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Biographie |
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1939 |
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Born as Ralf Winkler Dresden, East Germany |
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1945 |
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Experiences the bombing of Dresden on 13th and 14th of February |
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1953 - 1954 |
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Painting and Drawing course with Jürgen Böttcher |
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1955 |
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Begins an apprenticeship as a draftsman at VEB DEWAG (Volkseigener Betrieb Deutsche Werbeagentur, Nationally owned enterprise German advertising agency) |
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1956 |
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Repeatedly unsuccessful applications to art academies in Dresden and East Berlin. As an autodidactic artist he begins to work on painting, sculpture, film, writing and music |
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1957 - 1959 |
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Starts making figurative sculptures and head studies out of plaster. Meets Georg Kern (Baselitz) |
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1961 |
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First System-Bilder and further portraits and autoportraits |
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1964 |
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Own studio in Lange Strasse, Dresden |
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1964 |
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Concentrates on working with cybernetics, other scientific areas and System-Bilder.
Produces his first Standart-Arbeiten and sculptures out of various materials |
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1965 |
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Takes part in an exhibition at the Puschkin-Haus in Dresden. Meets Michael Werner. |
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1966 |
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Accepted as candidate for the Verband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands (VKBD).
Rejection by the jury after the three-year deadline for candidates. |
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1968 |
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Adopts the pseudonym A.R. Penck. Michael Werner displays his first exhibition at the Galerie Hake Cologne. |
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1969 |
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Exhibition at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
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1967 - 1970 |
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Begins working on signalling, sketching and symbols. |
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1970 - 1971 |
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Various publications in which the term Standart is described |
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1972 |
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Finishing of Standart-Arbeiten. Participation in documenta 5 in Kassel |
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1973 - 1974 |
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Spends six months working as a reserve for the People’sthe Mike Hammer series which then leads to the development of the TM series |
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1975 |
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First major retrospective at the Bern Kunsthalle. |
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1977 |
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First wooden sculpture. Participation in documenta 6 in Kassel. |
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1977 |
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First meeting with Jörg Immendorff in East Berlin |
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1979 |
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Releases the first recording of >Gostritzer 92<. |
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1980 |
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Left East Germany |
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1980 |
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On 3rd August travels to Lörsfeld/Kerpen (near Cologne) in the German Federal Republic. Awarded the Rembrandt Prize by the Goethe Foundation in Basel. Meets Markus Lüpertz and Per Kirkeby. Visits Joseph Beuys |
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1982 |
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Participation in documenta 7 in Kassel. First publication ot the newspaper >Krater und Wolke< which is edited by A.R. Penck. |
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1983 |
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Extended visit to Israel. Settles in London and later in Ireland. |
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1983 |
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Galeria Lucio Amelio, Neapel |
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1984 |
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Participation in the 41st Biennal in Venice together with Lothar Baumgarten. Increased interest in music. Joins work on the production of numerous Free Jazz Recordings. |
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1984 - 1985 |
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Miniature sculptures in bronze |
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1985 |
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Awarded the artist’s prize by the city of Aachen |
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1986 |
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First Carrara marble sculptures |
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1987 |
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Receives the Nord/LB Prize for art |
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1987 |
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Settles in Ireland, in Dublin |
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1988 |
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Professorship at the Art Academy Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1992 |
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Takes part in documenta 9 in Kassel |
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1998 |
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Extensive travelling exhibition throughout Japan |
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1999 - 2000 |
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Exhibition of the bronze sculptures in Heilbronn, Bremen, Recklinghausen, Luxembourg, Berlin und Bad Homburg. |
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2004 |
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Lives and works in Ireland and Germany |
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Expositions |
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2013 |
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ARCO Madrid, Spain |
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2013 |
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Helge Leiberg, A.R. Penck, Markus Lüpertz u.a. – MALER und BILDHAUER, Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden, Germany |
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2009 |
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Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, LACMA, Los Angeles, traveling to Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg and Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin |
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2008 |
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A.R. Penck: Peinture, Système, Monde, Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris |
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2008 |
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A:R. Penck: Die Achtziger Jahre (The Eighties), Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin |
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2008 |
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A.R. Penck, Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg |
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2008 |
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Being and Nature – The Unknown Penck, Städtische Galerie Dresden, Dresden |
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2008 |
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Series Drawings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York |
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2008 |
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A.R. Penck: Paintings from the Eighties, Michael Werner Gallery, New York |
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2008 |
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Julius Werner Berlin (solo) |
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2007 |
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A.R. Penck: Der Begriff Modell, Neues Museum – Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design, Nürnberg |
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2007 |
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A.R. Penck. Retrospektive, Kunsthalle zu Kiel |
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2007 |
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A.R. Penck, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt |
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2006 |
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A.R. Penck, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York |
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2006 |
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Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck, Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai |
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2006 |
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Beautiful Cynicism, Arario Beijing, Beijing |
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2005 |
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A.R. Penck, Per Kirkeby, Markus Lüpertz, Gallery W52, New York (solo) |
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2005 |
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A.R. Penck, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki (solo) |
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2005 |
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A.R. Penck: Neue Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne (solo) |
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2004 |
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A.R. Penck: Paintings from the Seventies, Michael Werner Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2004 |
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A.R. Penck, Patrick Painter Inc., Santa Monica (solo) |
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2004 |
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A.R. Penck: Constructions, Michael Werner Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2003 |
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Wereldblik 1968-2002, Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Ostende. |
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2003 |
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A.R. Penck. Jenseits der Kriege. Bilder aus dem Jahr 2002, Galerie Michael Werner, Köln |
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2003 |
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A.R. Penck. Weltsicht 1968 – 2002, Museum Küppersmühle Sammlung Grothe, Duisburg |
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2002 |
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Ralf Winkler. Frühe Arbeiten. Bilder und Zeichnungen aus einer Dresdener Privatsammlung, Galerie im Schloss Wiligrad, Kunstverein Wiligrad e.V., Lübstorf |
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1999 |
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A.R. Penck. Bronzeskulpturen, Galerie Michael Werner, Köln |
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1997 |
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A.R. Penck. German Darkness and Contemporary Symbol, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima |
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1995 |
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A.R. Penck, Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexiko-Stadt |
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1992 |
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A.R. Penck. Standart-Modelle, Galerie Michael Werner, Köln |
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1988 |
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Retrospective, Nationalgalerie Berlin, Kunsthaus Berlin, Germany & Zurich, Switzerland |
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1988 |
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Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, Germany |
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1984 |
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Brown's Hotel and Other Works, The Tate Gallery London, UK |
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1984 |
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Biennial, Venice, Italy |
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1982 |
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45 Zeichnungen - Bewußt-seinschichten, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany |
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1981 |
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Gemälde und Handzeichnungen, Kunsthalle Köln, Cologne, West Germany |
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1978 |
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Museum Ludwig Cologne, West Germany |
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1972 |
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Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland |
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1972 |
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Documenta 5, Kassel, Gemany |
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1968 |
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Michael Werner Cologne, West Germany |
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1956 |
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Dresden, East Germany |
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Publications |
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A.R. Penck, Ereignisse im Unbekannten, texts by A.R. PENCK and MARCADÉ Bernard, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 2003 |
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A. R. Penck, texts by A.R. PENCK and Bernard MARCADÉ, Galerie Jérôme de Noirmont, Paris, 1996 |
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