Dieter Roth
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Dieter Roth
Presented by:Victoria Mcgillicuddy
Annie EdwardsJoe O’Donnell
Artist Profile: Name: Dieter Roth (Also known as Dita Rot)
Born: 21st April 1930, Hannover Germany
Died: 5th June 1998, Switzerland (age 68)
Areas of Work: - Book Art - Prints- Sculpture - Found Materials - Rotting Food
Key Points - Location1930
- Sent from Nazi Germany to Switzerland to live with Foster Parents
- Received Graphic Design training in Bern Switzerland
- Took a particular interest in Avant-Garde design and poetry
Dieter Roth moved relatively frequently, living in places such as:
• Reykjavik
• London
• Basel
• Hamburg
• Rhode Island
Roth’s movements heavily affected his works, demonstrated by the wide variety of his works
Key Point – Decomposition
- Dieter Roth frequently used materials that could decompose in order to show the passing of time with no attempt to preserve, conserve or intervene with the work
- Interested in chance and works uncontrolled by Artists
- The factors in which the Art is created, such as temperature, light, bacteria and insects would affect Artworks after the Artist declared the work complete – This was an aspect key to Dieter Roth.
- Roth had a key interest in grease stains, mold formations, damage from insects, and blotches of rotting organic material.
- Roth’s work got to the point where it relied upon natural aspects of his pieces, to the point where nature itself became the Artist
Key Point – Other facts• In 1949, Dieter Roth suffers a nervous breakdown and
attempted to take his own life.
• Dieter was known to have been suffering from heart problems during his life
• In 1969, because of the decay involved in Dieter Roth’s work, his Düsseldorf Academy studio work was cleared out and destroyed.
• In 1975 Dieter Roth founded the Zeitschrift fur Alles journal, which chose to publish anything that was submitted to it
• http://www.artnet.com/artists/dieter-roth/ - Online Auction, where Dieter Roth’s work is being sold today
• Most famous for his book Art, in particular “Literaturwurst”
Works of Art
Dieter Roth
Self Portrait as a Drowning Man
Year:1974
Medium:Acrylic paint, watercolour and glue on cardboard
Dimensions: 800 x 1003 mm
Ownership:Tate, Purchased 1977
Roth’s many self-portraits are often objects or representations that make no visual reference to his
physical appearance
''When I was young I wanted to become a real
artist,’’
''Then I started doing something I felt wasn't real art, and it was through this that I became a well-known
artist.'' Dieter Roth
Literaturwurst[Literaturwurst]
Dieter Roth
''Here lies the carcass of a man who didn't
know who he was and where he was heading.''
Dieter Roth on his own death