Max Grüter

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Max Grüter (born July 3, 1955 in Adliswil ) is a Swiss artist .

Life

Grüter grew up in Horgen . In 1971 he attended the preliminary artistic course at the Zurich School of Applied Arts and trained as a graphic designer between 1972 and 1976. He then worked as an illustrator for various daily newspapers in Zurich and turned to other techniques such as performance, printmaking, sculpture, painting, drawing, photography and computer art. In the course of time he developed his own artistic visual language.

Since 1991, Grüter has been dealing with "art on the notebook". He is responsible for the design of the title page motif and the artistic support of the NZZ Folio , a publication of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . In 1995 he began to devote himself to 3D computer programs , which he learned self-taught. Since 1988 he has shown his work regularly in solo exhibitions and has participated in national and international group exhibitions. In 2004 he received the study and work grant from the Canton of Zurich.

Max Grüter lives and works in Zurich .

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In 1995, Max Grüter invented the term "free-dimensional" to describe his artistic concerns. It became the artist's trademark and indicates the openness of his works: in terms of the working technique, the subject matter and the presentation. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Max Grüter created figurative acrylic paintings, bronze sculptures to which wood, rubber or concrete elements were added, and styrofoam sculptures covered with epoxy resin. From 1999 the importance of digital design tools in Max Grüter's work increased. With image processing , computer animation and 3D modeling and by means of rapid prototyping , the artist makes use of digital design and manufacturing processes.

Work cycles

Max Grüter has been working on comprehensive motivic work cycles since the 1990s. Across the work cycles, Grüter created a fund of elements, motifs and prototypes over the years, which reappear modified in later work cycles. Space travel is one of Max Grüter's central fields of experimentation. The earliest work on this topic is a drawing from the early 1980s. With the "My Private Space Program" project, the artist created computer-animated astronauts, three-dimensionally modeled space travelers, cosmonaut sceneries produced using the grid method, and hand-modeled dowel rocket sculptures or digital photos in light boxes his private space program. For the cultural magazine Lettre International , Max Grüter designed an artist contribution in the 2003/04 winter edition: Over several pages he presents computer-generated images and conveys his own idea of ​​a space disco. Max Grüter's astronauts often show the artist's facial features and depict self-portraits.

Serial production

Starting in 1993, Max Grüter had model kits cast in bronze, and since 1997 he has been producing these in series from plastic. Based on model toy kits, Max Grüter constructs construction kits for gold bars, fruit bowls, guinea pigs or entire families. They suggest to art consumers the possibility of being creative and assembling prefabricated individual parts according to the artist's plan. From this time on, serial art production became more and more important in Max Grüter's work - be it in the production of sculptural multiples , digital prints or computer animations on DVD. In dealing with industrial production methods, the artist goes so far that he has consciously outsourced individual processes, for example to China, when producing his works of art. An important serial work by Grüters are the «Erdtaucher»: busts cast from concrete that emerge from the underground as a single figure or in a group and open up a site-specific dialogue.

Performative approach

Max Grüter repeatedly creates works in which the art consumer is included in the art production. An example of such a performative story, in which the art consumer completes the work of art with instructions from the artist, is the work “Bioplot” from 2007. The viewer takes on the role of the printer and reproduces a drawing by the artist which is projected onto an image carrier becomes. Since 1997, Max Grüter has also been creating instructions for making Christmas tree decorations or as suggestions for hiding Easter bunnies with his “DIY art”. Or he makes instructions for the production of a stencil with which the writing “Künstlerdruckbruch” can be sprayed on a wall or for a sign with the writing “Attention Figurative”, which can be produced according to instructions and attached as a marking to figuratively contaminated objects or situations . Individual instructions for “DIY art” are freely available on the artist's website. In 2006, Max Grüter sold his pre-produced drawing line on the running meter at a market stall under the title “Künstlerstrich”. With the acquired line, the buyer was able to complete the work of art according to his personal needs, for which Max Grüter takes full responsibility. In 2003, Max Grüter created the work of art “Crashtest for Favorite Objects”, a machine with the function of destroying the favorite pieces of art viewers. The favorite objects are clamped on a steel slide and then watched as they hit a collision plate with great acceleration and break.

Downloadable sculptures

Since 2003, Max Grüter has been placing specially created 3D sculptures on the Internet platform "3D Warehouse" using the computer . This is a freely accessible 3D data pool. All database users can make 3D sculptures freely available on the site - but others can also freely download them and use them with reference to the author. Objects like ships, cars, airplanes, buildings etc. Human representations are often missing or they are more rudimentary in shape compared to the objects. Taking this into account, Max Grüter conceived precisely these missing human figures and made them available on the Internet. Any further use of a 3D sculpture is a kind of artistic intervention. The "Art on the Net" campaign asks new locations to be explored. The outcome of the experiment cannot be foreseen. Some of the sculptures also bear the features of the artist, which gives him the opportunity to perform on the Internet himself.

Exhibitions and works in public spaces

Earth diver by Max Grüter in the Parc de Mon-Repos in Lausanne (2015)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1993: New work : Galerie Andy Jllien, Zurich (CH)
  • 1995: Freidimensional : Galerie Andy Jllien, Zurich (CH)
  • 1998: Prefabricated : IG-Halle, Rapperswil (CH)
  • 2000: EVA (extravehicular activity): Galerie Schedler, Zurich (CH)
  • 2001: EVA 2 : Galerie Schedler, Zurich (CH)
  • 2003: My Private Space Program : American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Washington (USA)
  • 2008: Attention figurative! : House for Art Uri, Altdorf (CH)
  • 2009: Max Grüter : Gluri Suter Huus, Wettingen (CH)
  • 2010: Par accident : Les Halles, Porrentruy (CH)
  • 2012: "Erdtaucher", "Kosmonautenherz" : Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf (DE)

Group exhibitions

  • 1984: Plastic : Kunsthaus Oerlikon, Zurich (CH)
  • 1991: So when does art get critical? : Helmhaus, Zurich (CH)
  • 2001: All Design: Life in weightless space : Museum of Design, Zurich (CH)
  • 2001: Top performance : Shed im Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld (CH)
  • 2003/04: Friendly Fire : Shedhalle, Frauenfeld / Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern / The Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland (CH, DE, NZ)
  • 2004: Swell : Kulturfonds, Horgen (CH)
  • 2005: Construction / Deconstruction : Allianz, Berlin (DE)
  • 2008: Beastly, when humans get on the dog : Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf (CH)
  • 2010: The most beautiful thing is the equilibrium shortly before it breaks down : Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf (CH)
  • 2011: The dream of flying : Gluri Suter Huus, Wettingen (CH)
  • 2011: Now art : Marzili Bad, Bern (CH)
  • 2012: Light sensitive : Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau (CH)
  • 2012: Meteorologies mentales - Collection Andreas Züst : Center culturel suisse, Paris (FR)
  • 2013: Showroom : Kunsthalle Luzern, Luzern (CH)
  • 2014: Mission O-14 : Ostrale'012, Dresden (DE)
  • 2016: DALL'ALTRA PARTE - with contemporary art on the San Gottardo : House for Art Uri, Altdorf / straw barrack, Göschenen / Fondazione Sasso San Gottardo, Gotthard-Passhöhe (CH)

Works in public space

  • 1997: Tankmal : advertising agency Gray, Düsseldorf (D)
  • 2008: Boy's dream : House for Art Uri, Altdorf (CH)
  • 2009: Himmelsruderer : Kulturfonds Horgen (CH)
  • 2011: Magic word : Gurtis, Vorarlberg (AT)
  • 2014: Everyday acrobat : Glattbrugg (CH)
  • 2015: Menhir under construction : Horgen (CH)
  • 2016: Springinsfeld : Möhlin (CH)

Publications

  • Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , Exhib. Cat. "Max Güter. Attention Figurative!", House for Art Uri, Altdorf, 13.9. - 23.11.2008, with contributions by Lisa Parks, Karlheinz Pichler and Barbara Zürcher, ed. by Stephan Witschi [et al.], Zurich: Edition Stephan Witschi, 2008.
  • Construction / deconstruction. Frederik Foert. Max Grüter , exhib. Cat. Kunstallianz 1 Berlin, 26.8. - 30.10.2008, Berlin: Allianz Versicherungs-AG, 2005.
  • Friendly fire. Stefan Demary. Max Grüter. Euan Macdonald. Ben Morieson. Roman Signer , exhib. Cat. Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 16.1. - 14.3.2004, with contributions by Britta E. Buhlmann and Leonhard Emmerling, Bielefeld: Kerber, 2004.
  • Replenishment 01. Roland Adlassnigg (A). Ines Agostinelli (A). Bella Angora (A). Com & Com (CH). Christian Falsnaes (DK). HR Fricker (CH). Max Grüter (CH). Oliver Hangl (A). Herbert Meusburger (A). Norbert Möslang (CH). Victorine Müller (CH). Rudolf Tschudin (CH) , exh. Cat. ÖBB-Remise, Feldkirch, 18.6. - 4.7.2004, Bregenz: artCore, 2004.
  • Space disco ; in: "Lettre International: Europe's culture newspaper", Berlin: Lettre International, No. 100, spring 2013.
  • Max Grüter. Fuel station , exh . Cat. Advertising agency Gray, Düsseldorf, 18.11. - 30.11.1997, text by Marco Füchslin, Düsseldorf: advertising agency Gray, 1997.
  • Ex and other sculptures by Max Grüter , text by Alexandre-Michel Hoster, Zurich: Edition Herbszt, 1991.
  • Stefanie Kasper: Grüter, Max . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 63, Saur, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23030-1 , p. 419.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 133.
  2. ↑ Stefanie Kasper: Max Grüter. In: SikArt. Lexicon of Art in Switzerland , 5.8.2015.
  3. ^ Karlheinz Pichler, Serial machinations . In: Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, pp. 9-10.
  4. ↑ Stefanie Kasper: Max Grüter. In: SikArt. Lexicon of Art in Switzerland , 5.8.2015.
  5. ^ Karlheinz Pichler, Serial machinations . In: Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, pp. 9-10.
  6. ↑ Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 21.
  7. ↑ Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 55.
  8. ^ Karlheinz Pichler, Serial machinations . In: Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 13.
  9. ^ Karlheinz Pichler, Serial machinations . In: Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 10.
  10. ↑ Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, pp. 89-91.
  11. ↑ Stefanie Kasper: Max Grüter. In: SikArt. Lexicon of Art in Switzerland , August 5, 2015.
  12. ^ Karlheinz Pichler, Serial machinations . In: Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 12.
  13. ↑ Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, pp. 75, 85.
  14. ^ Karlheinz Pichler, Serial machinations . In: Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 10.
  15. ↑ Max Grüter. Houston, I am a problem! , 2008, p. 127.
personal data
SURNAME Grüter, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd July 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Adliswil