GÃ¶tz Adriani

Götz Adriani ( born November 21, 1940 in Stuttgart) is a German art historian. From 1971 to 2005 he was director of the Kunsthalle Tübingen and since 2003 he is the Executive Board of the Foundation of the same name.

Biography

Götz Adriani was born on November 21, 1940 in Stuttgart. Since his father was in 1945 died in Soviet captivity, it is particularly been his mother, who was able to care for her son, art and history. After graduation Adriani studied art history, archeology and history in Tübingen, Munich and Vienna. In 1964 he received his PhD on the topic The medieval Predigtort and its design.

The promotion of the 23 -year-old joined in 1965 as an intern at the State Gallery of Stuttgart, where he met his future wife Franziska. 1966 moved Adriani to the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt. There he was responsible for the painting department and for the reaching of Joseph Beuys to the American Pop Art collection Karl Ströhers. Thanks to the latter, then created contacts with well-known German and American artists - to Beuys and Warhol to Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Lichtenstein and Segal, to Stella, de Maria, Flavin, Baselitz, Palermo, Polke, Richter and Walther.

In the spring of 1971 Götz Adriani followed a by Georg Karl Pfahler reputation as the founding director of the Kunsthalle Tübingen, a foundation of Paula Zundel and Margarete Fischer- Bosch, the daughters of Robert Bosch, in memory of the painter Georg Friedrich Zundel. With presentations by artists of the classical modern and contemporary art, whose works had not yet been shown in German-speaking or had barely enforced as artistic positions, Adriani succeeded to realize exhibition programs beyond the region, even international standing in Tübingen. Under his leadership, the Kunsthalle, especially in the first decade of its existence, a prominent experience and the reflection point of the contemporary art scene, and a frequented meeting point of the avant-garde. Among other things first retrospectives or far remained unknown work complexes following artists were on display:

As the " Tübingen exhibition miracle" described the feature pages as well as the professional world of Götz Adriani scientifically developed retrospectives, which were mainly devoted to the French pioneers and protagonists of modernity. With few exceptions, they had at the Kunsthalle Tübingen Germany their premieres:

As for the response from the public, the exhibitions of the university town could have even in international comparison attendance records. So visitor numbers were achieved in the 1980s and 90s, which went well over two hundred, even three hundred thousand. A particular success yielded 1993 97 exhibits comprehensive selection of paintings by Cézanne, which is counted among the largest and most important shows of work by the artist. About 430,000 visitors during the 15 week run in the art hall and 250,000 catalog books were sold - a catalog circulation, which is unique in the world today. 1996 achieved the 104 paintings of Renoir first exhibition in the German speaking again about 420,000 visitors. This Götz Adriani stood for his projects - including the excellent by their carefully researched content and quality equipment Publications - an exhibition budget of only 40,000 euros a year was available.

Because of the profits generated by the Kunsthalle surpluses as well as a grant of Georg Zundel, the son of the founder, put together his collection of works on paper from the 1960s and 70s Götz Adriani, the municipal facility in the summer of 2003, was transformed into a foundation under civil law. This financial support for the continued existence of the house could be secured.

Attempts renowned museums, poach Adriani, did not fail, however, were in vain. Although the direction of the Museum Folkwang in Essen, the Stuttgart State Gallery, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, the art collection of North Rhine -Westphalia in Dusseldorf, the newly created post of Director General of the museums in Frankfurt and, not least, the Directorate General of the Bavarian State Painting Collections he was offered in Munich, he remained the Kunsthalle, for whose reputation he had made, and joined his few employees. Besides his work in Tübingen, he was active but also to other institutions. He was three times German commissioner of the Biennale in São Paulo, and for a long time he is both the board of the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations in Stuttgart, as well as the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Foundation of ZF Friedrichshafen active. Appointed Honorary Professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe in 1985, Götz Adriani was in the years 1999 to 2004, as founding director of the Museum of Contemporary Art at ZKM in Karlsruhe, where he in addition to the development and expansion of the so-called collector's museum in a total of 16 exhibition projects - about Bruce Nauman, Franz West, Tobias Rehberger, and Martin Kippenberger - has initiated and implemented. From 1994 to 1999 he advised the Art Advisory Committee of the Bundestag regarding the equipment of the Reichstag building in Berlin with works of art, and finally he supported since 2001 Frieder Burda in the establishment, operation and program design of his museum in Baden -Baden. As a member of the Board of Frieder Burda Foundation, Adriani organized for the museum among other things, extensive exhibitions on Sigmar Polke, Gerhard Richter and Georg Baselitz.

For his cultural commitment Adriani has received numerous prizes and awards, including the price of Theo Wormland Foundation in Munich. In the same year he was awarded the Ordre des Palmes Académiques. In the late 1990s Adriani received the Foundation Award of the Württemberg mortgage bank of Arts and Sciences and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He received the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden -Württemberg, the Order of the French Legion of Honour, the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and an honorary citizen of the university town of Tübingen.

2005 Götz Adriani withdrew from the operating business of the Kunsthalle Tübingen, for now draw Gerlinde Engelhardt, the Commercial Director of the house, and Daniel J. Schreiber responsible as managing curator. With a two-part anniversary exhibition, Kunsthalle committed 2011/2012 its 40th anniversary and remembered so on Adrianis exhibition initiatives that were formative for them and made them so successful.

Bibliography (selection)

Götz Adriani, The medieval Predigtort and its design, Tübingen 1966
Götz Adriani and Gerhard Bott, arts Expressions 1960-1970, collection Karl Ströher in the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt, Darmstadt 1970
Götz Adriani, Willi Baumeister, Paintings, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunstverein Ludwigshafen - Kunstverein Mannheim; Municipal Art Collections Bonn, Tübingen and Cologne 1971
Götz Adriani, Franz Erhard Walther, monograph, Work 1955-1963, material 1 Werksatz 1963-1969, catalog publication with the first catalog raisonné Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 1972
Klaus Rinke, time Time, Space Space, Body Body, actions Transformations, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 1972
Götz Adriani, Winfried Konnertz and Karin Thomas, Joseph Beuys, Cologne 1973, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1994, English-language edition New York 1979
Götz Adriani and Dieter Koepplin, drawings by Claes Oldenburg, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunstmuseum Basel; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich; National Gallery in Berlin; Kaiser Wilhelm Museum Krefeld; Museum of the 20th century Vienna; Kunstverein in Hamburg; Städtische Galerie im Städel Art Institute Frankfurt aM; Kestner- Gesellschaft in Hannover; Louisiana Museum Humlebaek, Tübingen and Basel 1975
Georg Friedrich Zundel 1875/1975, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen 1975
Götz Adriani, Joseph Beuys, drawings for both 1965 rediscovered sketchbooks » Codices Madrid " by Leonardo da Vinci, Stuttgart 1975
B.H.D. Buchloh, Sigmar Polke, images towels objects, selected works 1962-1971, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication with the first catalog raisonné Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunsthalle Dusseldorf; Stedelijk van Abbe Museum Eindhoven, Cologne 1976
Götz Adriani, Toulouse- Lautrec, The entire graphic work, in collaboration with Wolfgang Wittrock, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 1976
Götz Adriani, German painting in the 17th century, Cologne 1977, Romanian -language edition Bucharest 1982
Götz Adriani, Bernhard and Hilla Becher, Typologies of industrial Buildings 1963-1975, catalog publication XIV Bienal Internacional de São Paulo 1977
Richard Serra, work 66-77, ed. v. Götz Adriani, Hans Albert Peters and Clara Weyergraf, catalog publication with the first catalog raisonné Kunsthalle Tübingen; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden -Baden, Tübingen, Baden-Baden 1978
Götz Adriani, Paul Cézanne, drawings, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 1978, 2002, Spanish -language edition of Barcelona in 1981, Japanese language edition of Tokyo 1997
Götz Adriani, Toulouse- Lautrec and the Paris of 1900, Köln 1978
Götz Adriani and N. Werner Greiner, Robert Rauschenberg, drawings, gouaches, collages 1949-1979, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunsthalle Berlin, Munich and Zurich 1979
Götz Adriani, Joseph Beuys, catalog publication XV. Bienal Internacional de São Paulo 1979
Hannah Höch, photomontages Paintings Watercolors, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Art Museum Hannover; Von der Heydt - Museum Wuppertal; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Cologne 1980
Götz Adriani, Paul Cezanne, The Love Battle, aspects of the early work of Cezanne, Munich and Zurich 1980
Götz Adriani, Paul Cézanne, watercolors, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunsthaus Zurich, Cologne 1981, 2002
Götz Adriani, Willi Baumeister 1889 to 1955 catalog publication Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart 1981
Götz Adriani, Edgar Degas, pastels, oil sketches, drawings, publication catalog Kunsthalle Tübingen; National Gallery in Berlin, Cologne, 1984, 2004, French -language edition of Paris 1985
Joseph Beuys, oil paints 1949-1967, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunstverein in Hamburg; Kunsthaus Zurich, Tübingen 1984
Götz Adriani, Toulouse- Lautrec, painting and image studies, publication catalog Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne, 1986, 2002, English-language edition London 1987
Götz Adriani, Toulouse- Lautrec, The entire graphic work, Gerstenberg Collection, catalog raisonné publication with National Gallery in Berlin; Haus der Kunst, Munich; Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden -Baden; Wallraf -Richartz Museum, Cologne; Rijksmuseum Vincent van Gogh Amsterdam; Royal Academy London, Cologne, 1986, 2002, English-language edition London 1988, Japanese language edition of Tokyo 1990
Werner Spies, Picasso, pastels, watercolors, drawings, ed. v. Götz Adriani catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Art collection Nordrhein-Westfalen Dusseldorf, Stuttgart 1986
Ingres and Delacroix, drawings and watercolors, ed. v. Ernst Goldschmidt and Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Palais des Beaux -Arts Brussels, Cologne 1986
Werner Spies, Andy Warhol, Cars, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Stuttgart 1988
Götz Adriani, Joseph Beuys, drawings, objects prints, catalog publication Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart 1989
Sabine Rewald, Paul Klee, The Berggruen Collection, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Stuttgart 1989
Götz Adriani, Anselm Kiefer, Books 1969-1990, catalog publication with the first catalog raisonné Kunsthalle Tübingen; Kunstverein München; Kunsthaus Zurich, Stuttgart, 1990, English-language edition New York 1991
Götz Adriani, Toulouse- Lautrec, Paris 1991
Götz Adriani, Cézanne, Paintings, with a contribution to the reception history of Walter Feilchenfeldt catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 1993, 2002, English-language edition New York 1994
Götz Adriani, Collages, Hannah Höch, 1889-1978, catalog publication Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart 1993
Götz Adriani, Georg Baselitz, printmaking 1965-1992, catalog raisonné publication with the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart 1994
Götz Adriani, Renoir, Paintings 1860-1917, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 1996, 2004
Götz Adriani, Sigmar Polke, Music of unknown origin, catalog publication Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Stuttgart 1997
Rudolf Schlichter, Paintings Watercolors Drawings, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen; Von der Heydt - Museum Wuppertal; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich 1997
Fabrice Hergott, Kandinsky, major works from the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, ed. by Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 1999
Art Collecting, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 1999
Bruce Nauman, works from the collections Froehlich and FER, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 1999
Bill Viola, Stations, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 2000
Sigmar Polke Works from the Froehlich Collection, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 2000
Franz West, In & Out, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Ostfildern 2000
Ben Willikens, a ple negli spazi, spaces in rooms, ed. v. Götz Adriani, Galleria d'Arte Moderna catalog publication di Palazzo Pitti Florence, Ostfildern 2000
Götz Adriani, Henri Rousseau, The publican, crossover to the modern, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 2001
Minimal Art from the Collections FER, Froehlich and Siegfried Weishaupt, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 2001
Sylvie Fleury 49000, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 2001
Keith Haring, Heaven and Hell, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe; Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Rotterdam, Ostfildern 2001
Picasso, Figure and Portrait, major works from the collection of Bernard Picasso, ed. v. Götz Adriani, Evelyn Benesch and Ingried Brugger, catalog publication Art Forum Vienna; Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen and Vienna 2002
Tobias Rehberger, bells - 's until I hear, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Cologne 2002
Hans Peter Reuter, images, 1972-2002, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 2002.
Art in the Reichstag Building, On behalf of the German Federal Parliament, ed. v. Götz Adriani, Andreas Kaernbach and Karin stamp, Cologne 2002
Martin Kippenberger, The second being, ed. v. Götz Adriani, Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Cologne 2003
Martin Kippenberger, shadow play in the branch, Drawings, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe - Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 2003
Works from the Boros Collection, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 2004
Götz Adriani, brothel and boudoir scenes of modernity, Cézanne Degas Toulouse- Lautrec Picasso, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Ostfildern 2005
Götz Adriani, Toulouse- Lautrec, The entire graphic work, imaging studies and Painting, catalog raisonné publication Kunsthalle of the Hypo Cultural Foundation, Munich 2005
The art of acting, masterpieces from the 14th to the 20th century when Fritz and Peter Nathan, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Ostfildern 2005
Götz Adriani, Anselm Kiefer, For Paul Celan, catalog publication Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg 2005
Götz Adriani, Paul Cezanne, Life and Works, Munich 2006, 2008
Götz Adriani, Polke, A Retrospective, The collections Frieder Burda, Josef Froehlich Reiner Speck, catalog publication Museum Frieder Burda, Baden -Baden; Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna, Ostfildern 2007
Heribert C. Ottersbach, in anticipation of the events, works 1995-2006, ed. v. Götz Adriani, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Ostfildern 2007
Götz Adriani, Gerhard Richter, Paintings from Private Collections, catalog publication Frieder Burda Museum in Baden- Baden; National Art Museum of China, Beijing; National Gallery Edinburgh; Albertina, Vienna; MKM Modern Art Duisburg, Ostfildern 2008, Chinese-language edition Beijing 2008, English-language edition Edinburgh 2008
Götz Adriani, The emperors' artists, Dürer to Titian, from Rubens to Velazquez from the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, catalog publication Museum Frieder Burda, Baden -Baden, Cologne 2009
Götz Adriani, Baselitz, 50 years of painting, catalog publication Museum Frieder Burda, Baden -Baden, Ostfildern 2009
Götz Adriani and Peter Weibel, Just what is it ... 100 years of modern art from private collections in Baden- Württemberg, 10 years at the ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art catalog publication ZKM Karlsruhe, Ostfildern 2009
Götz Adriani, entrepreneur art collectors, private museums in Baden -Württemberg, Stuttgart 2009
Cézanne Picasso Polke & Co., 40 years Kunsthalle Tübingen and Götz Adriani, ed. by the Foundation Kunsthalle Tübingen, catalog publication Kunsthalle Tübingen, Cologne 2011
Götz Adriani, Copley, catalog publication Museum Frieder Burda, Baden -Baden; Max Ernst Museum Brühl; Stiftung Ahlers Pro Arte Hannover, Heidelberg, 2012
Götz Adriani and Walter Smerling, Joseph Beuys - Anselm Kiefer, drawings, gouaches books, catalog publication MKM of Modern Art, Duisburg 2012
Götz Adriani, a partnership at a distance, in: Ambroise Vollard, memories of Edgar Degas, Vienna 2012
Götz Adriani, Toulouse- Lautrec and the collector Otto Gerstenberg, in: The Historical Collection Otto Gerstenberg, Volume I, ed. Julietta Sharp and Hanna Strzoda, Ostfildern 2012, pp. 258 ff

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