Jutta Koether (Cologne, 1958) is based in New York).
Jutta Koether works in the field of painting, performance, music and art criticism. Within the field of painting she is equally ‘multipurpose’ with her use of translucent colour fields, the gestural brushstroke, foreboding black landscapes, use of the female form and the appropriation of poetry, song lyrics and visual imagery from both the paintings history and pop culture. Her work flips between an exuberant visual experience and a witty, rigorous critique of aesthetics.
Recent solo exhibitions include Sovereign Women in Painting, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City (2009); New Yorker Fenster, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne (2008); No.5, Kunsthall Landmark, Bergen, (2008); The fact that you place your bet on red does not mean that the black is not still there, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich (2008); JXXXA Leibhaftige Malerei, Sutton Lane, Paris (2008); Leibhaftige Malerei JXXXA, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen (2008); Änderungen Aller Art, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (2007); andDead Already, Reena Spaulings Fine Art, New York, NY, a two person show with Kim Gordon (2007). Recent group exhibitions include Trio, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (2009); Sonic Youth etc.: Sensational Fix, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf (2008–2009); Reena Spaulings: Courbet your enthusiasm, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris (2008); Her Noise Archives, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe (2008); and Black Noise, A tribute to Steven Parrino, Ile des impressionnistes, Chatou (2008).