Werner Büttner was born in Jena in 1954, from where he moved to Western Germany with his parents in 1960. In Berlin Büttner began to study law in 1974 and at the same time founded the 'Liga zur... Read full biography
Werner Büttner was born in Jena in 1954, from where he moved to Western Germany with his parents in 1960. In Berlin Büttner began to study law in 1974 and at the same time founded the 'Liga zur Bekämpfung des widersprüchlichen Verhaltens' ('League against contradictory behaviour') together with... Read full biography
Werner Büttner was born in Jena in 1954, from where he moved to Western Germany with his parents in 1960. In Berlin Büttner began to study law in 1974 and at the same time founded the 'Liga zur Bekämpfung des widersprüchlichen Verhaltens' ('League against contradictory behaviour') together with Albert Oehlen. In his shared studio the autodidact Büttner produced large, fierce and quick paintings with pastose colors. The brown colors stood in contrast with the colorfulness of the 'Junge Wilden',... Read full biography
Werner Büttner was born in Jena in 1954, from where he moved to Western Germany with his parents in 1960. In Berlin Büttner began to study law in 1974 and at the same time founded the 'Liga zur Bekämpfung des widersprüchlichen Verhaltens' ('League against contradictory behaviour') together with Albert Oehlen. In his shared studio the autodidact Büttner produced large, fierce and quick paintings with pastose colors. The brown colors stood in contrast with the colorfulness of the 'Junge Wilden', with whom the paintings were also seen and exhibited. He broke off his studies and went to Hamburg in 1977, where he published his first essays and drawings in the Dum-Dum-Liga-Journal, which he had co-founded. Together with Oehlen, Büttner made... Read full biography
Werner Büttner was born in Jena in 1954, from where he moved to Western Germany with his parents in 1960. In Berlin Büttner began to study law in 1974 and at the same time founded the 'Liga zur Bekämpfung des widersprüchlichen Verhaltens' ('League against contradictory behaviour') together with Albert Oehlen. In his shared studio the autodidact Büttner produced large, fierce and quick paintings with pastose colors. The brown colors stood in contrast with the colorfulness of the 'Junge Wilden', with whom the paintings were also seen and exhibited. He broke off his studies and went to Hamburg in 1977, where he published his first essays and drawings in the Dum-Dum-Liga-Journal, which he had co-founded. Together with Oehlen, Büttner made murals and produced a record. Together, the artists founded further spectacular associations such as the 'Same... Read full biography
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