Herbert Distel

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Herbert Distel (born August 7, 1942 in Bern , Switzerland ; has lived in Katzelsdorf near Vienna in Lower Austria since 2004 ) is a Swiss painter , object artist , filmmaker , video and sound artist . He is known for photo art, audiophonic work, conceptual art, and sculpture . He is the installer of the world-famous drawer museum .

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Herbert Distel spent his childhood in Bern and received his school and later his artistic training at the School of Applied Arts with a two-year visit to Fridolin Müller's graphics class . He traveled to Paris and studied lithography from 1963 to 1964 at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . After returning to Switzerland, he set up his studio in Bern. In the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the leading representatives of the Bern art scene. He was part of the independent artist group Bern 66 and took part in numerous exhibitions in the Bern art gallery and abroad.

In the mid 1960s he created corrugated iron - and board - reliefs and grappled with light and shadow. He also created large-format polyester sculptures .

In 1970 he created the Drawer Museum , which he worked on until 1977. The Museum of Drawers by Herbert Distel is the smallest museum of modern art in the 20th century, with works by over 500 artists. With his drawer museum he was in 1972 (at that time only 178 artists were represented in 20 drawers) participant of the Documenta 5 in Kassel in the department Museums of Artists .

From 1985 to 1987 he worked with film techniques and sought cooperation with the Polish directors Krzysztof Kieślowski and Edward Żebrowski . Distel had international success and received numerous video art awards in 1993 for the 18-minute video Die Angst Die Macht The Sorcerer's Apprentice's Pictures .

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SURNAME Distel, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss object and video artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern , Switzerland