Hannes Schüpbach
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Hannes Schüpbach is a Swiss filmmaker and painter, born in Winterthur
, Switzerland
in 1965.
(Hochschule für Gestaltung
) and in Basel
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst) from 1988 to 1991. In 1992 he dedicated six months to cinema
and performance studies
at New York University
. During his education two figures were very important for their influence on the artist's cinematic language: Werner von Mutzenbecher and André Lehmann. They were his professors and both engaged in experimental film movement in Basel in the 1970s
and 1980s
.
; Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Geneva
; Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid
; Tate Modern
, London
.
From the first years of his artistic career, Schüpbach also worked as painter
, creating "large, connected series of paintings". During his first solo exhibition, "Stills and Movies" at Kunsthalle Basel
(25 January - 22 March 2009) was presented a combination of his paintings and films. As we can read on the exhibition website "both media are inseparably connected in his approach to his work. The films and the paintings are two idioms that Schüpbach adopts to articulate the major themes of his artistic work: the representation of time and movement and the complex processes of experiencing and remembering".
Winterthur
Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
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in 1965.
Education
Schüpbach studied visual art at the academies of art and design in ZurichZürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
(Hochschule für Gestaltung
Zurich University of Applied Sciences
The Zurich University of Applied Sciences , located in the city of Winterthur, with facilities in Zurich and Wädenswil, is the second largest University in Switzerland after the University of Zurich.* University of Zurich: around 25000 Students...
) and in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
(Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst) from 1988 to 1991. In 1992 he dedicated six months to cinema
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and performance studies
Performance Studies
Performance studies have been growing as an academic field since the 1960s. Performance studies believe in the social act of Doing as it takes performance itself as the object of inquiry.The process of defining it becomes a practice in performance studies itself...
at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
. During his education two figures were very important for their influence on the artist's cinematic language: Werner von Mutzenbecher and André Lehmann. They were his professors and both engaged in experimental film movement in Basel in the 1970s
1970s
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and 1980s
1980s
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.
Career
In 1999 Schüpbach established "Film direkt", a monthly series of artists' films at Filmpodium Zurich, where some publications on the art film were also issued. Hannes Schüpbach has become internationally known with his 16mm films, which he has presented in some of the most important European art institutions: Centre Pompidou, ParisParis
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; Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement, Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
; Museum Reina Sofia, Madrid
Madrid
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; Tate Modern
Tate Modern
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, London
London
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.
From the first years of his artistic career, Schüpbach also worked as painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, creating "large, connected series of paintings"
Kunsthalle Basel
Since opening in 1872, Kunsthalle Basel has examined various positions concerning contemporary art. This renowned exhibition space in the Swiss city of Basel has a very long tradition of supporting avant-garde artists and expanding the accepted boundaries of contemporary art. Contemporary art...
(25 January - 22 March 2009) was presented a combination of his paintings and films. As we can read on the exhibition website