Kohlhöfer, Christof (1942 Frankfurt/Main - active in Los Angeles)

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Mixed media/canvas, o. T. (abstract structures), framed in a shadow gap strip, approx. 51 x 41 cm, with frame approx. 54 x 44 cm, 1965-71 studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy, master class with Karl Otto Goetz and Joseph Beuys, from 1967 acquaintance with Sigmar Polke, 1969 in collaboration with Polke the film "The whole body feels light and wants to fly", together with Polke Kohlhöfer shapes the so-called "dynamic Düsseldorf art scene", 1974 Heinrich-Heine-Förderpreis der City of Düsseldorf, with Lothar Baumgarten, guest professorship in Los Angeles since 1999, exhibitions including 1976 "Venice Biennale", Venice, 1972/77 documenta, Kassel, 1995 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, 2005 Museum der Moderne Salzburg-Mönchsberg, Christof Kohlhöfer (also Kohlhofer) is one of the trend-setting German pop artists