Monika Baumgartl Explained

Monika Baumgartl (born 1942) is a German photographer, performance artist and representative of .

Life and work

Born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia) Baumgartl trained as a photographer in Hofheim am Taunus from 1966 to 1968.^[1] She then moved to Düsseldorf, worked as an actress (among others a member of) and was assistant to the German filmmaker and video galerist Gerry Schum. Since 1970, she has been active as a photographic artist. From 1970 to 1976, she organised performances and joint exhibitions together with Klaus Rinke.^{[2] [3]}

Baumgartl had her first solo exhibition in 1974. Her photographs are almost exclusively night shots.^[4] She participated in Documenta 5 in Kassel in 1972 in the section n: Self-Representation - Performances - Activities - Changes and was also represented as an artist at Documenta 6 in 1977. Since the 1980s, she has worked as a trainer for tapdance and taiko.

Further reading

• Exhibition catalogue: documenta 5. Befragung der Realität – Bildwelten heute; Catalogue (as Aktenordner) vol. 1: (Material); vol. 2: (Exponatliste); Kassel 1972
• documenta Archiv (ed.); Wiedervorlage d5 – Eine Befragung des Archivs zur documenta 1972; Kassel/Ostfildern 2001,
• Katalog zur documenta 6: Vol. 1: Malerei, Plastik/Environment, Performance; Vol. 2: Fotografie, Film, Video; Vol. 3: Handzeichnungen, Utopisches Design, Bücher; Kassel 1977
• Renate Buschmann, Stephan von Wiese (ed.): Fotos schreiben Kunstgeschichte, DuMont, Köln 2007 (Ausstellungskatalog zur Ausstellung Fotos schreiben Kunstgeschichte, 8 December 2007 until 2 March 2008, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf);

External links

• Beispiele ihrer Werke
  • Monika Baumgartl on Documenta Archiv

Notes and References

1. http://bibliothequekandinsky.centrepompidou.fr/clientBookline/service/reference.asp?INSTANCE=INCIPIO&OUTPUT=PORTAL&DOCID=0270236&DOCBASE=CGPP Monika Baumgartl
2. https://www.staatsgalerie.de/g/sammlung/sammlung-digital/einzelansicht/sgs/werk/einzelansicht/19740311E1F5484FB77284A635876FD5.html Vier Viertelstunden in zwei Stunden, Mond mit Jupiter, 1976
3. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/AUTH231040 Monika Baumgartl
4. https://www.michaelhoppengallery.com/artists/260-monika-baumgartl/overview/ Monika Baumgartl