Wolf Vostell

Wolf Vostell
Vostell in 1980
Born	(1932-10-14)14 October 1932 Leverkusen, Germany
Died	3 April 1998(1998-04-03) (aged 65) Berlin, Germany
Nationality	German
Education	Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Known for	Painting Sculpture Installation art Video art Dé-collage
Movement	Happening Fluxus
Spouse	Mercedes Vostell
Children	David Vostell

Wolf Vostell (14 October 1932 – 3 April 1998) was a German painter and sculptor, considered one of the early adopters of video art and installation art and pioneer of Happenings and Fluxus. Techniques such as blurring and Dé-coll/age are characteristic of his work, as is embedding objects in concrete and the use of television sets in his works. Wolf Vostell was married to the Spanish writer Mercedes Vostell and has two sons, David Vostell and Rafael Vostell.