A Salute to Helga Retzer
(Exhibition catalog)
1985Aharonian, Coriun et al
94 pages (color)
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1930 Galati - 2008 Tableau. Known for: Found object painting, mail art and sculpture.
Daniel Isaac Feinstein, the son of a missionary of the Norwegian Lutheran church, fled in 1942 with his mother and his siblings to Zurich, where the family took his mother's maiden name. There he met... Read full biography
Daniel Isaac Feinstein, the son of a missionary of the Norwegian Lutheran church, fled in 1942 with his mother and his siblings to Zurich, where the family took his mother's maiden name. There he met Max Terpis, Jean Tinguely and Eva Aeppli. Spoerri's path to art started via dance. In 1949 he began... Read full biography
Daniel Isaac Feinstein, the son of a missionary of the Norwegian Lutheran church, fled in 1942 with his mother and his siblings to Zurich, where the family took his mother's maiden name. There he met Max Terpis, Jean Tinguely and Eva Aeppli. Spoerri's path to art started via dance. In 1949 he began training at the Theatre Dance School in Zurich and in 1952 it led him to a scholarship in Paris. In 1954 he was hired as a principal dancer at the Stadttheater Bern. During this time, Spoerri became... Read full biography
Daniel Isaac Feinstein, the son of a missionary of the Norwegian Lutheran church, fled in 1942 with his mother and his siblings to Zurich, where the family took his mother's maiden name. There he met Max Terpis, Jean Tinguely and Eva Aeppli. Spoerri's path to art started via dance. In 1949 he began training at the Theatre Dance School in Zurich and in 1952 it led him to a scholarship in Paris. In 1954 he was hired as a principal dancer at the Stadttheater Bern. During this time, Spoerri became friends with the artists Dieter Roth, Bernhard Luginbühl, Claus Bremer, Andre Thomkins and Meret Oppenheim. In 1956, the artist turned gradually from dance. Spoerri returned to Paris, where he met among other things, Pol Bury, Jesus Rafael... Read full biography
Daniel Isaac Feinstein, the son of a missionary of the Norwegian Lutheran church, fled in 1942 with his mother and his siblings to Zurich, where the family took his mother's maiden name. There he met Max Terpis, Jean Tinguely and Eva Aeppli. Spoerri's path to art started via dance. In 1949 he began training at the Theatre Dance School in Zurich and in 1952 it led him to a scholarship in Paris. In 1954 he was hired as a principal dancer at the Stadttheater Bern. During this time, Spoerri became friends with the artists Dieter Roth, Bernhard Luginbühl, Claus Bremer, Andre Thomkins and Meret Oppenheim. In 1956, the artist turned gradually from dance. Spoerri returned to Paris, where he met among other things, Pol Bury, Jesus Rafael Soto-Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray. The decisive artistic breakthrough was achieved by the artist in 1960 with his Fallenbildern... Read full biography
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A Salute to Helga Retzer
1985Correspondence Art: Source Book for the Network of International Postal Art Activity
1984Crane, Michael and Mary Stofflet (Editors)522 pages