German painter, photographer and sound artist, born 8 October 1954 in St. Tönis (now Tönisvorst) near Krefeld, Germany, died 11 November 2024. From age 17 he studied in Düsseldorf with Joseph Beuys and then was one of the main figures of "Die Jungen Wilden" (young wilds) movement in the eighties. He lived and worked in Cologne and was teaching at the art academy Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Braunschweig.
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