Dieter Roth

Year of birth, place
1930, Hannover, Germany
Year of death, place
1998, Basel, Switzerland
Role at the ZKM
in the collection
Biography
Dieter Roth (Dieter Rot) did an apprenticeship as a graphic designer until 1951. 1953–1964 founding publisher, with Marcel Wyss and Eugen Gomringer, of the magazine »Spirale. Internationale Zeitschrift für junge Kunst«. 1957 moved to Reykjavík. 1968–1971 professor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
Exhib.: 1961, «Zero. Edition Exposition Demonstration«, Galerie Schmela, Düsseldorf. 1961, «Bewogen Beweging«, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. 1968, documenta 4, Kassel. 

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