Karsten Schubert
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Karsten Schubert is an artists' representative and gallery proprietor working in England
.
, Gary Hume
and Michael Landy
was one of the first commercial gallery shows of artists that would later come to be known as Young British Artists
. The gallery quickly came to represent several of these artists, including Glenn Brown
, Angus Fairhurst
, Anya Gallaccio
, Gary Hume
, Michael Landy
and Rachel Whiteread
. The gallery also represented several non-British artists Thomas Gruenfeld, Martin Kippenberger
, Stephen Prina
and Ed Ruscha. The gallery was also the agent for Bob Law
, Bridget Riley
and Alison Wilding
. In addition to an extensive exhibition programme—which included the first exhibition of Henry Bond
and Liam Gillick's
Documents Series
—the gallery also published a series of catalogues and books, including Liam Gillick
and Andrew Renton (ed.) Technique Anglaise: Current Trends in British Art (London: Karsten Schubert and Thames and Hudson, 1989) which offered an overview of the YBA scene.
to smaller premises in Foley Street, continuing its exhibition and publishing programme. The gallery was also actively involved with off-site projects, including Michael Landy
's 'Scrapheap Services' (1996) and the public battle for Rachel Whiteread
's 'House'(1994). In 1995 Charles Asprey
, Thomas Dane and Karsten Schubert established Ridinghouse
. Rachel Whiteread's
1996 departure from the gallery triggered a reorientation of activities. Karsten Schubert became a private artists' repesentative and art dealer working with Bridget Riley
and Alison Wilding
. In 2007 Schubert moved to premises on Golden Square
in Soho
, London. The exhibition programme has presented the work of Ernst Wilhelm Nay
, Georg Baselitz
and John Stezaker
(in collaboration with The approach
). Karsten Schubert is a trustee of Space Studios, London.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
Karsten Schubert Limited
Karsten Schubert ran Karsten Schubert Limited, initially in collaboration, and with the backing of, Richard Salmon, from 1986 to 1991. His 1988 group show of Ian DavenportIan Davenport
Ian Davenport is an English painter, and former Turner Prize nominee.-Life and work:Ian Davenport was born in Sidcup in London, and studied art at the Northwich College of Art and Design in Cheshire before going to Goldsmiths College from where he graduated in 1988...
, Gary Hume
Gary Hume
Gary Stewart Hume is an English artist. His work is strongly identified with the YBA artists who came to prominence in the early-1990s. In 1996, Hume was nominated for the Turner Prize, but lost out to Douglas Gordon. Hume was elected a Royal Academician in 2001.-Life and work:Hume was born in...
and Michael Landy
Michael Landy
Michael Landy RA is one of the Young British Artists . He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down , in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008 Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in...
was one of the first commercial gallery shows of artists that would later come to be known as Young British Artists
Young British Artists
Young British Artists or YBAs is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988...
. The gallery quickly came to represent several of these artists, including Glenn Brown
Glenn Brown
Glenn Brown is an English artist. He was nominated for the Turner Prize in 2000.-Working practice:Brown appropriates images created by living, working artists, such as Frank Auerbach and Howard Hodgkin, as well as images by artists more established in the historical canon, such as Rembrandt or...
, Angus Fairhurst
Angus Fairhurst
Angus Fairhurst was an English artist working in installation, photography and video. He was one of the Young British Artists .-Life and work:Angus Fairhurst was born in Pembury, Kent...
, Anya Gallaccio
Anya Gallaccio
Anya Gallaccio is a Scottish artist, who often works with organic matter. She was a nominee in the 2003 Turner Prize.-Life and career:...
, Gary Hume
Gary Hume
Gary Stewart Hume is an English artist. His work is strongly identified with the YBA artists who came to prominence in the early-1990s. In 1996, Hume was nominated for the Turner Prize, but lost out to Douglas Gordon. Hume was elected a Royal Academician in 2001.-Life and work:Hume was born in...
, Michael Landy
Michael Landy
Michael Landy RA is one of the Young British Artists . He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down , in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008 Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in...
and Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread, CBE is an English artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She won the annual Turner Prize in 1993—the first woman to win the prize....
. The gallery also represented several non-British artists Thomas Gruenfeld, Martin Kippenberger
Martin Kippenberger
Martin Kippenberger was a German artist known for his extremely prolific output in a wide range of styles and media as well as his provocative, jocular and hard-drinking public persona....
, Stephen Prina
Stephen Prina
Stephen Prina is an American artist. His work has been categorized as "post-conceptualism." Prina is a professor at the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University...
and Ed Ruscha. The gallery was also the agent for Bob Law
Bob Law
Bob Law was a founding father of British minimalist painting and sculpture. He was born in Middlesex, England in 1934, and moved to St Ives in 1957 where he painted and made pots. He had been particularly influenced by meetings with Peter Lanyon and Ben Nicholson in the late 1950s. In 1960 Bob Law...
, Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley
Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of Op art.-Early life:...
and Alison Wilding
Alison Wilding
Alison Wilding RA is an English sculptor.-Biography:Born in Blackburn in Lancashire, Wilding studied at the Nottingham College of Art, the Ravensbourne College of Art and Design in Chislehurst and, from 1970 to 1973, the Royal College of Art in London...
. In addition to an extensive exhibition programme—which included the first exhibition of Henry Bond
Henry Bond
Henry Bond is an English writer, photographer curator, and visual artist. In his Lacan at the Scene , Bond made a contribution to theoretical psychoanalysis....
and Liam Gillick's
Liam Gillick
Liam Gillick is a British conceptual artist who lives in New York City. He is often associated with the artists included the 1996 exhibit Traffic, which first introduced the term Relational Art.-Life and career:...
Documents Series
Documents Series
Documents Series is the overall title of a series of eighty-three fine artworks made collaboratively by Henry Bond and Liam Gillick between 1990 and 1995...
—the gallery also published a series of catalogues and books, including Liam Gillick
Liam Gillick
Liam Gillick is a British conceptual artist who lives in New York City. He is often associated with the artists included the 1996 exhibit Traffic, which first introduced the term Relational Art.-Life and career:...
and Andrew Renton (ed.) Technique Anglaise: Current Trends in British Art (London: Karsten Schubert and Thames and Hudson, 1989) which offered an overview of the YBA scene.
Ridinghouse
The gallery relocated from Charlotte StreetCharlotte Street
Charlotte Street is a well-known street in Fitzrovia, central London, England. The southern half of the street has many restaurants and cafes, and a lively nightlife during the evening; while the northern part of the street is more mixed in character and includes the large office building of the...
to smaller premises in Foley Street, continuing its exhibition and publishing programme. The gallery was also actively involved with off-site projects, including Michael Landy
Michael Landy
Michael Landy RA is one of the Young British Artists . He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down , in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008 Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in...
's 'Scrapheap Services' (1996) and the public battle for Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread, CBE is an English artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She won the annual Turner Prize in 1993—the first woman to win the prize....
's 'House'(1994). In 1995 Charles Asprey
Charles Asprey
Charles Asprey is the publisher of the quarterly journal PICPUS and a founder and supporter of various UK and international art projects and initiatives, including ArtSchool Palestine. For many years he was the owner and director of aspreyjacques, a London art gallery, which introduced British...
, Thomas Dane and Karsten Schubert established Ridinghouse
Ridinghouse
Ridinghouse is a company committed to publishing primary documents, art historical research, first monographs, anthologies of interviews and writings and editions. Established in 1995 by Karsten Schubert and Thomas Dane, the organisation has been rapidly expanding since 2004 and it currently...
. Rachel Whiteread's
Rachel Whiteread
Rachel Whiteread, CBE is an English artist, best known for her sculptures, which typically take the form of casts. She won the annual Turner Prize in 1993—the first woman to win the prize....
1996 departure from the gallery triggered a reorientation of activities. Karsten Schubert became a private artists' repesentative and art dealer working with Bridget Riley
Bridget Riley
Bridget Louise Riley CH CBE is an English painter who is one of the foremost proponents of Op art.-Early life:...
and Alison Wilding
Alison Wilding
Alison Wilding RA is an English sculptor.-Biography:Born in Blackburn in Lancashire, Wilding studied at the Nottingham College of Art, the Ravensbourne College of Art and Design in Chislehurst and, from 1970 to 1973, the Royal College of Art in London...
. In 2007 Schubert moved to premises on Golden Square
Golden Square
Golden Square, Soho, London in the City of Westminster is one of the historic squares of Central London. The square is just east of Regent Street and north of Piccadilly Circus....
in Soho
Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable...
, London. The exhibition programme has presented the work of Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ernst Wilhelm Nay
Ernst Wilhelm Nay was a German abstract painter influenced by L'Art Informel.Ernst Wilhelm Nay studied under Karl Hofer at the Berlin Art Academy from 1925 until 1928. His first sources of inspiration resulted from his preoccupation with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Henri Matisse as well as Caspar...
, Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz
Georg Baselitz is a German painter who studied in the former East Germany, before moving to what was then the country of West Germany...
and John Stezaker
John Stezaker
-Overview:Stezaker attended the Slade School of Art in London in the 1960s. In the early 1970s he was among the first wave of British conceptual artists to react against what was then the predominance of Pop art....
(in collaboration with The approach
The Approach Gallery
The approach is a contemporary art gallery situated above a pub in Bethnal Green, London.-History:The gallery was founded in 1997 by Jake Miller, along with artists Damien Meade, Ana Genoves and others...
). Karsten Schubert is a trustee of Space Studios, London.
Essay in edited book
- "Sensation," in Sensation (exhibition catalogue), Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1996
Article
- Cézanne, Chappuis and the Limits of Connoiseurship, The Burlington MagazineThe Burlington MagazineThe Burlington Magazine is a monthly academic journal that covers the fine and decorative arts. It is the longest running art journal in the English language and it is a charitable organisation since 1986. It was established in 1903 by a group of art historians and connoisseurs which included Roger...
, London, September 2006