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10 Facts About Jutta Koether

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Jutta Koether was born on 1958 and is a German artist, musician and critic based in New York City and Berlin since the early 1990s.

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Jutta Koether's paintings are exercises in color, line, form and pattern and often feature text.

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Jutta Koether is inspired by artists and intellectuals who have created an alternative to mainstream culture, including underground filmmaker Kenneth Anger and musician Patti Smith.

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Jutta Koether has collaborated with Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon on a number of projects, for example Her Noise at Tate Modern in 2005.

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Jutta Koether's solo show at Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, in 1997 featured a soundtrack by the artist, accompanied by Tom Verlaine.

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Jutta Koether's 2009 show entitled Lux Exterior at Reena Spaulings further explored a common thematic in her work, the relation of painting with other aspects of theoretical and counter culture.

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Jutta Koether's 2009 show was discussed in David Joselit's essay entitled Painting Beside Itself.

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In spring 2012, Jutta Koether took part in the three-month exposition of Whitney Biennial.

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Since 1985, Jutta Koether has worked as a reviewer and editor for many magazines and journals such as Spex, Texte zur Kunst, Flash Art and Artscribe.

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Jutta Koether has taught at many institutions, including Columbia University, the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, Yale University, and Bard College.