Marianne Pitzen

Marianne Pitzen

Marianne Pitzen (born 29 May 1948), GER, is a German artist born in Stuttgart. In 1981, Pitzen founded the Bonn Women's Museum, of which she is the current director. The museum hosts temporary exhibitions, and has hosted over 500 since its founding. Pitzen held her first exhibition in 1969, established a gallery in 1971, and later the "Circular" magazine with her husband.[1][2][3]

Life

Marianne Pitzen held her first solo exhibition in 1969. Three years later, she founded the ‘Circulus’ gallery, and in 1974, together with her husband Horst Pitzen, the magazine ‘Circular’. During this period, the groups ‘frauen formen ihre stadt’ and ‘Frau + Futura’ were formed. Her travelling exhibitions went to, amongst other places, Zurich (Le Cor-busier House), Innsbruck (Galerie Krinzinger) and Darmstadt (Technical University, Prof. Behnisch).

In 1981, she founded the world’s first Women’s Museum in Bonn. Today, she continues to be responsible for the museum’s conception and organisation.[4] Marianne Pitzen is a member of the women artists’ group “zart & zackig”.

Art-political actions in public spaces

Exhibitions

  • 1991 Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen
  • 1992 City Museum, Zwickau
  • 1994 Städt. Gallery at the fish market, Erfurt
  • 1998 City Museum Bonn
  • 1999 Art Center, Ulaanbaatar
  • 1999 Salzstadel of Regensburg
  • 2001 Gallery Futura, Berlin
  • 2001/02 art meeting digester, WWTW to Cologne
  • 2008 MP 60, Bonn Women's Museum

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Marianne Pitzen" (in German). Frauen Museum. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  2. ↑ Fehr, Michael; Kuhn, Annette (1990). Marianne Pitzen's shell. Cologne (Ausst. kat. Hagen).
  3. ↑ Tobias Gerstner program and provocation: In Art Forum pp. 117, 1992, 260-264
  4. ↑ Martina Meissner (19 April 2019). "Martina Pitzen, founder of the Bonn Women's Museum". WDR-Online (in German). Westdeutscher Rundfunk AdöR. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Elke Dagmar Schneider (21 September 2021). "LVR honours Marianne Pitzen with the Rheinlandtaler". Kabinett Online (in German). Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "Marianne Pitzen – Rebellious Women Foundation". Retrieved 10 March 2025.

Catalogs(Extract)

  • Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Marianne Pitzen at Wikimedia Commons


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