Marianne Pitzen
Illustration — 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.
Marianne Pitzen
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- Born
- 1948 · Stuttgart.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- artist · sculptor
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — 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.
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Life
Life
Pitzen held her first exhibition in 1969, established a gallery in 1971, and later the "Circular" magazine with her husband.
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. Marianne Pitzen is a member of the women artists’ group “zart & zackig”.
Art-political actions in public spaces
Art-political actions in public spaces
• “Pro Bundeskanzlerin” (1997) • Handbag action in New York (Metropolitan, Museum of Modern Art, Guggenheim, Whitney Muse-um) (1997) • “Erhobenen Hauptes” action on 30 June at Documenta 11, Kassel (2002)
Exhibitions
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
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Marianne Pitzen als Graffito auf der Rückseite des Frauenmuseums in Bonn
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Life and career
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1948
Marianne Pitzen born at Stuttgart.
1990
Marianne Pitzen's Schneckenhaus (1990) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
Honors and awards
• 2021 Rheinlandtaler from the Rhineland Regional Council • 2014 Rebellious Woman of the Year by the Rebellious Women Founda-tion • Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany • 1991 Woman of the Month, WDR 1
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- 1.Frauen Museum. Marianne Pitzen.
- 2.Fehr, Michael. Marianne Pitzen's shell. Cologne (Ausst. kat. Hagen). 1990.
- 3.Tobias Gerstner program and provocation: In Art Forum pp. 117, 1992, 260-264
- 4.Martina Meissner. Martina Pitzen, founder of the Bonn Women’s Museum. WDR-Online. Westdeutscher Rundfunk AdöR. 2019-04-19.
- 5.Elke Dagmar Schneider. LVR honours Marianne Pitzen with the Rheinlandtaler. Kabinett Online. 21 September 2021.
- 6.Marianne Pitzen – Rebellious Women Foundation.
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Marianne Pitzen is recorded as having received Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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