are held in numerous museum collections, including the Tate
.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
conceptual artist
Conceptual art
Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...
, based in New York
New York City
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and Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
. His work includes installation
Installation art
Installation art describes an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called Land art; however, the boundaries between...
and film.
Life and work
Between 1977 and 1986 Baumgarten visited BrazilBrazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Venezuela
Venezuela
Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
, and these visits resulted in works such as Terra Incognita, a three-dimensional diagram of the frontier between the two countries.
He represented Germany at the 1984 Venice Biennale
Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
, where his work consisted of the names Amazonian peoples engraved on a marble floor and filled with resin. A ceiling piece made for the Carnegie Museum of Art
Carnegie Museum of Art
The Carnegie Museum of Art, located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an art museum founded in 1895 by the Pittsburgh-based industrialist Andrew Carnegie...
in 1988 featured hand-painted letters from the Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
alphabet. For his 1993 solo exhibition at the Guggenheim
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is a well-known museum located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It is the permanent home to a renowned collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, early Modern, and contemporary art and also features special exhibitions...
he printed the names of indigenous North American peoples on the inner curves of the rotunda.
His works are held in numerous museum collections, including the Tate
Tate
-Places:*Tate, Georgia, a town in the United States*Tate County, Mississippi, a county in the United States*Táté, the Hungarian name for Totoi village, Sântimbru Commune, Alba County, Romania*Tate, Filipino word for States...
.
External links
- Lothar Baumgarten on Artcyclopedia
- Edward Leffingwell, Lothar Baumgarten at Marian Goodman - New York, Art in America, November, 2001.
- Sabine B. Vogel, Lothar Baumgarten - Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany, ArtForum, January, 1994.