Michael Schirner

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Michael Schirner (born May 16, 1941 in Chemnitz ) is a German artist and communication designer as well as managing director of the Schirner Zang Institute of Art and Media GmbH.

Life

Schirner studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts (HFBK) with Max Bense , Max Bill , Bazon Brock and Kilian Breier . In 1968, when the students took to the streets to protest against capitalism and Schirner left the university after the scandal over his costume party without costumes, the artist went into advertising.

He was professor at the Karlsruhe University of Art and Design , the Faculty of Design , Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan, and the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, China, and he is honorary professor for communication design at the Bremen University of the Arts at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe (ZKM). Schirner teaches at the CAFA, Central Academy of Fine Arts Beijing, China, and the Faculty of Design, Kyushu University Fukuoka, Japan.

Schirner has been working with Kexin Zang, a Chinese artist and communication designer, since 2002. In 2011 she became managing director of the Schirner Zang Institute of Art und Media GmbH . In 2011 Schirner and Zang got married.

In 2012 his wife founded the Schirner Zang Foundation . The non-profit foundation promotes art and culture, science and research, education and training and the exchange between Europe and Asia.

Schirner is managing director of the Schirner Zang Institute of Art and Media GmbH and board member of the non-profit Schirner Zang Foundation . He is an honorary member of the Art Directors Club (ADC) for Germany and a member of the Hall of Fame for German Advertising .

Artistic creation

The artist and designer has always been committed to overcoming the boundaries between applied and free art. By equating advertising and art, the principle of radical reduction of image and text, making the invisible visible, working on the artist's self-abolition as an author, he renewed art and advertising. The author of “Werbung ist Kunst”, the bible of creatives, and curator of the exhibition “Art meets Ads” in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is considered “Germany's most successful creative”, “Pope of advertising” and “Beuys the advertising”.

The campaigns and projects of the creative director of the GGK advertising agency in Düsseldorf, Schirner's advertising and project agency , Institute for Art and Media GmbH, the current Schirner Zang Institute of Art and Media GmbH became the world-renowned, award-winning art form and shaped the style of generations. He and his creatives wrote advertising history for clients such as adidas , ARD and ZDF , Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall , Bayerische Vereinsbank , Beiersdorf , Berlin, Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen , Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation, Burda , Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel , Creme 21 , C&A , DER SPIEGEL , DGB , DIE ZEIT , Düsseldorf, ELLE, Munich Airport , GEZ , Gruner + Jahr , Henkel , Hugo Boss , IBM Germany , Jägermeister , Jugend forscht , KPMG, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg , Mannheimer Insurance , Margaret Astor , Nord / LB , Osram , Pfanni , Post, Ruhrgas AG , Schweppes , Servus, STERN , taz die tageszeitung , United Nations World Food Program , VDO Kienzle , vebacom / o.tel.o , Vitamalz , VOGUE , Volkswagen AG , Volkswagen Audi, WAZ , WDR , Zimbo .

Schirner's artistic work, which is shown in international museums and galleries, includes painting, photography, media art, installation and performance. In 2010, the House of Photography in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg presented the artist in a solo exhibition with his work from the BYE BYE media art series - the further development of his famous PICTURES IN OUR MINDS, a photo exhibition without photos - which took place in 2013 with outdoor installations at the world's largest photography festival in Toronto , Canada. The creator of his imaginary museums writes: “My art is not my work. You are the creator of your images in your head. I don't even exist. "

Works

  • Publication: Advertising is Art , Michael Schirner, Klinkhardt & Biermann, Munich 1988.
  • Publication: Michael Schirner BYE BYE , catalog book for the exhibition in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg, edited by Markus Peichl, Fern Verlag, Berlin 2010.
  • Solo exhibition: Kisuaheli neumix , Gallery Hans Mayer, 1988.
  • Solo exhibition: Pictures in our minds, Hamburger Messehallen, 1985.
  • Solo exhibition: BYE BYE , Deichtorhallen Hamburg, 2010.
  • PICTURES IN OUR MINDS , Outdoor Installation, Scotiabank CONTACT Photo Festival, Toronto, 2013:
  • Series of oil paintings: Lorem ipsum, 1993.

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Schirner, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art college professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz