Thomas Bayrle
Gewitter im April, 1969
24,8 × 31,5 inches
(63 × 80 cm)
Edition of 25
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Thomas Bayrle
Structures and series characterize the work of Frankfurt artist Thomas Bayrle. Influenced by Pop Art and the consumer and advertising world of the 1960s, he uses their aesthetics and at the same time questions them. Starting from his original training as a weaver and pattern designer, he makes use of machine possibilities that enable serial work. He is one of the first German artists to use computers to create his works. His detailed and precise works often have an ornamental character due to the repetitive structures.
He has exhibited regularly nationally and internationally since the 1960s. His works are in the collection of the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, the Deutsche Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among others.
Vita
1937
born in Berlin, Germany
1956 - 1958
Apprenticeship as pattern draftsman and weaver
1958 - 1961
Study of commercial art at the Werkkunstschule Offenbach
1961
Founding of Gulliver Press with Bernhard Jäger in Bad Homburg
1969 - 1972
Creative workshop "Bayrle & Kellermann - The Makers of Display" in Frankfurt with Hans Jörg Kellermann
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1972 - 2002
Professorship Städelschule, Frankfurt
Exhibitions
Einzelausstellungen
2022
• Faule Stellen, neugerriemschneider, Berlin.
• Durchscheinen ist alles, neugerriemschneider, Berlin.
• Monotony in a Hurry, Gladstone Gallery, New York.
• Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck.
2019
• Haufen i.Fon’s, neugerriemschneider, Berlin.
• Thomas Bayrle, dépendance, Brüssel.
• Caravaggio our times / Caravaggio billion times, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Rom.
2018
• Playtime, New Museum, New York.
• Thomas Bayrle, Johann Widauer, Innsbruck.
2017
• Wenn etwas zu lang ist – mach es länger, MAK, Museum für angewandte Kunst, Wien.
• Pieta for World War I, Tapisserie du Centenaire,, Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie Aubusson, Aubusson.
2016
• Flying home, Installation im Flughafen Turin, Artissima, Turin.
• Thomas Bayrle, Lenbachhaus, München.
• One Day on Success Street, Thomas Bayrle, ICA - Institute for Contemporary Art, Miami.
• Cowboy Tapisserie Pietà, Air de Paris, Paris.
• Seniorenfeier, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden.
• Thomas Bayrle: 40 Jahre Chinese Rock’n’Roll, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.
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2015
• Gerani / Pavesi, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin.
2014
• Agnus Dei, St. Matthäus-Kirche, Berlin.
• Thomas Bayrle and Herald Pridgar, Michael Majerus Estate, Berlin.
• Thomas Bayrle: All-in-one (touring), Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead.
2013
• Tomas Bayrle, The Artist’s Institute, New York.
• Thomas Bayrle: All-in-One, Museum Madre, Napoli.
2012
• Strippenzieher, Big Block, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.
• Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf.
• Thomas Bayrle, From Weft to Warp – and Back Again & Helke Bayrle, Portikus Under Constricution, Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun.
2011
• Thomas BAYRLE / Daniel KOHL, La Chaufferie, Straßburg.
• Das dumme Gummituch 1980 – 1990, dependance, Brüssel.
2010
• Gummibaum and materials, Base Progetti per l’arte, Florenz.
• La camera Degli Sposi (After Mantegna) 1970/2010, Dirimart, Istanbul.
• Alle Kamele sind ein Kamel (Schopenhauer), Galerie Barabara Weiss, Berlin.
2009
• Thomas Bayrle, Ann Lislegaard, and Ultra-red, Raven Row, London.
• I’ve A Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona.
• Their Combination is Spectacular, Musée d’art Moderne et Contemporain, Genf.
• Looping, Museum Ludwig, Köln.
2008
• A Mustache is a Man’s Best Friend, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich.
2007
• Thomas Bayrle, Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo.
• Thomas Bayrle, FRAC Limousin, Limoges.
2006
• Happy Days Are Here Again, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.
2005
• Thomas Bayrle, Cubitt Gallery, London.
2004
• Thomas Bayrle : Carlos, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg.
2003
• Autostrada, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin.
• Eiserner Vorhang/Safety Curtain, Ein laufendes Museumsprojekt in Zusammenarbeit mit der Wiener Staatsoper, Wien.
2002
• Thomas Bayrle, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz.
• Thomas Bayrle, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main.
2001
• Kartoffelzähler, Johann Widauer, Innsbruck.
• Bilder, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafik aus den Jahren 1967 bis 2001, Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main.
• Layout, CCA - Center of Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu.
2000
• flying home..., Museum in Progress, Wien.
• Philip Johnson, 1999 und Werke von 1967 - 2000, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin.
1998
• Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt am Main.
• Dolly Animation, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern.
1997
• Koriyama City Art Museum, Koriyama.
• Academy of Art & Design, Beijing.
1996
• Thomas Bayrle, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen.
1995
• Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt.
1994
• Film Video Materialien, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main.
1992
• UNAC, Tokyo.
• Galerie Sachs, München.
1991
• Galerie Luis Campana, Frankfurt am Main.
• Galerie Sachs, München.
1990
• Autobahnkopf, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main.
1989
• Pinsel durchgespielt, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg.
• Thomas Bayrle 1983 - 88, Seed Hall, Tokio.
1988
• Madonna Jaguar, Kunsthalle Innsbruck, Innsbruck.
1987
• Thomas Bayrle 1967 und 1987, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main.
1986
• GOLF, Auto Museum, Wolfsburg.
1985
• Galerie ak, Frankfurt am Main.
• UNAC, Tokio.
1984
• Capsel, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund.
1983
• Druckgrafik 1960-83, Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg.
1980
• Rasterfahndung, Goethe-Institut, San Francisco.
• Graphic Gathering, Stanford University, Palo Alto.
1977
• Cities and Accumulations, WAKO, Tokio.
1975
• Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt.
1972
• La Pochade, Formation Serielle, Paris.
• Kiko Galleries, Houston.
1971
• Studio S, Rom.
1970
• Galerie Cornels, Baden-Baden.
• Galerie 2, Stuttgart.
1968
• Mäntel - Tragbare Grafik, Art Intermedia, Köln.
• produzione Bayrle, Galleria Apollinaire, Mailand.
1965
• Galerie Buchholz, München.
1964
• Städtisches Museum, Göttingen.
1963
• DRUCK, Galerie Bergsträsser, Darmstadt.
Gruppenausstellungen
2022
• „A Private Collection“, Frankfurt – Die Sammlung Tyrown Vincent, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim.
• AMONG THE OTHERS: Thomas Bayrle, Michaela Eichwald, Konrad Klapheck, Albert Oehlen, Lucie Stahl, Galerie Jahn und Jahn, München.
2021
• Sign Language, MAK Museum, Wien.
• Elle rit (She’s laughing!), Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
• On Hannah Arendt: The Modern Age, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London.
2019
• Der montierte Mensch, Museum Folkwang, Essen.
• Bethlehem Hospital, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York.
2018
• 2050, A Brief History of the Future, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan.
• A Matter Of Printing (For SMC), Supportico Lopez, Berlin.
2017
• The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn.
• Le Grand Balcon, Montréal Biennial, Montréal.
• The Promise of Total Automation, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien.
• Infected Food, Greene Naftali, New York.
• CONDO, Maureen Paley Hosting dépendance, Maureen Paley, London.
2016
• History of Nothing, White Cube, Bermondsey, London.
2015
• Individual Stories. Sammeln als Porträt und Methodologie, Kunsthalle Wien, Wien.
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