Wolfgang Stoerchle [SEP] date of death
Wolfgang Stoerchle
Wolfgang Eberhard Stoerchle (born Störchle; January 17, 1944 – March 14, 1976) was a German-American conceptual artist known for influential performance and video works made in Southern California in the 1970s.
Early life and education.
Stoerchle was born in Titisee-Neustadt, Germany, during World War II. He moved with his family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada as a teenager in 1959. In 1962, he spent ten months riding through the United States on horseback with his brother, Peter
Sonnier, Wolfgang Stoerchle, George Trakas, John Van Saun, William Wegman, Lawrence Weiner.
"Projects: Pier 18" is the title of an exhibition of approximately 600 of the Pier 18 photographs taken by Shunk-Kender in the MoMA Projects series at the Museum of Modern Art, NY, June 18 – August 2, 1971. It was the second exhibition in the series. No catalogue. The Pier 18 photographs were returned to Shunk-Kender after the exhibition.
In 1992, the Pier 18 photographs