Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler
Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler (born October 3, 1964 in Vienna ) are Austrian twins who are artistically active in a variety of ways ( installations , objects , digital art , painting ).
life and work
The identical twins Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler were born in Vienna in 1964. In 1984 they began studying sculpture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna . After graduating in 1989, they studied at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht with Guillaume Bijl and Henk Visch . Irene Hohenbüchler spent a semester abroad at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs de Paris from 1987 to 1988 and studied for a semester with Roy Ascott at the Institute for Communication Theory at the University of Vienna .
The twin sisters have been active as an artist couple since 1990. In the 1990s they mainly worked with marginalized social groups : prisoners, mentally ill, people with increased needs. The collaboration with the art workshop in Lienz resulted in the presentation at the documenta X in Kassel 1997.
"The twin sisters use the term multiple authorship for their shared artist identity "
From 2002 to 2005 Irene Hohenbüchler was visiting professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . After a substitute professorship from 2010 to 2011, she is now professor for cooperative strategies at the Art Academy in Münster .
Christine Hohenbüchler has been Professor of Drawing and Visual Languages at the Institute of Art and Design at the Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning at the Vienna University of Technology since 2002 .
Exhibitions (selection)
Art in public space (selection)
- 2013 choreography of a landscape . 12 projects for Bergpark Lohberg, Dinslaken
- 2004 Nine wild gardens on the grounds of the Ittingen Charterhouse
- 1997 Comes to art Art in public space in Langenhagen
Solo exhibitions
- 2017 DIALOGUE 06. Human Network: Christine & Irene Hohenbüchler , in the gallery of the Schader Foundation of the Hessian State Museum Darmstadt
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2013 Choreography of a landscape 12 projects for Bergpark Lohberg Bergpark Lohberg, Dinslaken
- 2012 30 artists / 30 rooms Neues Museum Nürnberg , Nürnberg
- 2011 Call for the alternative art collection North Rhine-Westphalia , Düsseldorf
- 2010 Utopia and everyday life: In the field of tension between art and education Kunstmuseum Thun , Thun
- 2009 Common History and Its Private Stories . History and stories MUSA Museum Startgalerie Artothek , Vienna
- 2008 scene Austria: Hohenbüchler / Bretterbauer exhibition hall for contemporary art Münster , Münster
- 2005 70/90. Dedicated art Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nürnberg
- 2004 The Wide World Graphic Collection Museum Ludwig , Cologne
- 1999 48th Venice Biennale , Venice
- 1998 Des Eisbergsspitze Kunsthalle Wien , Vienna
- 1997 documenta 10 , Kassel Natural History Museum
Awards (selection)
- 2009 Lower Austrian Culture Prize
- 1995 Mies van der Rohe grant , Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
- 1994/95 DAAD scholarship for Berlin
- 1991 Chicago scholarship from the Federal Ministry of Education and Art , Vienna
- 1988 recognition of the Prix Ars Electronica , Linz
literature
- Tayfun Belgin (Eds.): Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler - ... view as ..., ... regarding as ... König ua, Cologne et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-9502333-0-8 .
- Dorothee Messmer, Markus Landert (ed.): Wild gardens. Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler. Niggli, Sulgen et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7212-0523-5 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Room for Current Art Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler Accessed on April 20, 2013
- ^ Art Aspects Retrieved April 20, 2013
- ↑ Social show in the blue: Integrative projects by Irene and Christine Hohenbüchler ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 20, 2013
- ↑ Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler: When you bring private matters to the public (PDF; 17 kB) Retrieved on April 20, 2013
- ^ Critical Lexicon of Contemporary Art, page 3, Catrin Lorch: Christine and Irene Hohenbüchler.Retrieved on April 20, 2013
- ↑ Vienna Academy of Fine Arts: visiting professor for tapestry. Accessed on April 20, 2013
- ↑ Wild gardens on the grounds of the Ittingen Charterhouse. Accessed April 20, 2013
- ^ Kunsthalle Münster. Accessed on April 20, 2013
