"On the Dieter Roth Road" - words on Dieter Roth by Jan Voss
with video material recorded by H. van Egten
"It was the quintessence of his 'road show' to
permanently invent the world, and to demand for
this invention both names; that of reality, and that of art."
Jan Voss, speaking of Dieter Roth
Santa Monica Museum of Art is honored to present Jan Voss of Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam.
Please join us on Tuesday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m., for an illustrated lecture by Voss about his mentor and "fatherly friend," the legendary artist Dieter Roth.
Voss first met Roth in 1967 as a student at the Academy of Art in Dusseldorf. The two remained close friends from that time forward, meeting, as Voss would say, “more or less without appointment—in Iceland, Amsterdam, Berlin, Stuttgart, Chicago, Zurich, Paris, or Basel.”
This lecture is arranged by SMMoA to coincide with the opening of Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective, on view from March 12 to June 14 at The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York. Originally organized by the Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland, Roth Time offers a rare opportunity for American audiences to experience first hand the five-decade gesamtkunstwerk of this iconoclastic giant.
One of the defining moments in Roth’s artistic career took place in Los Angeles in May 1970 with Staple Cheese (A Race) at the Eugenia Butler Gallery. Artists Eugenia Butler and Richard Jackson will be present on March 23 to add their personal perspectives about that unprecedented experience.
We invite you to attend this extraordinary event—a unique opportunity to gain insight into the life and work of a master whose vast creative output encompasses and foreshadows almost every genre of contemporary art.
This event is sponsored by Deutsche Bank Private Wealth Management.
A limited selection of books and cards by Boekie Woekie will be available for sale.
SMMOA members free
$6 Students with ID
$12 General admission
Seating is limited
Advance purchase encouraged
R.S.V.P. to Denise Feathers, 310.586.6488 x 19
Santa Monica Museum of Art
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2525 Michigan Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310 586-6488
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