Lothar Hempel
Born in 1966 in Cologne (Germany); lives & works in Cologne.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2004
On the Olympus, Unlimited Contemporary Art,
Athens
Ikarus, Galerie Art:Concept, Paris
2003
The Song of the Bird is NONSENSE,
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
2002
Magnani Gallery, London
Atle Gerhardsen Gallery, Berlin
Propaganda, ICA, London
2001
Magnet, Galerie Art : Concept, Paris
2000
Das Orakel lächelt, das Orakel lacht, das Orakel lächelt, Ars
Futura, Zürich
An Schlaf ist nicht zu denken, Lab of Gravity, Hamburg
Wespennest, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
1999
KAPUTT und die Folgen, Robert Prime, London
Amerika verschwindet, nur das Lächeln bleibt, Anton Kern Gallery,
New York
The Observer, Statements, Art Basel
Videos, Centre Saint Gervais, Genf
1998
Kunstschnee will schmilzen, Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam
Ein Sandstrand voll Glas, Daniel Buchholz Gallery, Köln
1997
This Bitter Sweet Disaster, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf, Robert Prime, London
1996
The Bienenkorb Times, Daniel Buchholz, Köln
Strom, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
1994
Bewegungslehre (No Future), Buchholz und Buchholz, Köln
OMRON, six Videos by Lothar Hempel, Preview Theatre Wardour Street,
London
La Boum, with Torsten Slama, New Reality Mix, Stockholm
Low, Artistbooth at Art Cologne, Messehalle 5, Köln
1992
240 Minuten, mit / with Georg Graw, Esther Schipper, Köln
Selected Group
Exhibitions :
2004
Art Unlimited, Art Basel,
Switzerland
Rhinegold, Tate Liverpool,
UK
She’s come undone, Artemis
Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (cur. Augusto Arbizo)
2002
Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits, collection
Frac Poitou-Charentes, Hôtel Saint Simon et Théâtre
d'Angoulème, Angoulême, France
2001
A New Horizon,
Art:Concept, Paris
2000
Age of Influence,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
10 Jahre Ars Futura, Ars Futura, Zürich
Portraits, Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Köln
1999
Oldnewtown,
Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
Proposal for a show, A/C Projects, New York
Ars Viva, Portikus Frankfurt
Who if not we, Elizabeth Cherry Fine Arts, Tuscon
Nur Wasser läßt sich leichter scheiden, Projektraum Hafen,
Hamburg
Dessins, Forde Gallery, Genf
Officina Europa, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
1998
Daniel Buchholz Gallery, Köln
El Nino, Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Conspirazione, CollectionRerebaudengo, Torino
Roommates, Van Loon Museum Amsterdam
Yesterday begins tomorrow, Bard College, Long Island
Ars Viva, Ausstellung der Preisträger des Ars Viva
Preises vom BDI, Brandenburgische Kunstsammlungen, Cottbus, KV
Braunschweig Büro Friedrich, Berlin
1997
Aura, mit Dirk Bell, Walter
Dahn und Rosemarie Trockel, Ars Futura, Zürich
X2, curated by Andreas Spiegel, Wiener Sezession
Panic, ICA London, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brüssel
Surprisen, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, curated by von Jörn
Bötnagel and Eva Meyer Hermann
Bring your own walkman, W 139 Amsterdam, curated by Jack Jaeger
Delta, Musee de la ville de Paris, curated by Francesco Bonami
cologne show, Goethe-Institut Torino, curated by Hans Nieswandt
1996
TRAFFIC, curated by
Nicolas Bourriaud, CAPC Museum, Bordeaux
PUSH UPS, "the factory", Athens
auto reverse 2, le magasin, Grenoble
How will we behave?, Robert Prime Gallery, London
escape attempts, curated by Simon Sheik and Globe Christiania,
Kopenhagen
this really nice, a project with students from the Royal Academy of Arts
aircondition, Kopenhagen
Glockengeschrei nach Deutz, das Beste aller Seiten!, 3. Gruppenausstellung, Daniel Buchholz, Köln
1995
Atomic!, Oberwelt,
Stuttgart
Auto Reverse, Centre Européen de la Culture, Geneva
the Video Collection, Filmfestival, Knokke
Figures, Le Parvis, Centre Méridien, France
the Moral Maze, curated by Liam Gillick and Philippe Parreno, le
Consortium, Dijon
Stoppage, curated by Liam Gillick, CCC Tours, Villa Arson, Nice
I Confess, Nicolay Art Center, Kopenhagen
Purple 8 1/2, curated by purple prose, Galerie Jousse Seguin, Paris
Aperto, previously unreleased!, curated by Sabrina Grassi, APAC Nevers
Photomontage, le Consortium, Dijon
Labyrinthe Morale, L'Usine, Dijon
X/Y, curated by Christine van Assche, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Palast der Künste, utopie macht endlos...(LOTUSCLUB),
Kölnischer Kunstverein, Köln
1994
Sonne München,
Daniel Buchholz , Köln
Homegrown, Lotus Club, Köln
Grand Prix, Air de Paris, Nice
L'Hiver de l´Amour, Musée d'Art Contemporain de la Ville de
Paris, Paris
Rue des Marins, Air de Paris, Nice
Residence Secondaire, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
20, curated by Tomaso Corvi-Mora, Pasquale Leccese, Mailand
Caravanserai, W 139, Amsterdam
L'Hiver de l'Amour, Part 2, PS 1 Museum, New York
Henry Bond, Olaf Eliasson, Lothar Hempel, Saga Basement, Kopenhagen
Das Studium der Kunstgeschichte..., Schleifschnecke, Künstlerhaus
Stuttgart
Miniatures, the Agency, London
MIxbild, Esther Schipper und Michael Krome, Köln
13 Levels Of Meaning, with Henry Bond, Ars Futura, Zürich
Atomic, Neurotic, Exstatic, curated by Hendrik Larsson, the New ROOM,
Göteburg,
1993
Some artists I´ve been thinking about who fall
under the title of : Wouldn´t it be more pluralistic to embrace turmoil and
/ or violance?, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
;Esther Schipper at the Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica ; Biennale di
Venezia, APERTO, Venice
Summershow, Esther Schipper, Köln
Future Book Collection, Air de Paris, Nice
Fuck the System, Villa Rossi, Lucca, Italy
Food for Thougt, curated by Felix Gonzales-Torres,
Franklin Furnace, New York
Phenylovethylamour, Unfair 1993, project by Lothar Hempel and Carsten
Hoeller, at Daniel Buchholz, Köln
Unplugged, Inter Conti, Köln, curated by Nicolas Bourriaud.
jeder kind is van marmer, Bloom Gallery, Amsterdam
Christmashop, Air de Paris, Paris
Video, Galerie Sabrina Grassi, Paris
1992
Prince, Madonna, Marky Mark & Cinderella, Ancient Etablissement Sacré, Liège, Belgium
Paradise Europe, BIZART, Kopenhagen
Tattoo Collection, Air de Paris & Urbi et Orbi at the Jennifer Flay
Gallery, Paris; Daniel Buchholz, Köln; Andrea Rosen, New York
Multiples, Lukas & Hoffmann, Berlin
Lying on top of a building the clouds seemed no nearer than they had when I
was lying on the street, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne; Le Case
d´Arte, Milano
Rest in Peace, Esther Schipper, Köln
Catalogues
Ars Viva, Installationen, BDI, 1998
El Ninyo, Museum Abteiberg Mönchen Gladbach, 1998
Kunstschnee will schmilzen, Bureau Amsterdam Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam 1998
X2, Wiener Sezession1997
Delta, Musee d'Art moderne de la ville de Paris1997
Surprisen 2, Kunsthalle Nürnberg 1997
PUSH UPS, "the factory", Athens fine arts school, Athens 1996
TRAFFIC, CAPC Museum, Bordeaux 1996
X/Y, Centre George Pompidou, Paris 1995
I Confess, Nicolaij Art Center, Copenhagen 1995
L'Hiver de l'Amour bis, ARC Paris, 1994
Buchholz und Buchholz, 1994, Köln
Unfair 1993, Cologne
"XLV Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte", La Biennale di
Venezia, Venice 1993 (p.355)
"Aperto '93", Flash Art International, Milan 1993
(p. 302/303)
"Paradise Europe", BizArt Forlag, Kobenhavn, 1992
Magazines
Hempel Lothar,
"Magnet", edited for the exhibition at galerie Art : Concept, 2000
Hoffmann Justin,
"Lothar Hempel", Kunstforum, april - Juni 2000
Higgi Jennifer, "Let's get lost", Frieze Magazine, Oct. 1999
Ebner Jörn, "Lothar Hempel", artist - Kunstmagazin,
2/2000, Heft Nr. 43, S. 30-33.
Steiner Barbara, "Snipers, Lotusclub and more...", nach Weimar
Hempel Lothar,
"Jodie", Permanent Food, Paris
Scheider Christiane, "Hempel, Höller, Elliasson", Metropolis
M, January 1995
Hempel Lothar
, "Let's smile forever", ZAP- Magazine, Amsterdamned
Hempel Lothar and Eliasson Olafur, "kryll is the food of
tommorow", Buffallo Bill, September 1994
Hempel Lothar, "let yourself go", Documents, March 1994
Weil Benjamin,
"Souvenirs des Immateriaux", PurpleProse 3
Schwerin Gregor,
"Junge Kunst aus Köln", ZYMA, November 1992
Hempel Lothar, "Ballance Akt", AMOKKOMA 3
Hempel Lothar, "ich kämpfe um Dich", PurpleProse 2
Vidéos
E240 MINUTEN, Videocassette VHS Pal, 240
", Edition by sther Schipper, 1992
LOVE IS NO FOUR LETTER WORD, the favourite lovesongs by twenty male
artists, audiocassette, 1993
A VERY SAD STORY, Videocassette VHS Pal, 7.30", Edition Daniel
Buchholz, 1993
WE BELIEVE IN YOU, Videocassette VHS Pal, 8.20", Edition Sabrina
Grassi, 1994
STARTRAX, featuring ABSOLUT & SUPERSTAR, a collaboration with
Parthena Trellopoulos, 7" Vinyl-Single,
1994 Chapter 69 - the early years, 3 Videos by Lothar Hempel, Videocassette VHS
Pal, 30", Editione Gregorio
Magnani
MORE STARTRAX, featuring KAi Althoff & Justus Köhnke, a
collaboration with Parthena Trellopoulos, 7"Vinyl-Single", 1995