Harry Schaffer

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Harry Schaffer (born 1963 in Chur ) is a Swiss artist and interior designer who lives and works in Basel .

life and work

Schaffer grew up in Allschwil / BL and Olten / SO. In 1983 he graduated from high school. He then attended the arts and crafts school and completed an apprenticeship as a draftsman in Basel. After various study stays in the USA, he studied at the University of Design and Art in Basel. He completed his degree as Master of Design I Art & Innovation . Today Schaffer is the owner of an interior design studio and a planning company for sustainable projects in Basel.

Harry Schaffer positions himself with his works in the thematic areas of Land Art and Minimal Art . For many years he has been working with the Franco-German artist Wolf Warnke. His main themes are the circle and the square, on which he modulates and experiments in a wide variety of materials and sizes and in different locations around the world. His series of works ranges from brief interventions with natural materials to sculptures made of steel or granite. He deals with the environment and the proportions of the golden section, which are represented again and again in his works.

Schaffer has three daughters.

Works (excerpt)

  • Copper Circle. Roveredo (CH), 2018
  • Big circle. Roveredo (CH), 2017
  • Barbed Circle. Venice (IT), 2017
  • Red Cube. Roveredo (CH), 2016
  • Pyromid. Jamel (DE), 2016.
  • Man Circle. Roveredo (CH), 2016.
  • Rustico Circle. Roveredo (CH), 2016.
  • Desert Circle. Wonder Valley (USA), 2015.
  • Floating cube. Arlesheim (CH), 2015.
  • The deconstruction of perspective. Reillane (F) 2015.
  • The deconstruction of nothing. Arlesheim (CH), 2015.
  • from chaos to order. Arlesheim (CH), 2015.
  • two circles. Arlesheim CH 2015
  • Dehors. Olten (CH), 2012.
  • OPO LEGNO. LandArt installation. Opole (PL), 2012.
  • Focus. Arlesheim (CH), 2015.
  • Art on the Alp. Laax (CH), 2011.
  • Humus Park. Pordenone (IT), 2010.
  • Sorry. Reillanne (F), 2004.
  • 3 Cubes en Rouge coquelicot. Reillanne (F) 2002.
  • Project Le pont de Wattwiller. Wattwiler (F), 2001.
  • Sculpture for a porcelain company (CH), 1999.
  • Stone stele. Lötschental (CH), 1999.
  • Cinq colonnes. Reillanne (F), 1999.
  • Tree magic. City art project Basel (CH), 1998/1999.
  • Mongol pierre. Reillanne (F), 1998.
  • trou du Mistral. Reillanne (F), 1997.
  • 3 sisters. Arlesheim (CH), 1995.

Literature and publications

  • PERSONAL STRUCTURES Open Borders, Palazzo Mora. Palazzo Bembo Giardini Marinaressa, ISBN 978-90-826559-1-9
  • Chris van Uffelen: 500 X ART IN PUBLIC . Ed .: Braun. 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-098-8 .
  • Various articles in the media and press
  • Various art and exhibition catalogs

Exhibitions

  • 2017: Barbed Circle, in Venice (IT)
  • 2016: PYROMIDE , in Jamel (DE)
  • 2016: OpenArt , in Roveredo (CH)
  • 2015: OpenArt , in Roveredo (CH)
  • 2015: FLOATING CUBE , in the Ermitage in Arlesheim (CH)
  • 2014: Intervention art in construction , in Arlesheim (CH)
  • 2012: Participation in the international LandArt Meeting (PL)
  • 2012: Participation in the exhibition "DEHORS" - Art in the Forest, in Olten (CH)
  • 2012: FOCUS granite sculpture in Arlesheim (CH)
  • 2011: Group exhibition in Schönenwerd (CH)
  • 2010: Participation in the international LandArt Meeting in Pordenone (IT)
  • 2009: deschart at Igeho, Messe Basel (CH)
  • 2009: “Frames” intervention in the “Sculpture at Schoenthal” park in Langenbruck (CH)
  • 2008: Participation in the international "LandArt-meeting Pordenone" (IT)
  • 2006: Participation in the international "LandArt Festival Grindelwald" (CH)
  • 2005: Participation in the international "LandArt Festival Basel" (CH)
  • 2001: Participation in the "Fête de l'eau", sculpture exhibition in Wattwiller (F)
  • 1998: Basel Baumzauber project (CH)
  • 1993–2008: Various LandArt projects in Provence, together with the Franco-German artist Wolf Warnke: Group exhibition “L'art de Mai” in Reillanne F

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Barbed Circle - Isola di Sanservolo. Retrieved May 15, 2017 (American English).
  2. ↑ The memorial in Jamel takes a stand against the right. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ a b Pyromids against right hatred. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Pyromide is reminiscent of Brand. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Chris van Uffelen: 500 X ART IN PUBLIC . Ed .: Braun. 2011, ISBN 978-3-03768-098-8 .
  6. ↑ Personal Structures Open Borders. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 1, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.europeanculturalcentre.eu  
  7. ↑ BirsMagazin. Retrieved March 23, 2017 .
  8. ^ Barbed Circle - Isola di Sanservolo. Retrieved May 15, 2017 (American English).
  9. ^ Sculpture against xenophobia from the remains of the burned down barn in the "Nazi village" Jamel. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
  10. ↑ openArt. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 4, 2016 ; Retrieved November 4, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.openart.ch
  11. ↑ Open Art. Accessed November 4, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Floating Cube exhibition. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
  13. ↑ Hermitage. Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
  14. ^ Humus Park: International Land Art Meeting. Retrieved November 3, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Schaffer, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist and interior designer
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Chur