Heidi Bucher

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Heidi Bucher born as Adelheid Hildegard Müller (born March 23, 1926 in Winterthur ; † 1993 in Brunnen ) was a Swiss artist whose interest lay in the exploration of architectural space and the body through sculptural interventions. Bucher attended the arts and crafts school in Zurich , where she studied with Johannes Itten and Max Bill , among others . Her work deals with private spaces, the body and individual and collective experiences.

Early work

Bucher's early works largely focus on the body. She moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s. There she worked with her then husband and artist Carl Bucher on the Landings to Wear and Bodyshells . These large-format, wearable works blur the line between sculpture and clothing. They were featured on the front page of Harper's Bazaar . An 8mm film shows the oversized foam bodyshells in action on Venice Beach . These were also shown in an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (now the Museum of Art and Design) in New York City and in April 1972 at the LACMA .

Later work

Heidi Bucher: Fliegender Hautraum (Ancestral House), approx. 1980–1982, Winterthur

In her later work, Bucher became increasingly interested in the relationship between the body and space. She used different textiles and liquid latex with which she poured various interiors and private and personal spaces. She called these casts molting .

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2016: Homage to Heidi Bucher and Carl Bucher, Kulturort Galerie Weiertal, Winterthur, CH
  • 2014: Swiss Institute Contemporary Art, New York, USA
  • 2014: Alexander Gray Associates, New York, USA
  • 2013: Freymond-Guth Fine Arts, Zurich, CH
  • 2013: Center Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
  • 2013: The Approach, London, UK
  • 2004: Heidi Bucher - Mother of Pearl, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH
  • 1995: Kunsthaus / Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, DE
  • 1993: Villa Bleuler, gallery in the White House, Winterthur, CH
  • 1993: And move yesterday into today: The skins from the Bellevue project , Art Museum Thurgau, CH
  • 1983: Skin rooms , Kunstmuseum Winterthur, CH
  • 1981: Rooms are shells are skins , Galerie Maeght, Zurich, CH
  • 1979: Parquet skin / Herrenzimmer / Mobili , Galerie Maeght, Zurich, CH
  • 1979: L'Objet préféré de l'artiste , Galerie Numaga, Auvernier, CH
  • 1977: Embalmings , Borg, Maeght Gallery, Zurich, CH
  • 1973: Bodywrappings , Esther Bear Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • 1972: Bodyshells , Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA
  • 1971: Soft Sculptures to wear , Museum of Contemporary Crafts (Happenings in conjunction with solo shows by Carl Bucher), New York, NY, USA
  • 1971: Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montréal (happening in connection with Carl Bucher's solo exhibition), CDN
  • 1958: Silkcollage , World House Galleries, New York, NY, USA
  • 1956: Collages, Suzanne Feigel Gallery, Basel, CH

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017: Viva Arte Viva , 57th Venice Biennale

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Estate of Heidi Bucher . Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Ane Bülow: Heidi Bucher at Freymond-Guth (review) . Recent Future Archive. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Bodyshells by Heidi Bucher . youtube.com. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
  4. ↑ prod-images.exhibit-e.com (PDF).
personal data
SURNAME Bucher, Heidi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Winterthur
DATE OF DEATH 1993
Place of death Fountain