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Katharina Fritsch

Katharina Fritsch (Born 1956) is active/lives in Germany.  Katharina Fritsch is known for Iconic surreal and hyper-real sculpture, installation, audio.

Katharina Fritsch is most widely known for her sculptures consisting of repeated shapes, and her use of single objects to evoke an emotional response from the viewer. She is recognized for challenging the perception of the viewer through art pieces that are both abstract and minimal.

Fritsch was born in 1956 in Essen, Germany where she lived with her family in the industrial district of the city. She wanted to be an artist at a very early age and her parents were both artistically inclined. Her father worked as an architect and her mother studied dancing and acting. Her grandfather was a salesman of Faber-Castell pencils and supplied her with drawing materials. He taught her how to draw and her father instructed her as well. She experienced her first substantial art education while attending the University in Munster where she studied art history. In the evenings she took drawing classes with Hermann Josef Kuhna at the Munster Volkshochschule. In 1978 Fritsch went to the city o   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 12029 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Katharina Fritsch

   Publications  Book References:  1
Magazine References:  6

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6 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Katharina Fritsch
Magazine Article Date Author Color
ARTFORUM Room for a View June 2003 Birnbaum, Daniel Yes
ARTnews Genuine Energy May 2003 Barker, Godfrey Yes
ARTFORUM Best of 2002, A Special Issue December 2002 Editors, Artforum Yes
ARTFORUM Reviews January 2002 Cooper, Harry No
Art in America Review of Exhibitions November 2000 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Close to the Edge August 1998 Attias, Laurie Yes
1 Book References for Katharina Fritsch
Year Author Title Pages Color
2016 Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
360 Yes
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