Rolf Lauter

Rolf Dieter Lauter (born December 3, 1952, in Mannheim) is a German art historian, curator and art advisor.

Lucian Freud: 'Naked Portraits' curated by Rolf Lauter, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt 2000–2001. The painting by Freud was edited out of this photograph for copyright reasons.

Early years
Mother Margarete Lauter 1967

Lauter already worked during high school at Johann-Sebastian-Bach Gymnasium (1963-1970) as Assistant Curator and from 1972–1984 during his studies as Curator of Exhibitions in the Galerie Margarete Lauter[1] in Mannheim. From 1972 he studied art history, classical archeology, Christian archeology, Romance languages and literature and philosophy at the Heidelberg University and University of Göttingen. With Prof. Peter Anselm Riedl in Heidelberg, he received his Ph.D. in 1984 on “Variable Sculpture in 20th Century”.[2]

Career

Museum für Moderne Kunst MMK Frankfurt (1984-2002)

Peter Iden[3] Founding Director of the MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt (1978-1988) and Hilmar Hoffmann (Councillor and Head of the Department of Culture Frankfurt 1970-1990) appointed Lauter in 1984[4] as the first Curator of the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt.[5] 1984-1991 Lauter was coordinator for architecture of the new building in cooperation with the Museum Architect Hans Hollein[6] and Roland Burgard Head of the Frankfurt Building Department.[7] With the Directorate of Jean-Christophe Ammann[8] at the MMK (1989-2001) Lauter was appointed Chief Curator and Deputy Director responsible for the central organisation and special exhibitions. Between 1985 and 2002 Lauter curated amongst others the exhibitions: Carl Andre: Extraneous roots, Frankfurt (1991); Neo Rauch, Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung / Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main (1993);[9] Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art, Whitney Museum, New York & Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (1996/97);[10] Alighiero Boetti: Mettere al Mondo il Mondo, Frankfurt (1998);[11] Bill Viola: A 25 Year Survey Exhibition, Frankfurt (1999);[12] Dan Flavin: Two Primary Series and one Secondary, Frankfurt (1999); Eric Fischl: A Travel of Romance, Frankfurt (2000); Lucian Freud: Naked Portraits, Frankfurt 2000/2001);[13] Jeff Wall: Figures and Places, Frankfurt (2001).[14] Establishment of Karl-Ströher-Prize in the MMK in cooperation with Karl-Ströher-Stiftung Darmstadt in 1987. Between 1991 and 2001 XX Change of Scene exhibitions took place,[15] a concept developed by Ammann. In 1999 establishment of new “Project Space Old Customs Building” for exhibitions, Film and Video Program “Screenings”.[16] In October 2002 Lauter left to become Director of Kunsthalle Mannheim.

Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst (1987-2002)

Since 1987 appointed Curator of MMK exhibitions at Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst[17] in Frankfurt (1987-2002) in collaboration with Michael Hocks, Director and authorised representative for the Concert and Congress Center Jahrhunderthalle.[18] Exhibitions curated by Lauter were among others: Charlotte Posenenske, 1990;[19] Das MMK in der Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst: Silvia Bächli, Heiner Blum, Walter Dahn, Peter Rösel, Manfred Stumpf, 1993.[20] Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Frankfurter Banken, 1994;[21] Das Museum für Moderne Kunst und die Sammlung Ströher, 1994/1995;[22] Querpass I. MMK und Städel im Dialog, 1997;[23] Bill Viola – Video, Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Mitgliederversammlung 1997; Querpass II. MMK und Städel im Dialog, 1997–98; Alighiero Boetti: Mettere al Mondo il Mondo, 1998;[24] horizontal – vertikal (1998).

Kunsthalle Mannheim (2002-2007)

Dieter Hasselbach, Chairman of the Friends of the Kunsthalle Mannheim (2002-2016) and Peter Kurz, Head of the Department of Culture and Mayor of Mannheim (2007–present) appointed Lauter in 2002 as Director[25] of the Kunsthalle Mannheim (2002-2007). From 2003, Lauter canceled the chronological presentation of the collection and expanded with new media and permanent private loans to individually unique cross-over constellations. Establishment of “Hector Creativity Center” and “Hector Research Center” as well as of “Metzler Salon” in the Museum‘s Old Library 2004-2006. Concept for new Museum building with the British Architect David Adjaye. With “Full House” exhibition in 2006 and “100 Years Kunsthalle Mannheim” in 2007 Lauter completed his new museum concept with an international crossover presentation of the entire collection. In the fall of 2007, Lauter was released from the municipal council[26] by the management of the Kunsthalle[27] due to budget overdrafts.[28]

Cultural Representative of Fine Arts of the City of Mannheim 2008-2009

From 2008-2009 Lauter was conceptualizing of numerous approaches to the cultural development of the City of Mannheim. Realization of "artscoutone” (2009/2010),[29] a comprehensive overview exhibition with site-specific works and installations of 100 contemporary artists of the Rhine-Neckar Metropol Region presented at 17 off site locations in order to create the URBAN SPACE AS CULTURAL SPACE. 2010 Lauter became Curator and Managing Director of Swiss Art Institution Karlsruhe.

Other roles
  • 1975 & 1976 Assistant Curator at the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum/Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
  • 1990-91 Zeitgenössische Kunst im städtischen Raum, City Centre Frankfurt/Main.
  • 1989-1994 Guest Professor for Contemporary Art at the Universität Marburg and 2003-2006 at the Universität Mannheim.
  • 1997-2002 Coordinator of Urban Culture Development on behalf of Mayor Petra Roth and Founding Concept of “Culture Mile Braubachstrasse Frankfurt”
  • 2003 Curator of Blickachsen 4,[30] Sculpture Park Bad Homburg.<ref>Lauter, Rolf : Blickachsen 4, Skulpturen im Kurpark Bad Homburg vor der Höhe. Skulpturen von Carl Andre, Miguel Berrocal, Claus Bury, Ricardo Calero, Rainer Fetting, Eric Fischl, Sebastian Fleiter, Antony Gormley, Nigel Hall, Karl Hartung, Harry Hauck, Per Kirkeby, Joseph Kosuth, Mathias Lanfer, Helge Leiberg, Markus Lüpertz, Nicola Möser, A. R. Penck, Lawrence Weiner, Trak Wendisch. Edition Scheffel, Bad Homburg 2003, 144 Seiten. ISBN 3-926546-41-7
  • 2005-2010 member of the Scientific Committee at the Museo d'Arte Moderna Rovereto (MART)
  • New Exhibition Concept Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin (2009).
  • 2010-2014 Founder and Managing Director of artlabmannheim, artlabheidelberg and artlabberlin, new art-laboratory platforms to promote young art and creativity.
  • Editor of Positions in Contemporary Art.

Personal life

From his father, Harro Lauter, who was a representative in the management of the Mannheim Building Department since the 1950s, Lauter learned the theory and practice of architecture. His mother, Margarete Lauter, accompanied Lauter in her gallery for contemporary art from 1963-1984. During his studies in Heidelberg, married to Caterina Maderna, Professor of Classical Archeology at the University of Heidelberg. The son Alban Lauter (*1984) is a psychoanalyst in Heidelberg. Lauter lives and works today in Zurich / Switzerland.

Footnotes
  1. https://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=worldcat_org_all&q=Galerie+Lauter
  2. Begegnungen: Festschrift für Peter Anselm Riedl zum 60. Geburtstag / hrsg. von Klaus Güthlein und Franz Matsche, Heidelberger kunstgeschichtliche Abhandlungen; N.F., Bd. 20, Worms: Werner 1993, 379ff. ISBN 3884620975
  3. https://cafedeutschland.staedelmuseum.de/gespraeche/peter-iden
  4. clio-online: Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main (MMK) Retrieved December 19, 2019
  5. Iden, Peter; Lauter, Rolf (ed.): Bilder für Frankfurt. Bestandskatalog des Museums für Moderne Kunst. München 1985. ISBN 978-3-7913-0702-2
  6. Lauter, Rolf; Hollein, Hans, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main: Publikation zum Richtfest am 13. Juli 1988 / Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt am Main. Notes on the occasion of the roofing ceremony on July 13th 1988, Frankfurt am Main 1988, OCLC 815880967.
  7. Burgard, Roland; Hollein, Hans : Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main 1991
  8. Lauter, Rolf (ed.): Für Jean-Christophe Ammann, Festschrift zum 60. Geburtstag, Societätsverlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2001. ISBN 9783797307897
  9. "Results for 'rolf lauter, neo rauch' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  10. Ammann, Jean-Christophe; Lauter, Rolf; Weinberg, Adam; Kramer, Mario : Views from abroad: European perspectives on American art 2 = die Entdeckung des anderen : ein europäischer Blick auf die amerikanische Kunst, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York / Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, 1996. H.N. Abrams ISBN 978-0-87427-101-0
  11. Boetti, Alighiero; Lauter, Rolf (ed.); Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst; Museum für Moderne Kunst (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1998). Alighiero Boetti: mettere al mondo il mondo. Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz. ISBN 978-3-89322-412-8. OCLC 878087456.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  12. "Results for 'Rolf Lauter, Bill Viola' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  13. "Results for 'Rolf Lauter, Lucian Freud' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  14. "Results for 'Rolf Lauter, Jeff Wall' [WorldCat.org]". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
  15. Bee, Andreas: Zehn Jahre Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main. Köln 2003. ISBN 9783832156299
  16. MMK Frankfurt: Screenings Retrieved December 19, 2019
  17. "Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  18. Interview Michael Hocks, Herbert Meyer Ellinger, Rolf Lauter (Moderator) (2002).
  19. Charlotte Posenenske (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Museum für moderne Kunst. 1990. ISBN 978-3-88270-450-1. OCLC 984117312.
  20. Das MMK in der Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, Silvia Bächli, Heiner Blum, Walter Dahn, Peter Rösel, Manfred Stumpf. 8. März - 12. April 1993 (in German). Frankfurt am Main. 1993. OCLC 314473941.
  21. "Rolf Lauter, Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Frankfurter Banken". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  22. "Rolf Lauter, Das Museum für Moderne Kunst und die Sammlung Ströher". www.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  23. Querpass I: Andre - Baselitz - Beuys: eine Ausstellung des Städelschen Kunstinstituts und des Museums für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, in der Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, 2. März bis 13. April 1997 (in German). Frankfurt am Main. 1997. OCLC 637372052.
  24. Lauter, Rolf (ed.). Alighiero Boetti: mettere al mondo il mondo; Museum für Moderne Kunst, 30. Januar-10. Mai 1998 und Galerie Jahrhunderthalle Hoechst, 1. März-19. April 1998. Ostfildern-Ruit: Cantz. ISBN 978-3-89322-412-8. OCLC 245695714.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  25. Rolf Lauter soll Kunsthalle leiten Retrieved December 19, 2019
  26. http://www.kunstmarkt.com/pagesmag/kunst/_id132089-/news_detail.html?_q= Retrieved January 28, 2020
  27. Unkündbarer Kunstkenner Retrieved January 28, 2020
  28. Mannheim – Falsche Mediendarstellung zur Kunsthalle Retrieved January 28, 2020
  29. artscoutone: Broschuere Retrieved December 19, 2019
  30. Lauter, Rolf. "Werke | Blickachsen 4". www.blickachsen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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