Günter Lierschof

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Born (1948-08-31) August 31, 1948 (age 75)
Innsbruck
Known for
  • Performance
  • visual art
  • poetry
  • sociophilosophy
  • theory of art

Günter Lierschof (born 31 August 1948 in Innsbruck) is a German artist and art theorist in the tradition of the "extended definition of art" and a former director of the Freie Kunstschule Hamburg, a branch of the Free International University.

Background

Until 1968, Lierschof studied at the "Höhere Technische Lehranstalt für Hochbau" in Innsbruck, before he went on to study at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg (1969-1975) under the supervision of, inter alia, Joseph Beuys, F. E. Walther, Bazon Brock, and Hilla Becher. Commissioned by Beuys, in 1980 he founded the Hamburg branch of the Free International University Art School in Hamburg[1][2], where he had also been a professor from 1980 through 1987. As of 1986, he was an art teacher at the Bischöfliches Gymnasium Paulinum in Schwaz, Tyrol, Austria, where he founded the Philosophicum.[3]

Lierschof is member of the Tyrolean Artists' Association, the "politically independent union of fine artists" in the Austrian Federal State of Tyrol.[4]

His work has been reviewed in several academic and artistic books and journals.[5]

Performances and Exhibitions

In applying and further developing the Beuysian "extended definition of art", Lierschof has constantly been navigating and challenging the borderlines of art, science, and education. As a result, he is best know for his "lecture performances" such as Social Sculpture in Luhmann and Beuys – an unusual comparison, held at the Kassel-21 Social Sculpture Lab. A Global Lab for Joseph Beuys Centenary Celebrations.[6] Lierschof is also a well-known painter and caricaturist, often including his painting and sketches in his performances. Moreover, his installations such as on the Laws of the Everyday Life attracted attention in the international art-related media.[7] His social media avatars are Denkalarm and Domodossola.[8] On his blog, Luhmanns Schwarze Hefte (Luhmann's Black Notebooks), Lierschof publishes art-theoretical work in and against the tradition of Niklas Luhmann. He also published systems-theoretical and social philosophical books and essays.[9]

Selected exhibitions and performances

References

  1. "Günter Lierschof's author biography, Carl Auer Verlag Heidelberg".
  2. "Günter Lierschof's profile at Basis Wien".
  3. "Background information on Günter Lierschof's performance lecture at the Kassel-21 Social Sculpture Lab".
  4. "Günter Lierschof, Tyrolean Artists' Association website".
  5. Moritz Klenk (2020) Sprechendes Denken: Essays zu einer experimentellen Kulturwissenschaft; Richard Norz (2008) Die Kunst der Landwirtschaft: Landwirtschaft und Kunst von 1875 bis heute; Arnulf Rohsmann (1984) Manifestationsmöglichkeiten von Zeit in der bildenden Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts; and many more.
  6. "Background information on Günter Lierschof's performance lecture at the Kassel-21 Social Sculpture Lab".
  7. "Review of Günter Lierschof's Installation in Kunstforum International, Vol. 11 (1974), Architektur als Kunst".
  8. "Short Profile of Günter Lierschof, in German language".
  9. Ranging from Lierschof's 1978 book Sprachkörper (Bodies of language) to his chapter Zur Existenz des Todes (On the existence of death) in Kleve, H. et al. (2020) Lockdown: Das Anhalten der Welt. Debatte zur Domestizierung von Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesundheit. Heidelberg: Carl Auer.

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