Hans Peter Riegel

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Hans Peter Riegel (born November 22, 1959 in Düsseldorf ) is a Swiss author , conceptual artist , filmmaker , photographer and art director . As an author he also signs with HP Riegel.

Hans Peter Riegel

Life

Riegel grew up in Düsseldorf, where he studied visual communication , photography and philosophy . During his studies, he was Jörg Immendorff's assistant and private secretary from 1979 to 1982 and his partner in projects from 1983 to 1986. After completing his studies and a longer stay in New York, he ended his work at Immendorff, but remained connected to him as his advisor and photographic biographer.

In 1984 Hans Peter Riegel started working in the advertising industry as a creative at the Swiss advertising agency GGK in Düsseldorf. Later he also worked for GGK Basel. First he worked as an art director, then as a copywriter . He became creative director , managing director and partner in other advertising agency groups including BBDO and Publicis .

In the mid-1990s, Hans Peter Riegel left the advertising industry to become a management consultant . He developed projects in the field of new media , advised computer, internet, fashion and entertainment companies as well as cultural projects.

Hans Peter Riegel lives in Zurich .

Act

Hans Peter Riegel won the German Printing Prize in 1984, now Berliner Type, and was a member of the jury of the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival in 1993 .

In 2010 Hans Peter Riegel published a biography on Jörg Immendorff , Immendorff - Die Biographie and in 2013 a biography on Joseph Beuys , Beuys - Die Biographie , which sparked controversy.

In addition to his work as an author, Riegel also deals with conceptual art , video art and photography, he also develops materials for film and TV projects.

From 2002 to 2008, Hans Peter Riegel carried out an art project called SIS.TM that dealt critically with the socialization of individuals on the Internet.

Since 2014 Riegel has been exhibiting conceptual art and photography again.

In 2016 he produced the documentary MEL. THE OTHER LIFE , which had its cinema premiere in February 2017, for which he wrote the script, directed and also wrote songs. The feature film DRIFTED followed in summer 2017 , for which Riegel was again responsible for the script, direction and music. DRIFTED is the first feature film produced in Switzerland that was filmed exclusively with a smartphone .

Awards

(Selection)

  • 1984 German Druckschriften Prize in gold
  • 1984 German Printing Prize, Honorary Prize from the Berlin Senate
  • 1990 Golden Cube, Art Directors Club Switzerland

Works

  • Beuys. The biography , documents, new edition, Riverside Publishing, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3952496121 .
  • Beuys. The Biography , Volume 2, new edition, Riverside Publishing, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3952482452 .
  • Beuys. The Biography , Volume 1, new edition, Riverside Publishing, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3952482414 .
  • About Art , Riverside Publishing, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3952482445 .
  • DRIFTED , feature film , Switzerland 2017.
  • THE BUNNY , 2 Archival Pigment Prints, solo exhibition 1Blick, Hallein 2017
  • MEL. THE OTHER LIFE , documentary, Switzerland 2017.
  • Beuys. The biography . Structure, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-351-02764-3 .
  • SOME , photographs, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-033-03325-2 .
  • 2010 , photographs, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-033-03324-5 .
  • Immendorff - Die Biographie , Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-351-02723-0 .
  • Image , Lexicon for Contemporary Art, Biel 2010, ISBN 978-3-7212-0734-7 .
  • Flickering Subjects , SIS.TM , Texts, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-033-01005-9 .
  • Flickering Subjects I-VIII , SIS.TM, 8 video films, Zurich, 2002, 2008.
  • FF bringsts V , Düsseldorf 1995.
  • FF bringsts IV , with Jörg Immendorff, Hamburg 1986.
  • FF bringsts III , with Jörg Immendorff, Düsseldorf 1985.
  • FF bringsts II , with Jörg Immendorff, Düsseldorf 1984.
  • FF bringsts I , with Jörg Immendorff, Munich 1983.
  • The world issue of the Brandenburg Gate , documentary video, Düsseldorf 1983.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Frühhreifer", Sarah Rieder, conversations with 100 personalities in the communications industry, Werbe Woche, Zurich 1992, p. 31
  2. ↑ "Polarizing like good advertising", Ingeborg Trampe on Hans Peter Riegel, Horizont, issue 22/1996, May 31, 1996, p. 14
  3. ^ "The brand as a sign of the individualized consumer", Hans Peter Riegel in "Ideas Economy - 20 Theses on the Future", Frankfurt 1996, p. 53
  4. ↑ "Visually irrelevant and overloaded with content", contribution by Hans Peter Riegel, Cannes-Juror 1993, Horizont, issue 26/1993, June 28, 1993, p. 9
  5. ↑ Swantje Karich: Artists, be nice to people! In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 2, 2010.
  6. ↑ Ulrike Knöfel: Kunstborn In: Der Spiegel, May 13, 2013.
  7. ↑ Hans-Joachim Müller: The lies of the century artist Beuys. In: Die Welt, May 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ Christof Siemes: Conjecture about Jupp. A new Beuys biography puts the artist into the brown twilight. In: Die Zeit No. 22, May 23, 2013.
  9. ↑ Beuys was never a Völkischer In: Klaus Staeck in conversation with Friedbert Meurer , Deutschlandfunk , May 21, 2013.
  10. ^ Eva Bambach: Who or what does the new Beuys biography reveal? / Beuys-Bashing - Part 2 In: SciLogs, Spectrum of Science, May 15/10. July 2013.
  11. ^ Eduard Beaucamp: Dr. Steiner already knew everything In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 11, 2013.
  12. ↑ Lexicon on Art in Switzerland: [1]
  13. ↑ Lexicon on Art in Switzerland: [2]
  14. ^ Art collection of the Canton of Zurich: [3]
  15. ↑ Carmen Rothard: [4] In: Tagesanzeiger, July 15, 2017.
  16. ↑ https://www.1blick.org/einblick/magicon2017/riegel_2017.html
personal data
SURNAME Riegel, Hans Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riegel, HP; HP
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf