Art Hatje Cantz Verlag | Ulrike Ottinger

After Starting Out As A Painter, Curator, And Publisher In The Sixties, Ulrike Ottinger (*1942 In Konstanz) Found Her Artistic Home In The Medium Of Film. In Her Numerous Projects She Has Developed An Inimitable, Unconventional Imagery That Seldom Permits A Clear Separation Between Documentary And Fiction. Her Works Thrive On The Dialogue Between The Two Poles. With The Trilogy Bildnis Einer Trinkerin—Aller Jamais Retour (Portrait Of A Female Drunkard—Ticket Of No Return, 1979), Freak Orlando (1981), And Dorian Gray Im Spiegel Der Boulevardpresse (Dorian Gray In The Mirror Of The Yellow Press, 1984), Ottinger Created A Monument To Her Hometown Of Berlin While At The Same Time Producing An Absurd, Theatrical, And Historically Charged Universe. This Publication Presents Her Most Important Works, Including The Eight-Channel Installation Floating Food (2011), In Which The Artist Provides An Audiovisual Summary Of Her Journeys To Distant Lands And Cultures, Drawing Attention To Cultural Phenomena And Rituals.



Exhibition Schedule: Sammlung Goetz, Munich, May 29–October 6, 2012