Dieter Roth (1930–1998) was a German-born Swiss printmaker and mixed-media artist. He was well known for his pictures made with rotting food stuffs. He made 524 prints between 1947 and 1998. A comprehensive biography is available at the Dieter Roth foundation website
Dieter Roth Academy
In memory of Dieter Roth, every year his close friends (most of them artists, among which: Sigurdur and Kristjan Gudmundsson, Dorothy Ianone, Runa Thorkelsdottir, Jan Voss, Henriette van Egten, Bjorn Roth, Malcolm Green, e.a.) meet for a conference. Previous meetings have been in: 2004: Lubeck, Germany 2005: Mosfellsbaer, Iceland 2006: Xiamen, China 2007: Amsterdam, Netherlands
External links
- Dieter Roth Foundation and museum website
- Roth Time: a Dieter Roth retrospective — Museum of Modern Art (New York)
- Boekie Woekie, artist bookstore Amsterdam. Books by Dieter Roth.
- Dieter Roth biography and exhibition review by cosmopolis.ch
- Dieter Roth Academy
