LOTHAR HEMPEL

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Born: 1966 Cologne, Germany
Lives: and works in Cologne, Germany

Education
Kunstakademie D�sseldorf, 1987-1992

Solo Exhibitions
2009
Anton Kern, New York
MGM, Oslo
Gio Marconi, Milan


2008
Casanova & Other Problems, Stuart Shave Modern Art, London
Signal, Art : Concept, Paris
Casanova, The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2007
Alphabet City, Magasin, Grenoble - curated by Florence Derieux, Le Magasin,
Grenoble (cat.)
Effetti Speciali, c/o � Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2006
Umbrella, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Tarantella, Bar Ornella, K�ln

2005
casa musica (extrema), Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Butterfly, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Art Nova, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami

2004
Fieber/Fever: 5 New Paintings and Other Stories, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Ikarus, Art: Concept, Paris
On the Olympus, Unlimited Contemporary Art, Athens
Versteck! with Petra Hollenbach, Parkhaus, D�sseldorf

2003
Der Gesang der V�gel ist sinnlos! (The Song of the Bird is Nonsense!), Anton
Kern Gallery, New York

2002
Diamanten, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Fleisch: Maschine, Magnani, London
Concentrations 42, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Propaganda, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London
Wespennest, Dallas Art Museum, Dallas

2001
Magnet, Art:Concept, Paris

2000
Das Orakel l�chelt. Das Orakel lacht. Das Orakel l�chelt. Ars Futura Galerie,
Zurich
An Schlaf ist nicht zu denken, Lab of Gravity, Hamburg
Wespennest, (Wasp�s Nest) Anton Kern Gallery, New York

1999
Amerika verschwindet nur das L�cheln bleibt (America Disappears Only the
Smile Remains), Anton Kern Gallery, New York
KAPUTT und die Folgen (Kaputt and the Consequences), Robert Prime, London
Videos, Centre Saint Gervais, Geneva

1998
Ein Sandstrand voll Glas (A Beach Full of Glass), Galerie Daniel Buchholz,
Cologne
Kunstschnee will schmelzen, Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

1997
Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf, Robert Prime, London
This Bittersweet Disaster, Anton Kern Gallery, New York

1996
Strom, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
The Bienenkorb Times, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne
FRAC Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier

1994
LOW, Artistbooth, Cologne Art Fair, Cologne
LA BOUM, with Thorsten Slama, New Reality Mix, Stockholm
OMRON, six videos by Lothar Hempel, Preview Theatre
Wardour Street, London
Bewegungslehre (No Future), Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne
1992 240 Minuten, with George Graw, Galerie Esther Schipper,
Cologne

Group Exhibitions
RECENT GROUP SHOWS

2009
Art by the Sea, Beaufort 03, Ostend
Jean-Luc Blanc: Op�ra Rock, curated by Alexis Vaillant, CAPC Mus�e d`Art
Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Heaven, Athens Biennale, Athens
Biennale Estuaire Nantes St. Nazaires, Fond r�gional d`Art Contemporain
des Pays de la Loire / Hangar � bananes, St. Nazaire

2008
Sphinxx, curated by Alexis Vaillant, Modern Art, London
La Fete Est Permanente / The Eternal Network, FRAC - Champagne-Ardenne,
Reims
A show of many parts, each part more spectacular and elaborate than the last,
curated by Kirsty Ogg, The City Gallery, Leicester
7th Gwangju Biennale, Korea
Art Berlin Contemporary 2008, c/o � Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Family and Friends, Anton Kern, New York
Lust warande, Skulpturenpark, Tilburg
Mystery of the Invisible Clock, curated by Joshua Nathanson, Karyn Lovegrove
House, Hancock Park, Los Angeles
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Mission: to interpret and understand
contemporary art, Barbican Art Gallery, London

2007
Effigies, Modern Art, London
L.A. Desire, Dennis Kimmerich, D�sseldorf
Half square, half crazy / � demi carr�, � demi fou, Centre National d�Art
Contemporain de la Villa Arson, Nizza
Very Abstract and Hyper Figurative, curated by Jens Hoffmann, Thomas Dane
Gallery, London
Pale Carnage, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
Galleri MGM, Oslo
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Bristol
Imagination becomes Reality. Werke aus der Sammlung Goetz, ZKM � Museum
f�r Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe

2006
Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Pelouses autoris�es, Parc de la Villette, Paris
The Triumph of Painting, Part 4, The Saatchi Gallery, Londres / Leeds City Art
Gallery, Leeds
Angela Bulloch, A K Dolven, Olafur Eliasson, Ceal Floyer, Liam Gillick, Lothar
Hempel, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Galleri MGM, Oslo
I Love My Scene: Scene 1 (curated by Jose Freire), Mary Boone Gallery, New
York

2005
Growing Up Absurd Problems of Youth in the Organized System, Kent Institute of
Art and Design, Kent, Grande-Bretagne
The difference between you and me, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne,
VIC
Imagination becomes Reality, Part II. Painting Surface Space, Sammlung Goetz,
Munich
Bidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
World artists now !, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha, Japan

2004
She�s Come Undone, Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York (curated
by Augusto Arbizo)
Now is a Good Time, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (curated by Dean
Valentine)
The Snow Show, Tate Liverpool, UK
The Snow Show, Cities of Kemi and Rovaniemi, Lapland, Finland (curated by
Lance Fung)
Curb Your Enthusiasm, Millers Terrace, Londres
The Drawing Project, Vamiali�s, Ath�nes
Creative Growth, CCA, San Francisco

2003
Dark Shadows, Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles
Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
Hands Up, Baby, Hands Up! 160 Jahre Oldenburger Kunstverein, 160 Arbeiten
auf Papier, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg

2002
Sch�ne Aussicht, Galerie Otto Schweins, Cologne
It�s Unfair! Museum de Pavilijoens, Almere
Accrochage, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
Internationales Netzwerk, Fluxus und die Folgen, Karstadt Wiesbaden
Les vertus sont des titres, les souffrances sont des droits. Exposition de la
collection du Frac Poitou-Charentes, H�tel Saint-Simon / Th��tre d�Angoul�me,
Angoul�me

2001
A New Horizon, Art:Concept, Paris,
Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York
Und keiner hinkt 22 Wege vom Schwegler wegzukommen, Museum Kurhaus
Kleve,
Kunsthalle D�sseldorf, D�sseldorf, D
Drawings, Galeria Sales, Rome, I
I LOVE New York, Anton Kern, New York
Beauty Of Intimacy - Lens and Paper, Kunstraum Innsbruck

2000
Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago
10 Jahre Ars Futura, Ars Futura, Zurich
Portraits, Thomas Rehbeiin Galerie, Cologne
Beauty of Intimacy � Lens and Paper, The Loudon Collection,
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden

Bibliography
2007 Bart van der Heide, Lothar Hempel, Frieze, Issue 110, October
Judd Tully, Editor�s Picks: The Best of Frieze, Art Info, October 12/14
Basel Show, Case de Abitare, Issue, 110, September
Claire Moul�ne, Lothar Hempel, Artforum, Summer 2007
Vincent Pecoil, Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, May-June, p 137
Manuel Cirauqui, Memories of a Mask, Lapiz: Revista internacional del art,
No. 233, May, pp 66-75
Lisa Turvey, Lothar Hempel, Art Forum, January, p 125
2006 What�s on, The Art Newspaper, No. 169, May
I Love My Scene: Scene 1, Ken Johnson, The New York Times, February 17,
Art News, Feb 2006, no 165
2005 Noah Chasim, Marvel and Fieber/Fever, Time Out New York Magazine,
January 13 � 19, p. 57.
Goetz, Ingvild & Rainald Schumacher. Imagination becomes Reality, Part II.
Painting Surface Space, Sammlung Goetz, Munich
2003 Melissa Gronlund, Lothar Hempel, Contemporary, No. 52, 2003
2002 John Russell Taylor, Road From Nowhere - Lothar Hempel, The Times, London,
September 2002
Nick Hayworth, Making Light of Heavy Themes, Evening Standard, London,
September 2002
Lothar Hempel � ICA, ARTPREVIEW, September 2002
Lothar Hempel, I-D Magazine, September 2002
Fisun Guner, Don�t Believe the Hype, MetroLife, September 24, 2002
Vincent Pecoil, Lothar Hempel at Art: Concept, Paris, arttext, Spring 2002
Benjamin Weil, Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, May-June 2002
2000 J�rn Ebner, Lothar Hempel, Kunstmagazin No. 43, 2/2000, pp. 30-33
Justin Hoffmann, Lothar Hempel, Kunstforum, Bd. 150 (April-June 2000), p. 430
1999 Jennifer Higgie, Let�s get Lost, Frieze, issue 48, September-October, 1999
Bill Arning, Lothar Hempel, America Disappears/Only the Smiles Remains, Time
Out New York, April 29-May 6, 1999 � p. 65
Michael Archer, Lothar Hempel, Art Monthly, n. 225, April 1999, p.29-30
Barbara Steiner, Snipers, Lotusclub and more..., NachWeimar (exhibtion
catalogue)
Jan Verwoert, Lothar Hempel, Springerin, Nr. 2/1999 (March-June)
1998 Benjamin Weil, Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, March-April 1998 � p.108
1997 Jennifer Higgie, Lothar Hempel, Frieze, issue 37, November/December, 1997
Lothar Hempel, Jodie, Permanent Food, Paris
Jan Avgikos, Angus Fairhurst and Lothar Hempel at Anton Kern Gallery,
Artforum. October 1996.
Carl Freedman, Traffic, Frieze, May 1996
Traffic, Artforum, May 1996
1996 Christian Schneider, Hempel, H�ller, Eliasson, Metropolis M, January
Lothar Hempel, Let's smile forever,"ZAP-Magazine, Amsterdamned
1995 Lothar Hempel and Olafur Eliasson, Kryll as the Food of Tomorrow,"Buffalo Bill,
September
1994 Lothar Hempel, Let yourself go,Documents, March, 1994
Benjamin Weil, Souvenirs des Immateriaux, Purple Prose, vol. 3




Projects
EVENTS

1995
Trinkwasser! Jazz Festival K�ln, Cologne
Wie kann ich sagen, was ich denke, bevor ich h�re, was ich sage! (Together with
Carsten Hoeller) a production by Casino I., Red Salon in the Volksb�hne, Berlin
King's Cross Project, Public Art Development Trust, London

Publications
MONOGRAPHS/CATALOGUES

2008 Il Casanova di Federico Fellini: Lothar Hempel, published by Douglas Hyde
Gallery, Dublin
Kobel, Stefan: Lothar Hempel, abc art berlin contemporary newspaper,
Berlin
2007 Lothar Hempel � Alphabet City, Le Magasin, Grenoble
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Bristol/Dundee
2006 Umbrella, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
2005 Butterfly, c/o - Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
2002 Propaganda � Lothar Hempel, ICA catalog, edited by Emma Stern, interview with
Toby Webster,
2001 Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York
2000 Helga Meister: Und kein hinkt?, Wge vom Schwegler wegzukommen, Kleve
Lens & Paper, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag/ Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
1999 Officina Europa, Galleria d�art moderna Bologna
Ars Viva 98/99 Installationen, BDI, Cottbus/Braunschweig/Frankfurt
1998 El Nino, Museum Abteiberg M�nchengladbach
1997 X2 Wiener Secession, Vinna
Delta, Musee d�art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Surprisen 2, Kunsthalle Nurnberg
1996 PUSH UPS, the factory, Athens Fine Arts School, Athens
TRAFFIC, CAPC Museum, Bordeaux
1995 X/Y, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
I Confess, Nicolaij


AUDIO/VIDEO PUBLICATIONS/EDITIONS

1995 "More Startrax," featuring Kai Althoff & Justus K�hnke, a collaboration with
Parthena Trellopoulos, 7" vinyl single
"Chapter 69 - the Early Years," 3 videos by Lothar Hempel, videocassette VHS
Pal, 30," Editione Gregorio Magnani
1994 "Startrax," featuring Absolut & Superstar, a collaboration with Parhtena
Trellopoulos, 7" vinyl single
"We believe in You," Videocassette VHS Pal, 8:20," Edition Sabrina Grassi
1993 "A Very Sad Story," Videocassette VHS Pal, 7:30," Edition Daniel Buchholz
"LOVE IS NO FOUR LETTER WORD," the favorite lovesongs by twenty male
artists, audiocassettes
1992 "240 Minuten," Videocassette VHS Pal, 240," Edition by Esther Schipper