Wulf Herzogenrath

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Wulf Herzogenrath (born 23 March 1944,

artist's books.[1]

Early life and education

Herzogenrath studied art history, archaeology und ethnology in Kiel, Berlin and Bonn. 1967 - 1968 he edited the exhibition catalog "50 Jahre Bauhaus". He received his doctorate in 1970 with a thesis on Oskar Schlemmer's murals.[2]

In 1973 the 28-year-old Herzogenrath was hired to be director of a German Kunstverein (Art Society) in

Cologne, Germany
.

From 1989 he was the chief curator of the National Gallery (Berlin), entrusted with the Hamburger Bahnhof division for contemporary art. Herzogenrath left in 1994 to lead the Kunsthalle Bremen until his retirement in 2011. He relocated to Berlin in 2013.

Since 2012 he is the director of the visual arts section of the German Academy of Arts, Berlin.[3]

Curatorial work

  • In 1976 Herzogenrath organized the first European one man show of Nam June Paik at the Kölnischer Kunstverein.
  • Ex Machina – Frühe Computergrafik bis 1979
  • He established and curated the new video section of Documenta 6 (1977) that included Nam June Paik and Wolf Vostell.
  • He was part of the documenta 8 (1987) curatorial team, specializing in new technology.
  • He initiated in 2006 40YEARSVIDEOART.DE: Digital Heritage: Video art in Germany from 1963 to the present,[4] a collection of video art works from 1963 to 2006 that was shown simultaneously in five German museums with a DVD set documenting the exhibition.
  • Die fremde Hand. Computergenerierte Zeichnungen von Wolfgang Zach

Honors

  • Herzogenrath was awarded the Bremer Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft.[5]

Publications

References

  1. ^ [1] Wulf Herzogenrath. Video Art in the Akademie Archives
  2. ^ "KuratorInnen aus Deutschland". Goethe Institute. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  3. ^ "Short Biography". Academy of the Arts, Berlin. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  4. ^ 40jahrevideokunst.de 40YEARSVIDEOART.DE
  5. ^ [2] Senatskanzlei Prof. Dr. Wulf Herzogenrath erhält die Bremische Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft

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