Martin Gasser (art historian)

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Martin Gasser (born February 9, 1955 ) in Weinfelden is a Swiss photographer and scientist .

Life

Gasser completed his training as a scientific photographer at the ETH Zurich in 1978 and was an assistant at the Institute for Communication Technology at the ETH Zurich from 1981 to 1987. In 1986 he received the Federal Scholarship for Applied Arts and in 1988 the McCormick Fellowship from Princeton University . Gasser is the curator of the Swiss Photo Foundation .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • Rochester USA, MFA Gallery, Four Days. 1980
  • Rochester USA, MFA Gallery, Gwunder. 1980
  • Santos BR, Festival Musica Nova, House of Usher, stage design. 1983
  • São Paulo BR, Centro Cultural, The Street. 1983
  • Hofgeissner, Evangelical Academy, Magical Kingdom. 1984

Group exhibitions

  • 1982, Frauenfeld, Thurgau Art Collection, photography z. B. 1982
  • 1982, Kassel, Documenta 7. 1982

Fonts

  • Photographs. Hofgeissner, Evangelical Academy 1980.
  • With Ulrich Gasser and Rudolf Hanhart : Installation, sound space, music, St. Gallen, Kunstverein St. Gallen 1983.
  • 100 francs - and other stones, Hofgeissner, Evangelical Academy 1985.
  • Teikäwook, Weinfelden, Thurgauer Tagblatt 1987.

literature

  • Swiss Foundation for Photography (ed.): Photography in Switzerland from 1840 to today. Benteli, Bern 1992. (also French edition)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Martin Gasser on the website of the Bureau for the History of Photography in Bern.