Ulrich Lamsfuss

The artist

Born in 1971, Ulrich Lamsfuss lives and works in Berlin. An appropriation artist who deliberately blurs the line between painting and photography, his work continues to call into question the very idea of originality. He works using photographs from a wide range of sources, including press, internet, sales catalogues, technical publications and art history. He painstakingly reproduces the photographs in oils to create a fresh interpretation of the chosen images.


Exhibitions

Biography

Born in 1971, in Bonn, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION

1993-1999 Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1992-1993 Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1991-1992 Hogeskool for Beeldenden Kunsten, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2018
Cappuccetto Rosso, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium

2016
Ulrich Lamsfuss-Vierzehn Arten, den Regen zu beschreiben, (Fourteen ways to describe the rain), Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany

2013
Escape Escapism, Lombard Fired Gallery, New York, USA

2012
Afternoons in Utopia, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Same Same But Different, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany

2009
Birdie, Lombard Freid Projects, New-York, USA
Spielen & Wachsen, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Aftermodern Postglow, Antonio Ferrara, Vienna, Austria

2007
Gläserne Bienen, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France

2005
Pet sounds, Lombard-Freid Projects, New York, USA
Pet sounds, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2004
Der agnostische Blick, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany

2003
Somebody gives the Lord a handclap, Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
The Raw and the Cooked, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA

2002
Recent Paintings, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, German

2000
Garden of consequence, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2019
#haah.de Baden-Baden Edition, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Baden-Baden, Germany
#haah25Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Cologne, Germany
Figures de l’animal, CAC Meymac, Meymac, France

2018
Rien de tropL’Atelier, Nantes, France
EROTICA, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 23, Berlin, Germany

2017
„image/reads/text“ „The Happy Fainting of Painting #2” curated by_Hans Jürgen Hafner & Gunter Reski, Krobath, Vienna, Austria
Schau 3, Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria

2016
Le Souffleur – Schürmann trifft Ludwig, Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany

2015
books + papers, Christine Köning Galerie, Wien, Austria

2014
Le Festin de l’Art, Palais des Arts et du Festival, Dinard, France

2013
Painting forever !, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

2012
Home WHERE?, Lombard Freid Projects, New York, USA
The Sound of Downloading Makes Me Want to Upload, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

2010
Hyping the Real, Stephanie Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium

2009
Animal Hits, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland

2008
Ad Absurdum – Energien des Absurden von der klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, curated by Jan Hoet, MARTa Herford, Germany

2007
Jetzt, Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Germany

2006
Carbonic Anhydride, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany

2005
European Painting Award, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
Rückkehr ins All, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

2003
Superreal, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy

2002
Immediate Gesture, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA
Lila, weiss und andere Farben, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
ICI Berlin, Galerie Charlotte Möser, Geneva, Switzerland

2001
Viel Spass – Beaucoup de plaisir, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris, France
Offensive Malerei, Lothringer 13/ Halle, Munich, Germany

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)

The Saatchi Gallery, London, USA
Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Kunsthaus Kollitsch, Klagenfurt, Austria

Press Release

Bruzz - janvier 2018

La multiplication des images

Gilles Bechet

Le Vif Week-end - janvier 2018

Amplifications poétiques


Elephant - 2014

Ulrish Lamsfuss

L'oeil - été 2012

Ulrich Lamsfuss copiste conceptuel

Vincent Delaury


Modern Painters - juin 2012

Honest pictures

Alexander Forbes

Connaissance des Arts - mars 2011

Michel Houellebecq face au portrait

Guy Boyer

Artforum - décembre 2005

Ulrich Lamsfuss

Kristina Kite


Le Monde - 2001

Nouvelles fraiches de l'Art Allemand

Philippe Dagen

News

Gérard Garouste
Jitish Kallat
Ulrich Lamsfuss
Pierre et Gilles
ART EATS ART

Museum Regards de Provence, Marseille, France

In the framework of the Gastronomic Year in Provence–MPG 2019, the Regards de Provence Museum is showcasing « L’Art Mange l’Art” et “De la table au tableau”, two exhibitions that bring together works of artists from the XIX to XXIst century on the theme of food, its pleasures and the art of the table.

Philippe Cognée
Jitish Kallat
Ulrich Lamsfuss
Pierre et Gilles
LE FESTIN DE L’ART(GROUP SHOW)

PALAIS DES ARTS ET DU FESTIVAL, DINARD, FRANCE

From June 7th to September 7th 2014 Au fil des ans, les expositions d’art présentées au Palais des arts et du festival ou à la villa Les Roches Brunes se sont inscrites dans la tradition
culturelle de Dinard. En 2014, la Ville de Dinard a confié le commissariat d’un programme estival à Jean-Jacques Aillagon qui a souhaité concevoir
deux expositions. Toutes deux, chacune à sa manière, parlent de la nourriture, de ses ingrédients, de sa préparation, de sa mise en scène et de
sa consommation. (…)

Ulrich Lamsfuss
PAINTING FOREVER!(GROUP SHOW)

KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

From September 18th to November 10th 2013 Painting Forever! is a cooperation of Berlinische Galerie, Deutsche Bank KunstHalle, KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Nationalgalerie -Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. For the launch of this cooperation project, initiated by the Berlin Senate, the four institutions involved have chosen painting as the focal point for the first year of this collaboration, which is to be continued in the future. The title of the project is PAINTING FOREVER! (…)