biografía de Urs LÜTHI (1947)

Personal data

Birth : 09/10/1947 - Luzern LU, Switzerland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Switzerland

Address

Zürich ZH, Switzerland

Professional data

Work and Life

Lives and works in Zürich, Switzerland
Lives and works in Munich, Germany
Lives and works in Kassel, Germany

Other professions

1994 : Professor
Art Academy – University of Kassel – Kassel, Germany

Work

Categorie and medium


Photography : Photomontage

Subject

self-portrait
one's self/identity

Movements and styles

Conceptual Art

Works

Tell Me Who Stole Your Smile n° 1
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Photograph
 
Tell Me Who Stole Your Smile n° 2
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Photograph
 
Tell Me Who Stole Your Smile n° 3
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Photograph
 
Tell Me Who Stole Your Smile n° 4
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Photograph
 
My Face Behind Eckies Face
Date of creation : 1974
Medium : Photograph
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2004

Art is the better life
Galerie Sollertis – Toulouse, France
03/2004 – 04/2004

2001

Photographie 1970-75
Galerie Johannes Faber – Vienna, Austria
09/09/2001 – 11/03/2001

2000

Swiss Institute – New York NY, United States
09/2000 – 10/2000

Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus – Munich, Germany
06/2000 – 08/2000

1999

Graphische Sammlung ETH – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/1999 – 12/1999

1998

Galerie Tanit – Munich, Germany
07/1998 – 09/1998

1996

Galerie Maximilian Krips – Cologne, Germany
09/1996 – 12/1996

1991

Galerie ak – Frankfurt, Germany
01/1991 – 04/1991

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2007

ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

2003

Loop’00 – New ART Barcelona, n°8
Barcelò Hotel Sants – Barcelona, Spain
11/27/2003 – 11/30/2003
Represented by : Galleria Artbug-Dieda – Bassano del Grappa VI, Italy

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France

2002

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie für Gegenwartskunst Barbara Claassen-Schmal – Bleicherstrasse 55 – Bremen, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 14
Frankfurt, Germany
05/26/2002 – 05/30/2002
Represented by : Frameworks Verlagsgesellschaft mbH – Gumpendorfer Strasse 89 – Vienna, Austria

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

2001

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Sollertis – 12 rue des Régans – Toulouse, France

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie für Gegenwartskunst Barbara Claassen-Schmal – Bleicherstrasse 55 – Bremen, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Tanit – Maximilianstrasse 45 – Munich, Germany

2000

Kunst 2000 Zürich, n° 7
Zürich ZH, Switzerland
11/24/2000 – 11/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Esther Hufschmid – Edition Cestio – Predigergasse 14 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Galerie Maximilian Krips – Albertusstrasse 9-11 – Cologne, Germany

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Maximilian Krips – Albertusstrasse 9-11 – Cologne, Germany

Group exhibitions

2003

Fin des Histoires ?
Chambéry, France
11/07/2003 – 02/09/2004

Photo-sculpture (2) Gestes, poses, attitudes¿
FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Limousin – Limoges, France
10/31/2003 – 01/17/2004

2001

Platea dell’ Umanità – 49° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
06/10/2001 – 11/04/2001

1998

Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer
Kunsthaus – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
06/05/1998 – 08/30/1998

1995

Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo – Santiago de Chile, Chile
11/1995 – 12/1995

Ensayo General/Répétition Générale
Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango – Bogotá, Colombia
07/11/1995 – 09/24/1995

1983

FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Rhône-Alpes – Villeurbanne, France
12/01/1983 – 01/10/1984

1977

Documenta 6
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Neue Galerie, Karlsaue – Kassel, Germany
06/26/1977 – 10/02/1977

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Periodicals

2001

EBONY David – Urs Lüthi at the Swiss Institute
in: Art in America p. 123
New York NY, United States
06/2001

Aviso legal