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German Cities and Other Prints by Dieter Roth (1962-1970)

May 1, 2016 by Mariabruna Fabrizi Leave a Comment

German-born artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998) moved to Switzerland in 1943 at the age of 13, seeking asylum during World War II. As he began to work as an artist, he soon became interested in Concrete Art and poetry. His works required a rigorous practice and focused on the production of a systematic imagery coming from meticulous processes. For “German Cities”, he collected black-and-white postcards of landmarks of cities in Germany. The mundane views were then reproduced and ordered in a five by five grid. Each image was covered with a layer of slightly transparent solid color, except for the outline of a single monument that appears superimposed to the different views. Only once in each photo the monument matches the background. Roth experimented with prints throughout his whole artistic career, superposing photos, cutting out parts, eliminating backgrounds and altering colors.

(Confront with Marina Abramovic’s Freeing the Horizon, Sol Lewitt’s Early Map Works, Robert Grosvenor’s Removal of Manhattan Island)

 

Heidelberg (from German Cities) 1970 Screenprint on paper 552 x 768 mm

Heidelberg
(from German Cities)
1970
Screenprint on paper
552 x 768 mm

 

 

Düsseldorf  (from German Cities) 1970 Screenprint on paper 552 x 768 mm

Düsseldorf
(from German Cities)
1970
Screenprint on paper
552 x 768 mm

 

 

Berlin 2  (from German Cities) 1970 Screenprint on paper 552 x 768 mm

Berlin 2
(from German Cities)
1970
Screenprint on paper
552 x 768 mm

 

 

Munich (from German Cities)  1970 Screenprint on paper 552 x 768 mm

Munich
(from German Cities)
1970
Screenprint on paper
552 x 768 mm

 

 

Berlin 2  (from German Cities) 1970 Screenprint on paper 552 x 768 mm

Berlin 2
(from German Cities)
1970
Screenprint on paper
552 x 768 mm

 

 

Berner Oberland 1970 102 x 73 cm

Berner Oberland
1970
102 x 73 cm

 

 

Berner Oberland 1970 102 x 73 cm

Berner Oberland
1970
102 x 73 cm

 

 

Berner Oberland 1970 102 x 73 cm

Berner Oberland
1970
102 x 73 cm

 

 

Emme 1970

Emme
1970

 

 

Emme 1970

Emme
1970

 

 

Emme 1970

Emme
1970

 

 

Emme 1970

Emme
1970

 

 

Emme 1970

Emme
1970

 

 

Koln Cologne 1970 100 x 70 cm

Koln Cologne
1970
100 x 70 cm

 

 

Koln Cologne 1970 100 x 70 cm

Koln Cologne
1970
100 x 70 cm

 

 

Piccadilly Proof Print 1970 50 x 70 cm

Piccadilly Proof Print
1970
50 x 70 cm

 

 

Piccadilly Proof Print 1970 50 x 70 cm

Piccadilly Proof Print
1970
50 x 70 cm

 

 

Piccadilly Proof Print 1969 50 x 70 cm

Piccadilly Proof Print
1969
50 x 70 cm

 

 

Solothum Banhofplatz 1970 75 x 100 cm

Solothum Banhofplatz
1970
75 x 100 cm

 

 

Solothum Banhofplatz 1970 75 x 100 cm

Solothum Banhofplatz
1970
75 x 100 cm

 

 

Icelandic Landscape Postcard 1965 13.3 x 9 cm

Icelandic Landscape Postcard
1965
13.3 x 9 cm

 

 

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Icelandic Landscape Postcard 1962

 

 

Untitled, Icelandic Landscape 1963 8.2 x 13.7 cm

Untitled, Icelandic Landscape
1963
8.2 x 13.7 cm

 

 

Untitled, Icelandic Landscape 1963 8.2 x 13.7 cm

Untitled, Icelandic Landscape
1963
8.2 x 13.7 cm

 

 

All the images © The estate of Dieter Roth

Via: MoMA, Tate and Zucker Art Books.

Further Reading: Roth time. A Dieter Roth Retrospective. By Dirk Dobke, Dieter Roth, Theodora Vischer, Bernadette Walter. Lars Müller Publishers

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