Kunsthaus Zug shows Roth as a musician
The Swiss artist Dieter Roth (1930-1998) combined such diverse media as literature, drawing, assemblage, installation, printmaking, book art, action and new media in his work. Less well known are his music-related works, which are being shown extensively for the first time at the Kunsthaus Zug.
The exhibition presents 200 works by Dieter Roth, ranging from works on paper and editions to installations in which music plays a role. It will be accompanied by numerous events in Zug and Basel.
Among other things, the Vera Oeri Library of the Musik-Akademie Basel is showing a selection of documents from the archive of the Musik-Akademie, where Dieter Roth played his legendary quadruple concert in 1977 at the invitation of the then director Friedhelm Döhl ("Can anyone play the piano here?" Music and other objects by Dieter Roth, September 30, 2014 to January 31, 2015).
The exhibition is a cooperative project between the research department of the Basel University of Music (FHNW), the Kunsthaus Zug and the Lucerne publishing house Edizioni Periferia. A comprehensive collection of material can be found at www.dieterrothmusic.ch
Picture: Rarely heard music, skimming symphony. The Skimming. Concert at the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Feb. 3, 1979, Photo: Roland Fischer, © Dieter Roth Estate Courtesy Hauser & Wirth
