Die Teilung der Erde - The Division of the Earth, 2005/2007

Paintings

Dierk Schmidt, Die Teilung der Erde / The Division of the Earth (Kasseler Serie / Kassel Series), 2007, Acrylic, silicone on canvas, oil on foil (15 parts), table with accompanying text materials, dimensions variable | dimensions variable, exhibition view documenta 12, 2007

Dierk Schmidt, "Genocide" #3, 2005, Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm | 12 2/3 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Oturupa / Kommandohaus, 2006, Pencil on paper, 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: framed | framed

Dierk Schmidt, Oturupa / Oturupa, 2006, Pencil on paper, 33 x 31 cm | 13 x 12 1/4 in, framed: framed | framed

Dierk Schmidt, Conférence de Berlin Céremonie-Skizze 2, 2006, Pencil on paper, 33 x 31.5 cm | 13 x 12 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 38.6 cm | 15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in

Dierk Schmidt, Oturupa, 2006, Pencil on paper, 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Die Klage der HPRC, Schrittfolge Klage #2, 2006, Pencil on paper 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Die Klage der HPRC, Skizze, 2006, Pencil on paper 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Die Klage der HPRC, Schrittfolge Klage #1, 2006, Pencil on paper 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Article 34/35, Res Nullius et notification, 2006, Pencil on paper, 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Article 34/35, Res Nullius, 2006, Pencil on paper, 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Article 34/35, Occupation et notification (frontière), 2006, Pencil on paper 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Conférence de Berlin, Cérémonie-Skizze 3, 2006, Pencil on paper 31.5 x 24 cm | 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Conférence de Berlin, Cérémonie-Skizze, 2006 Pencil on paper, 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Artikel 34/35, Res Nullus et occupation effective, 2006, Pencil on paper, 33 x 23 cm | 13 x 9 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Article 1/10/13, Liberté de navigation, 2007, Pencil, felt tip pen on paper, 29.7 x 21 cm | 11 2/3 x 8 1/4 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Conférence de Berlin, Traité de protection, 2007, Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm | 12 2/3 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, Die Teilung der Erde / The Division of the Earth (Salzburger Serie / Salzburg Series), 2005, Acrylic, silicone on canvas, oil on canvas, three engravings, table with accompanying text material, dimensions variable | dimensions variable, Salzburger Kunstverein, 2005, exhibition view

Dierk Schmidt, Genocide #2, 2005, Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm | 12 2/3 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, (I) Conférence de Berlin, 2005, Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm | 12 2/3 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, (3) „Genocide“, 2005, Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm | 12 2/3 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, (2) „Article 34/35 (Notification/effective Okkupation)“, 2005, Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm | 12 2/3 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

Dierk Schmidt, (4) „Plainte de la Corporation de Reparation du Peuple des Hereros“, 2005, Pencil on paper, 32 x 24 cm | 12 2/3 x 9 1/2 in, framed: 40.1 x 32 cm | 15 3/4 x 12 2/3 in

INDEX:

Colonialism

Nation

Violence

Power

Africa

History

Painting

Anarchy

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Dierk Schmidt

**Untitled (Human Remains in Berlin), 2014/2015**

**Die Teilung der Erde - The Division of the Earth, 2005/2007**

**"Ich weiß...was du nicht weißt..." - When opinion becomes an occasion for calculation, 2001/2006**

**What You Buy Is Your Problem, 1990-2004**

Biography

Dierk Schmidt, born in Unna, Germany, in 1965, studied art history and visual arts in Düsseldorf and Amsterdam. He takes on the genre of history painting to investigate politics of representation, critically redescribing the production of the historical past and present. Dierk Schmidt has repeatedly worked on issues of colonial history, on restitution politics, international law, and on abstraction in painting, a main project being “The Division Of The Earth“ for documenta 12 in 2007. His analytical approach makes use of painting’s conceptual methods, self-reflexive on the issue of painting and capable of rationalizing representational gaps.

Schmidt´s work has been displayd in major solo and group exhibitions such as Kolonnen (KOW Berlin 2020), Guilts and Debts (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte reina, Sofia 2018) and Under Construction (Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart Berlin 2022), Painting and geopolitics (Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid 2021), COMMUNICATING VESSELS (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid 2021).

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Exhibitions at KOW