Hanswalter Graf

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Hanswalter Graf
Hanswalter Graf 2009 in Hanover

Hanswalter Graf (born March 19, 1961 in Oberdiessbach ) is a Swiss conceptual artist .

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Graf grew up in Thun and attended the teachers' seminar in Spiez from 1976 to 1981 . From 1986 to 1993 he studied integration art and architecture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Christian Megert . At this time he also began his studies on buildings and urban development projects with social and sculptural aspects, such as Shigeru Ban or Rural Studio.  

In the mid-1990s, Graf decided to concentrate exclusively on realizing projects in public spaces. Since then, the focus has been on architectural, spatial or social collaborations with the respective users or other groups. They are long-term projects that extend over months or even over several years. The projects are often commissioned by municipalities, schools, companies, associations and occasionally also from art and construction processes.

Under Graf's guidance, art becomes a form of action. He wants to encourage those involved to actively intervene in their environment and change it. The implemented projects are tailored to the specific context in each case and are therefore very different: installations and wall paintings, backdrops, street signs or advertising, markings, pictures, bartered objects, vehicles, but also architectural elements or small buildings.

Kunsthaus Steffisburg, 2014
Bauhausen, 2012
Bauhausen, 2012

Projects (selection)

  • Lockheed, Geneva, 1999
  • Marker, Thun, 1999-2004
  • The visitor, Düsseldorf, 2005–2008
  • Tanner & Holzer, Ballenberg, 2006–2007
  • réservé, Thun, 2007–2009
  • Tecan Tuning, Salzburg, 2008
  • Sweden Quick Alhambra, Canada, USA, 2009
  • Kosmos Salzgitter, Salzgitter-Bad, 2009
  • U-16, Hilterfingen, 2010
  • Bauhausen, Hausen am Albis, 2011–2012
  • Spiez propeller, Spiez, 2011–2016
  • ToMA, Taxi of Modern Art, Amriswil, 2011–2016
  • Get ready, City of Zug, 2013
  • Kunsthaus Steffisburg, municipality of Steffisburg, 2013–2015
  • Chevrolet, Basel, 2014
  • Plan B, Nidau, 2015–2018
  • Little Big Boca, Buenos Aires, 2017
  • Dog Zwilch Girly, Zurich, 2018

Awards

  • 1987 Aeschlimann Corti scholarship
  • 1989 studio grant Scuol, BINZ 39
  • 1991 Travel grant Rome, Art Academy Düsseldorf
  • 2006 Art Prize of the City of Thun
  • 2009 Canada / USA travel grant, Canton of Bern
  • 2017 studio grant Buenos Aires, city conference culture

literature

  • Roderick Hönig, Brita Polzer, Hanswalter Graf (eds.): The visitor. Stämpfli Verlag, Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-7272-1249-9
  • Primary school Räumli, Hanswalter Graf: The most animal library in Europe. Simowa Verlag, Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-908152-41-5
  • Brita Polzer (Ed.): The side stories become the main stories. In: Art and Village - Artistic Activities in the Province. Scheidegger & Spiess Verlag, Zurich 2013, ISBN 978-3-85881-400-5 , pp. 76-89
  • Edith Krebs: Hanswalter Graf - A self-made art house. In: Art Bulletin. 11/2008, pp. 34-41.
  • Hubertus Adam: Hanswalter Graf: Tanner & Holzer. In: Archithese. 1/2008, pp. 76-77.
  • Roderick Hönig: scented brands for the school building. In: When art and construction meet. Special issue from Hochparterre. 8/2004, pp. 14-15.
  • Brita Polzer: Thinking about art in architecture differently . In: Swiss Art. 1/2004, pp. 15-19.
  • Andreas Fiedler: Art and construction - a field of tension. Bern, Stämpfli Verlag 2001, p. 78 / p. 177-179 / p. 182. ISBN 3-7272-9412-4

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personal data
SURNAME Count, Hanswalter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberdiessbach