Ulay
German artist (1943-2020)
Also known as Frank Uwe Laysiepen · Uwe Laysiepen · F. Uwe Laysiepen · Uwe Laisiepen · Uwe F. Laysiepen · Ulay Abramovic
- Born
- November 30, 1943
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Sources- 1.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2017-08-23
- 2.Stated in Benezit Dictionary of ArtistsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 3.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
- 4.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2020-06-25
- 5.Stated in The Fine Art Archive
- 6.Stated in Munzinger PersonenRetrieved 2017-10-09
- , 1943
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Sources- 1.Stated in ADAGP/CISAC membership list at 07/01/2019Retrieved 2020-09-20
- 2.Stated in MAK
- , November 30, 1943
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- November 30, 1943
- Died
- March 2, 2020
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Sources- 1.Stated in El País“Muere el artista de ‘performance’ Ulay, compañero de Marina Abramovic”elpais.com/cultura/2020/03/02/actualidad/1583165786_009581.htmlRetrieved 2020-03-02
- 2.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2020-06-25
- 3.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 4.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2021-09-09
- March 2, 2020
- Birthplace
- Solingen
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2020-06-26
- 2.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-09-10
- 3.Stated in ZKM Center for Art and Media KarlsruheRetrieved 2022-06-30
- Solingen
- Place of death
- Ljubljana
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2020-06-26
- 2.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-09-10
- Ljubljana
- Citizenship
- Occupation
- photographer
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Sources- 1.Stated in The Fine Art ArchiveRetrieved 2021-04-01
- 2.“Fotosequentie Performance 8 'Relation in Time'”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/25166-marina-abramovic-fotosequentie-performance-8-%27relation-in-time%27Retrieved 2021-09-07
- 3.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2025-12-10
- , university teacher
- , screenwriter
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Sources- 1.Stated in Catalog of the German National LibraryRetrieved 2020-06-26
- +9 more
- photographer
- Education
- Kölner Werkschulen(until 1969)
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166 statements · 42% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Pseudonym
- Ulay
- Sex or gender
- male
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Sources- 1.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-09-10
- 2.Stated in RKDartistsRetrieved 2025-01-28
- 3.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
- male
- Copyright representative
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
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Sources- 1.Stated in DACS registerRetrieved 2019-10-19
- 2.Stated in ADAGP directoryRetrieved 2019-12-16
- reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
- Name in native language
- Uwe Laysiepen
- Has works in the collection
- Städel Museum
- Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- Finnish National Gallery
- Tate
- National Gallery of Canada
- Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands Art Collection
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Sources- 1.Stated in Collectie Nederland“Fototot”Retrieved 2021-05-27
- 2.Stated in Collectie Nederland“Light / Dark (Cologne)”Retrieved 2021-05-27
- Van Abbemuseum
- Museum Arnhem
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- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
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Sources- 1.“AAA - AAA”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/13990-ulay-aaa-aaaRetrieved 2021-09-07
- 2.“Tuesday - Saturday”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/1517-ulay-tuesday-saturdayRetrieved 2021-09-07
- 3.“Fotosequentie Performance 8 'Relation in Time'”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/25166-marina-abramovic-fotosequentie-performance-8-%27relation-in-time%27Retrieved 2021-09-07
- 4.“The Lovers, The Great Wall Walk, Marina Abramovic and Ulay”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/34234-arlette-brouwers-the-lovers-the-great-wall-walk-marina-abramovic-and-ulayRetrieved 2021-09-07
- 5.“Nightsea Crossing”stedelijk.nl/nl/collectie/10088-marina-abramovic-nightsea-crossingRetrieved 2021-09-07
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Sources- 1.Stated in San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collectionRetrieved 2021-09-10
- LIMA
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Sources- 1.“The Metamorphosis of a Canal House”mediakunst.net/#!/artwork/ma-1019750Retrieved 2021-10-27
- 2.“Talking about Similarity”mediakunst.net/#!/artwork/ma-1021368Retrieved 2021-10-27
- 3.“Ulay in Photography”mediakunst.net/#!/artwork/ma-1007071Retrieved 2021-10-27
- 4.“Still Standing”mediakunst.net/#!/artwork/ma-1006622Retrieved 2021-10-27
- 5.“Da ist eine kriminelle Berührung in der Kunst”mediakunst.net/#!/artwork/ma-1001832Retrieved 2021-10-27
- De Appel
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Sources- 1.“FOTOTOT (Identity Analysis)”mediakunst.net/#!/artwork/ma-1000421Retrieved 2021-10-27
- 2.“FOTOTOT (Exchange of Identity)”mediakunst.net/#!/artwork/ma-1000420Retrieved 2021-10-27
- Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands
- Musée National d'Art Moderne
- ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
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Sources- 1.Stated in ZKM Center for Art and Media KarlsruheRetrieved 2022-06-30
- Rabo Art Collection
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- Groninger Museum
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Sources- 1.Stated in online collection of the Groninger Museum“30 November|30 November”groningermuseum.nl/collectie/collectie-items/20806Retrieved 2026-07-02
- Field of work
- performance art
- visual arts
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-11
- performance artwork
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-11
- photography
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-11
- directing
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-11
- pedagogy
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-11
- film screenwriting
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-11
- conceptual art
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Sources- 1.Stated in Czech National Authority DatabaseRetrieved 2023-01-11
- Cause of death
- lymphoma
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Sources- 1.elpais.com/cultura/2020/03/02/actualidad/1583165786_009581.htmlRetrieved 2020-03-02
- lymphoma
- Manner of death
- natural causes
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Sources- 1.elpais.com/cultura/2020/03/02/actualidad/1583165786_009581.htmlRetrieved 2020-03-02
- natural causes
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights applies to jurisdiction: countries with longer than 50 years pma
- Start of work period
- 1968
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- 1968
- End of work period
- 2020
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- 2020
- Unmarried partner
- Marina Abramović(1976–1988)
On other databases
84 identifiers linking Ulay across the web's reference databases
- AbART person ID86450
- ADAGP artist ID1005473
- Artist-info artist ID35425
- Artists of the World ID00603365
- Artnet artist IDulay
- Artsy artist IDulay
- AskArt person ID11340096
- Basis Wien person ID72190
- Benezit IDB00186846
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID125448489
- BVMC person ID13119
- Canadiana Name Authority IDncf10233827
- CANTIC ID981058512707106706
- Christie's creator ID58644
- CineMagia person ID329471
- CiNii Research ID1140563741600519936
- CONOR.BG ID55153765
- CONOR.SI ID158007395
- ČSFD person ID149933
- DACS ID (2022)003895
- DACS ID (former)30c2ecd2-5edf-de11-b4a5-00237d073984
- DDB person (GND) ID119080869
- Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID119080869
- DFK Paris person ID0007663881
- Discogs artist ID1035929
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDbiography/Ulay
- Europeana entityagent/base/93275
- FAST ID92497
- Filmportal ID9b15c133999f49ef859d4443650ee9f4
- Finnish National Gallery artist IDE91E7FCE-8040-46F3-A6F1-139ACB969B60
- Fotografen.nl ID78716
- Freebase ID/m/027bwsk
- Geni profile ID6000000180303390833
- GND ID119080869
- GTAA ID124613
- HAND IDD14C-D453-020D-5F1D-3A9A
- Hoopla artist ID1174690117
- IdRef ID081164904
- IMDb IDnm0880370
- ISNI0000000108036946
- J9U entity ID987007424874605171
- Le Delarge artist ID20276_artiste_ULAY
- LEO-BW person (GND) ID119080869
- Libraries Australia ID36100342
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn82068294
- LIMA media artist ID2223
- MACM artist IDulay
- MNCARS artist IDulay-laysiepen-frank-uwe
- Munzinger person ID00000030846
- Museum of Modern Art artist ID34797
- MutualArt artist ID98F0EF81417935FA
- NACSIS-CAT author IDDA14426816
- National Gallery of Canada artist IDulay
- National Library of Poland MMS ID9810587254005606
- National Library of Spain SpMaBN IDXX1751733
- Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID06980138X
- NDL Authority ID00670111
- NL CR AUT IDxx0280313
- NLA Trove people ID1212370
- NLP IDa0000003208050
- NSK (VIAF) ID000460896
- NSK ID981005793315209366
- Photographers' Identities Catalog ID311116
- PictoRight ID codeBI-17130
- PORT person ID278003
- Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID115444
- RKDartists ID78716
- SEARCH on line catalogue ID69161
- SFMOMA artist IDUlay_F_Uwe_Laysiepen
- SPAP IDa/71eff82b-5516-4293-99c3-6c5b8fd05a50
- Städel Museum artist IDulay
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID775-ulay
- Tabakalera ID73680
- Tate artist IDulay-17106
- The Numbers person ID (archived)368530401
- TMDB person ID1060566
- Union List of Artist Names ID500115968
- University of Barcelona authority ID981058512707106706
- University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)a1344971
- VIAF cluster ID96541048
- Wellcome Collection concept IDyy8phfw9
- WorldCat Entities IDE39PBJd3Tg3QckbtqRrb69G4MP
- Yale LUX IDperson/e08da200-a216-4b8c-8b64-face1cf12032
- ZKM person IDulay