Index: Jürgen Olbrich

Biography

Jürgen O. Olbrich was born in Bielefeld in 1955. He lives in Kassel and is known for his performances, travelling affaires and editions. Since 1973 the media artist has been working on copy art series and copy art books, that he extended with copy art performances and editions from 1975 on. Since 1976 he has been publishing his magazine “Collective Copy”. As he was travelling to Poland in 1981 he did a short trip to Dresden, where he met Birger Jesch in an illegal artist meeting. Since 1984 Olbrich has been working as docent in Germany and foreign countries. In 1995/1996 he was guest professor at the University of Kassel (GHK). Since 1983 he has been member of the Kunstverein Kassel. He participated in documenta 8 in 1987 and got popular in the whole country. In 1989 he started his cycle “Paper-Police”. He collected and recycled material from public wastebaskets in whole Germany. Jürgen O. Olbrich is working artistically on projects and archives, that stay remembered by copies and therefore can not be forgotten. The networker, securer of evidences and concept artist involves collaborationists from the whole world and is working with, besides found materials and chance, with word-and-picture combinations.

Publications

Filter : there is always a cup of coffee for you in the exhibition [S.l. : s.n., 1978?] – Artist Book
Kunstgartenschau = Artgardenshow. [Kassel, Germany : Kunoldstr. 34, 1981]
The eyes, the mouth : a pressure sensitive tape operation S.l. : s.n., 1981?
Stempel : die fleissigen Helfer. Kassel : Künstlern + B. und J.O. Olbrich, c1982.
Dokumentation Project "Ritme" : N.L.-Centrum, Amsterdam, 1.-10. April 1983 : Köln/Amsterdam 1983 : management Poppe & Ball.Amsterdam : N.L. Centrum, [1983]
See it and marvel / [NP Monro + JO Olbrich. London : s.n.], 1983. – Artist Book
An den Rändern der Wirklichkeit = On the edges of reality : Stanislav Horváth, Jürgen O. Olbrich : [November 1985, Institut Kunst Zeit Forschung, München, Januar 1986, Galerico ... Rosenheim, März 1986, Kunstraum ... Kassel]. [Munich : Der Institut, 1985] – Exhibition Catalogue.
European vacation and other international incidents : Goethe Institute, 2.3-10.3.1985 [San Francisco : Goethe Institute, 1985?] – Exhibition Catalogue.
Le plan--jour et nuit, nuit et jour. Ventabren : Editions Nepe, [1985?]
Chalks/toners : a photocopy poem Montréal : [s.n.], 1986. (with Georg Mühleck.) – Artist Book.
Etiketten von mir = stick me down. Foto Renato Ghiazza. [S.l. : s.n., 1987]
City-souvenir : expanded performance : documenta 8, 1987 Kassel, Germany / Arno Arts, Wolfgang Hainke, Niall Monro, Jürgen O. Olbrich ... [et al.]. S.l. : s.n., 1987]
Collaboration collapse : an international artist-stamps project ... Kassel 1985-1987, an international collaboration project, collab, collap, collab, collap. Kassel : Kunstraum : Zentrum für künstlerische Perforation, [1987]
Collective copy. Variant title: Test copy/copy test. Kassel, Germany : J.O. Olbrich, 1988- - Periodical.
Comedial harmonies mit Trutsch und Troll / Wolfgang Hainke, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Emmett Williams. Köln : [s.n.], 1989.
”Alexande, Thortr, Srenate und Micael”: a short-story [S.l.] : J. Olbrich, [199-] – Artist Book.
Set of 24 : scene actually glows! Orillia, Ontario, Canada : ASFi Editions, 1990.
Denken, Ja : Zeitschrift für Tiegel & Tumult, 1986-1990 : eine Zeitschrift und ihre Gäste / [Wolfgang Luh/Jürgen O. Olbrich]. Kassel : Kunstkammer Hauptbahnhof ; Köln : Galerie Schüppenhauer, c1990.
International artists-magazines = Künstler-Zeitschriften International : ART Nürnberg 6, Art Fair International ’91 Nürnberg : ART Nürnberg, [1991]
Tiegel & Tumult : eine Zeitschrift und Ihre Gäste : Kunstverein Lübbecke, 20.4-20.5 1991, ART Nürnberg 6, 20.-23.6. 1991 Kassel : Tiegel & Tumult, 1991
Com trust : an electrographic expedition to the Arctic Circle / Franz John, Heta Norros, Jürgen O. Olbrich, Lieve Prins. Rovaniemi-Lappland : Rovaniemi Taidemuseo, 1992.
No news. [S.l.] : J.O. Olbrich, [1993-1999] – Periodical.
Souvenir-story-image. [Arnhem, Netherlands?] : Analgerie Books, [1993] – Artist Book.
Rote bete: (trip in supermarket) [Netherlands? : J.O. Olbrich], 1993. (with César Figueiredo.)
Copy art .Siegen : Galerie S, Kooperation Kunstverein & Sparkasse, [1994]
Jürgen O. Olbrich, the art of copy art : 1973-1994. Wolnzach : WA-Galerie, c1994.
3 tough guys. 1994 – Artist Book.
Jürgen O. Olbrich : bonhommes faits avec des élastiques. Hannover : Galerie 13, [1995] – Exhibition Catalogue.
The great theory : 1. 2. 3. Kassel : No-Institute : J. Olbrich, [1996] – Artist Book.
Sammlung Hussong : Künstler-Holzpostkarten / [Herausgeber, Köhler Herrenmoder ; Konzeption, Jürgen O. Olbrich] Beverungen : Frank + Heiner Hussong, c1997.
Achse Kassel-Bern : 2x Provinz. [Kassel : J. Olbrich, 1999]- (editor) – Periodical.
Art journaux, die Kunst der Zeitschrift : Kasseler Kunstverein, 29.1.-13.3. 2000 : Sammlung Rolf Dittmar / [Herausgeber, Kasseler Kunstverein ; Konzeption, Rolf Dittmar, Jürgen O. Olbrich]. Das Museum, 2000 – Exhibition Catalogue.