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Previous shows:
Lothar Hempel – Effetti Speciali (2007)
Lothar Hempel – casa musica (extrema) (2005)
Lothar Hempel – Butterfly (at Art Basel Miami Beach 2005)
Lothar Hempel – Diamanten (2002)

 

Bibliography: Monographs / Catalogues on solo exhibitions

2008
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini: Lothar Hempel, published by Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin

2007
Lothar Hempel – Alphabet City, Le Magasin, Grenoble

2006
Umbrella, Anton Kern, New York

2005
Butterfly, c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin

2002
Propaganda, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Concentrations 42. Lothar Hempel, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas
Lothar Hempel – Fleisch: Maschine, Magnani, London

2001
Lothar Hempel, Magnet, Art: Concept, Paris

1998
Lothar Hempel. Kunstschnee will schmilzen, Sonderdruck aus ars viva 98/99 – Installationen (Hg.: Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI), Köln


Bibliography: Catalogues on group exhibitions / books

2008
Kobel, Stefan: Lothar Hempel, abc art berlin contemporary newspaper, Berlin

2007
Pale Carnage, Arnolfini, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Bristol/Dundee

2005
Imagination Becomes Reality, München, Sammlung Goetz, Ein Ausstellungszyklus zum Bildverständnis aktueller Kunst. Part II: Painting Surface Space. Julian Göthe, Eberhard Havekost, Lothar Hempel, Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler, Frank Nitsche, Veron Urdarianu. hrsg. von Ingvild Goetz & Rainald Schumacher
World artists now! , Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha
The Snow Show, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London

2001
Art – Pop – City, Büro Friedrich, Berlin
Uniform: Order and Disorder, P.S.1, New York

2000
Helga Meister: Und keiner hinkt – 22 Wege vom Schwegler wegzukommen, Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
The Beauty of Intimacy – Lens and Paper, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag / Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden / Kunstraum Innsbruck

1999
Officina Europa, Galleria d’arte moderna Bologna

1998
Ars viva 98/99 – Installationen, Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI, Köln
El Niño, Museum Abteiberg Mönchengladbach
Kunstschnee will schmilzen, Bureau Amsterdam, Stedelijk Musem, Amsterdam

1997
X2, Wiener Secession, Vienna
Delta, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
Surprisen 2, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Gevers, Ina, Heeswijk, Jeanne van: Beyond ethics and aesthetics, Nijmegen
7e Semaine Internationale de Vidßeo (S.I.V.), Centre pour l´Image contemporaine Saint-Gervais, Geneva

1996
PUSH UPS, The Factory, Athens Fine Arts School, Athens
TRAFFIC, CAPC Musée d´art contemporain, Bordeaux

1995
X/Y, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
I Confess, Nicolaij Art Center, Copenhagen

1994
L’Hiver de l’Amour, ARC, Paris
Bewegungslehre, Buchholz und Buchholz, Cologne

1993
Unfair 1993, Cologne
XLV Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Aperto ’93, Milan
AMOKKOMA, Journal Oriental, Vol. I – Nr. 3

1992
Paradise Europe, BizArt Forlag, Copenhagen


Bibliography: Selected Reviews / Texts

2008
Butler, Kate: Lothar Hempel: Casanova, The Sunday Times, January
Guarracino, Antonella: Lothar Hempel, Exibart.com, February 13
Pratt, Ken: Lothar Hempel – Endless Journey, WOUND Magazine, No. 1/08, pp. 244–245
Schwerfel, Heinz Peter: Schwerfel on Tour: Gwangju-Biennale, Art-magazin.de, September 5
Stewart, Christabel: Hollywood Swingin: Lothar Hempel, Tank Magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 4, p. 22–23
N.N.: Lothar Hempel: Casanova, The Sunday Times, February 10
N.N.: Window Dressed to Impress, The Irish Times, February 27

2007
Allsop, Laura: Make it new: Pale Carnage, Art:Review, March 1, p. 131
Aubart, François; Woods, Sadie: Lothar Hempel – Alphabet City, Archistorm, March/April, n° 24, pp. 18/19
Bonfiglio, Elsa: Alphabet City. Le suggestioni visive di Lothar Hempel, Kult, February
Bourbon Parme, Aude de: Lothar Hempel. Franck Scurti, Art Actuel, March/April 2007, n° 49, p. 31
Chambon, Jean-Pierre: 2 artistes ironiques au Magasin, Les Nouvelles de Grenoble, April, n° 109, p. 45
Cirauqui, Manuel: Memories of a mask, Lapiz, No. 233, May, pp. 66–75
Delrieu, Séverine: La bonne distance, Le Petit Bulletin, February 21–28, n° 606, p. 4
Demir, Anaïd: Pop Art & Crafts, Jalouse, March, n° 98, p. 59
Denave, Jean-Emmanuel: Lothar Hempel, le grand mix, Elle Rhône-Alpes, March 19–26
Downing, Sarah Jane: How modernism explored a nightmarish new world, The Big Issue, March 26–April 1, p. 25
Ekroth, Power: Lothar Hempel, Artforum.com, www.artforum.com, March 13
Gasparina, Jill: It is over, is it ?, Zéro Deux, Printemps, n° 41, pp. 30/31
Ha, Minh-An: Lothar Hempel bei c/o – Atle Gerhardsen, Artnet.de, April 27
Haugen, Nina Marie: Tysk samtid, Dagsavisen, May 9
Le Sergent, Daphné: Hempel/Scurti et la question du dispositif contemporain, Lacritique.org, www.lacritique.org, March 19
Mahoney, Elisabeth: Pale Carnage, The Guardian, March 7
Martigny, Paule: Lothar Hempel. Alphabet City au Magasin, Mémoire des Arts, March/April, n° 63, p. 17
Maulmin, Valérie de: Lothar Hempel et Franck Scurti, deux artistes au Magasin, Connaissance des Arts, April
Moulène, Claire: Lothar Hempel, Artforum International, No. 10, Summer, pp. 484–485
Nolte, Michaela: Lothar Hempel, Der Tagesspiegel, April 28, p. 25
Nyeborg, Pierre-Emmanuel: Le mélange des genres, Têtu, l’agenda, March, n° 120, p. 22
Pecoil, Vincent: Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, No. 254, May–June, pp 139f
Pouyet, Edouard: La ville mise en scène, Sortir le Dauphiné, April 4–10, n° 19406, p. 13
Reynaud Dewar, Lili: Lothar Hempel, Le Magasin, Grenoble, Frog Magazine, No. 5, Spring-Summer 2007
Roussey, Brigitte: Poussez les portes du Magasin, Centre national d’art contemporain de Grenoble, Le Tout Lyon, April 21–28
Roux, Jean-Louis: Des décors, Mays pas de coup de theatre, Les Affiches de Grenoble, March 2–9, n° 4304,
pp. 150/151
Shariatmadari, David: Pale Carnage, Art:Review, May 1. p. 131
Steeds, Lucy: Pale Carnage, Art Monthly, No. 305, April
Trembley, Nicolas: Art de Cologne, Numéro, March 2007, n° 81, pp. 120/122
Turvey, Lisa: Lothar Hempel, Artforum International, January, N° 5 XLV, p. 125
Ulrich, Maurice: La foule et l’idéologie, L’Humanité, March 24
Van der Heide, Bart: Lothar Hempel, Frieze, October 2007
Verhaeghe, Frédérique: L’art in situ, l’art in city, Le Dauphiné Libéré Dimanche, February 11, n° 2801, p. 9
N.N.: Lothar Hempel, L’Officiel Galeries et Musées, January 15–March 15, n° 20, p. 7
N.N.: Lothar Hempel et Franck Scurti, Les Inrockuptibles, February 6–12, n° 584, p. 76
N.N.: Alphabet City, Jasmin, February 19–25, n° 18, p. 38
N.N.: Alphabet City de Lothar Hempel, Les Inrockuptibles, May 8–14, n° 597, p. 75
N.N.: Lothar Hempel, Isère Magazine, April, n° 81, p. 43
N.N.: Lothar Hempel – Franck Scurti, Sortir Ici et Ailleurs, April / June
N.N.: Arnolfini, Bristol Magazine, April 1, p. 32
N.N.: Pale Carnage, Metro, February 22
N.N.: 18. Benefiz-Kunstauktion erlöste 106.000 Euro, Social Times, April 18
N.N.: The Artists´ Artist, Best of 2007, Artforum, December 1, p. 125
N.N.: The Art Newspaper, Weekend 8/9, Dec (ill. frontpage)

2006
Johnson, Ken: I Love My Scene: Scene 1, The New York Times, February 17
Leffingwell, Edward: Group Exhibitions at Mary Boone, Art in America, June–July
N.N.: What’s On, The Art Newspaper, No. 169, Mai

2005
Chasim, Noah: Marvel and Fieber/Fever, Time Out New York Magazine, January 13–19,
p. 57
2004
Chapman, Peter: Rhinegold – Art from Cologne, The Independent, London, June 6
Gurewitsch, Matthew: The Snow Show, Scandinavian Review, July 1
Hubbard, Sue: The Ego has landed, The Independent, London, July 13

2003
Dawson, Julia: The Snow Show, The Architectural Review, April 1
Gronlund, Melissa: Lothar Hempel, Contemporary, No. 52, p. 76

2002
Falconer, Morgan: London: ICA / Lothar Hempel: Propaganda, In: Contemporary. Rubrique Review, Novembre 2002, p. 84
Güner, Fisun: Don´t Believe the Hype, Metro, London, September 24
Hackworth, Nick: Making Light of Heavy Themes, The Evening Standard, London, September 25
Pécoil, Vincent: Lothar Hempel at Art: Concept, Paris, arttext, Spring
Taylor, John Russel: Road from Nowhere, The Times, London, September 25
Weil, Benjamin: Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, May–June
N.N.: Lothar Hempel, ICA. ARTPREVIEW, September
N.N.: Lothar Hempel, I-D Magazine, September

2001
Smith, Roberta: A Benefit for ‘ers of Art and New York, The New York Times, November 1
N.N.: Deutsche Galeristen in New York, Handelsblatt, August 10

2000
Ebner, Jörn: Lothar Hempel, artist – Kunstmagazin no. 43, February, pp. 30–33
Hoffmann, Justin: Lothar Hempel, Kunstforum, Bd. 150, April–Juni, p. 430
N.N.: Kunst-Szenen/Lothar Hempel, Neue Züricher Zeitung, January 19

1999
Archer, Michael: Lothar Hempel. Robert Prime, Art Monthly, no. 225, April, pp. 29–30
Arning, Bill: Lothar Hempel: America Disappears / Only the Smile Remains, Anton Kern, Time Out New York, April 29–May 6, p. 65
Higgie, Jennifer: Let’s get lost. Jennifer Higgie on Lothar Hempel, frieze, issue 48, September–October, pp. 86–89
Verwoert, Jan: Lothar Hempel, Springerin, No. 2, März–Juni
N.N.: Letzte Chance, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, April 18
N.N.: Auf Montage: die Kunst. Fünf wackere Installateure werkeln im “Portikus”, Frankfurter Rundschau, March 13

1998
Ebeling, Knud: Après-Art in Berlin Mitte, Der Tagesspiegel, October 2
Gillick, Liam: Surviving survival, Lothar Hempel`s rigged rooms, http://www.smba.nl/shows/37/37.htm, March
Weil, Benjamin: Lothar Hempel, Flash Art, March/April, p. 108
N.N.: Lothar Hempel, Metropolis M, No. 4, pp. 46–47

1997
Avgikos, Jan: Angus Fairhurst and Lothar Hempel. Anton Kern Gallery, Artforum, No. 6, February, p. 90
Cameron, Dan: Glocal warming, Artforum International, Dec 1
Higgie, Jennifer: Lothar Hempel. Robert Prime, London, frieze, issue 37, November/December, pp. 78–79
Kent, Sarah: Lothar Hempel, in Time Out London, No. 1405, July 23–30
Philippi, Anne: Fashion. Der Laufsteg der Gebrauchtwaren, in Spex
Schwendener, Marta: Lothar Hempel: This Bittersweet Disaster, Anton Kern Gallery, Time Out New York, May 8–15, p. 49
N.N.: Samstag Morgen, Zuckersumpf, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 19
N.N.: Gespinste aus Raum und Zeit, Neue Züricher Zeitung, February 24

1996
Freedman, Carl: Traffic, Frieze, No. 28, May, pp. 75–76
Schneider, Christiane: Hempel, Höller,Eliasson, Metropolis M, January
Steiner, Barbara: Marek Garage, Lotusclub und anderes (engl./dt.), in: Nach Weimar (exhibition catalogue), Kunstsammlungen zu Weimar, pp.113–118, 220–225
Verzotti, Giorgio: Traffic, Artforum, May

1995
N.N.: Ausstellen oder Die Kunst, einen Rohbau zu füllen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 7

1994
Weil, Benjamin: Souvenir des Immatériaux, Purple Prose, No. 3, Summer, p. 66–68

1993
Weil, Benjamin: Souvenirs des immatériaux, Purple Prose, vol. 3, Summer, pp. 66–68

1992
Schwering, Gregor: Junge Kunst aus Köln, ZYMA, November


Publications by Lothar Hempel

Lothar Hempel, Jodie, Permanent Food #2, 1997
Lothar Hempel, Let's smile forever, ZAP-Magazine, Amsterdam, issue #2, July 1996
Lothar Hempel, Strom, Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Lothar Hempel and Olafur Eliasson, Kryll as the Food of Tomorrow, Buffalo Bill, September 1994
Lothar Hempel, Let yourself go, Documents #5, February / March 1994, pp. 6–7
Lothar Hempel, Ballance Akt, AMOKKOMA , vol. 1 / nr. 3, June 1993
Lothar Hempel, Ich kämpfe um Dich, Purple Prose, vol. 2, winter 1993, pp. 74–75
Lothar Hempel, Magnet, magazine published on the occasion of his solso exhibition with Art:Concept (September/ October)


Audio / Video Publications / Editions

More Startrax, featuring Kai Althoff & Justus Köhnke, a collaboration with Parthena Trellopoulos, 7" vinyl single, 1995
Chapter 69 – the Early Years, 3 videos by Lothar Hempel, videocassette VHS Pal, 30”, Edizione Gregorio Magnani
Startrax, featuring Absolut & Superstar, a collaboration with Parthena Trellopoulos, 7" vinyl single, 1994
We believe in You, Videocassette VHS Pal, 8:20, Edition Sabrina Grassi, 1994
A Very Sad Story, Videocassette VHS Pal, 7:30, Edition Daniel Buchholz, 1993
LOVE IS NO FOUR LETTER WORD, the favourite lovesongs by twenty male artists, audiocassette, 1993
240 Minuten, Videocassette VHS Pal, 240”, Edition by Esther Schipper, 1992