Monika Baumgartl
{{short description|German woman photographer}}
Monika Baumgartl (born 1942) is a German photographer, performance artist and representative of {{Ill|Konkrete Fotografie|de|lt=concrete photography}}.
Life and work
Born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) Baumgartl trained as a photographer in Hofheim am Taunus from 1966 to 1968.[http://bibliothequekandinsky.centrepompidou.fr/clientBookline/service/reference.asp?INSTANCE=INCIPIO&OUTPUT=PORTAL&DOCID=0270236&DOCBASE=CGPP Monika Baumgartl] on Centrepompidou.fr/ She then moved to Düsseldorf, worked as an actress (among others a member of {{Ill|Die Bühne (1964)|de|lt=Die Bühne}}) and was assistant to the German filmmaker and video galerist Gerry Schum. Since 1970, she has been active as a photographic artist. From 1970 to 1976, she organised performances and joint exhibitions together with Klaus Rinke.[https://www.staatsgalerie.de/g/sammlung/sammlung-digital/einzelansicht/sgs/werk/einzelansicht/19740311E1F5484FB77284A635876FD5.html Vier Viertelstunden in zwei Stunden, Mond mit Jupiter, 1976] on staatsgalerie.de[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/AUTH231040 Monika Baumgartl] on British Museum
Baumgartl had her first solo exhibition in 1974. Her photographs are almost exclusively night shots.[https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/260-monika-baumgartl/overview/ Monika Baumgartl] on
Michael Hoppen Gallery She participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 in the section {{Ill|Individuelle Mythologie|de}}n: Self-Representation - Performances - Activities - Changes and was also represented as an artist at Documenta 6 in 1977. Since the 1980s, she has worked as a trainer for tapdance and taiko.
References
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Further reading
- Exhibition catalogue: documenta 5. Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute; Catalogue (as Aktenordner) vol. 1: (Material); vol. 2: (Exponatliste); Kassel 1972
- documenta Archiv (ed.); Wiedervorlage d5 – Eine Befragung des Archivs zur documenta 1972; Kassel/Ostfildern 2001, {{ISBN|3-7757-1121-X}}
- Katalog zur documenta 6: Vol. 1: Malerei, Plastik/Environment, Performance; Vol. 2: Fotografie, Film, Video; Vol. 3: Handzeichnungen, Utopisches Design, Bücher; Kassel 1977 {{ISBN|3-920453-00-X}}
- Renate Buschmann, Stephan von Wiese (ed.): Fotos schreiben Kunstgeschichte, DuMont, Köln 2007 (Ausstellungskatalog zur Ausstellung Fotos schreiben Kunstgeschichte, 8 December 2007 until 2 March 2008, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf); {{ISBN|978-3-8321-9058-3}}
External links
- [http://www.artnet.de/artist/579883/monika-baumgartl.html Beispiele ihrer Werke]
- {{DNB portal|131909185}}
- [http://alephino.documentaarchiv.de/alipac/EIMRDLLSUNYJKDYNRIIJ-00019/sysfull?BASE=B-ART&IDN=000000122 Monika Baumgartl] on Documenta Archiv
- {{Official|http://www.monikabaumgartl.de}}
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Category:German performance artists
Category:20th-century German women photographers
Category:20th-century German photographers
Category:21st-century German women photographers