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Arthur Köpcke (German, 1928-1977)
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Arthur Köpcke
62-80-124, Reading-Work-Piece 1965
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Arthur Köpcke
Birkin, Reading-Work-Piece 1965
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Arthur Köpcke
Inside - Outside 1972
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Biography |
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1928 |
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born in Hamburg, Germany, Arthur (“Addi“) |
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1957 |
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lived in Copenhagen from 1957 on |
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1963 - 1965 |
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Köpcke’s work includes paintings, scrolls, literary works, objects, collages, assemblies and fluxus pieces. His key piece reading/ work pieces-manuscript was created between 1963 and 1965 |
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1972 - 1973 |
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guest professor at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen |
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1977 |
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Köpcke died in Copenhagen |
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in the post- war era in Hamburg, painting and literature, focusing on his written work. |
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founded Gallery Köpcke, with his Danish wife, Aase (“Tut“), within the five years of its existence, the gallery became a contact point for international avante- garde art (Informel, Nouveau Realisme and Fluxus) in Denmark, organized fluxusfestivals and shows by Filliou, Manzoni, Roth, de Saint Phalle, Spoerri and Williams, Köpcke played an interesting dual role as both art mediator and artist |
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Literature |
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Arthur Köpcke. Bilder und Stücke. Cat. Texts by H. Christiansen, Joh. Cladders, Thomas Kellein, Per Kirkeby, Emmett Williams. Berlin 1988 |
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Arthur Köpcke. begreifen erleben. Gesammelte Schriften. Collected writings. Ed. by Barbara Wien. Berlin, Stuttgart/London, Köln 1994 |
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Arthur Köpcke. WAS IST DAS - piece No 2. CD (Köpcke lecture "Was ist das", recorded 1974) & booklet. Ed. of 500 num. copies. Berlin, Moen 1996 |
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Arthur Köpcke. Art is work is art. Cat. (German/Engl.) Kunsthalle Hamburg, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf & Kunsthalle Fridericianum Kassel. 2003 |
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Rennert, Susanne. Arthur Köpcke. Grenzgänger. Bilder, Objekte, Fluxusstücke. München 1996 |
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Erró, Fahlström, Köpcke, Lebel. PhönixArt 2003. Cat. (German/Engl.). Ed by Claus Mewes. Hamburg 2003 |
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