Helmut Sturm

He was born in Furth Im Wald . From 1952 to 1958 he studied at the Akademie Der Bildenden Künste , Munich . After this he joined Heimrad Prem , Lothar Fischer and Hans-Peter Zimmer in founding the group SPUR , which in 1959 entered the Situationist International . He had a six month scholarship in Paris before returning to Munich for the SPUR exhibition in Galerie Van De Loo . He collaborated with Hans Platschek , Asger Jorn , Jørgen Nash , Constant , Maurice Wyckaert , Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio and Guy Debord . In 1961 he stayed with Nash at Oerkelljunga , Sweden with Prem, Zimmer and Deiter Kunzelmann .

After the SPUR group was expelled from the Situationist International, they continued to do collaborative work, linking up with ''Wir'' in 1966 to form Geflecht . Sturm developed colorspatial anti-objects and had his first solo exhibition in the Galerie Van De Loo , Munich.

From 1970 he worked as an Art educator, developing a Child Forum with Galerie van de Loo. In 1975 he set up the ''Kollektiv Herzogstrasse'' with Prem. From 1980 - 1982 he was guest professor at the Hochschule Der Künste , Berlin , taking over Hann Trier 's class. He continued to exhibit across Germany and from 1985 to 1998 was professor at the Akademie Der Bildenden Künste , Munich. He still lives and works in Munich.

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