Dieter Roth

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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.^{[citation needed]}

A comprehensive biography is available at the Dieter Roth foundation website

[edit] Dieter Roth Academy

In memory of Dieter Roth, every year his close friends (most of them artists, among which: Sigurdur and Kristjan Gudmundsson, Dorothy Iannone, 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

[edit] 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