Philip origin

Philip Ursprung (born January 21, 1963 in Baltimore ) is a Swiss art historian .

Origin studied art history, history and German in Geneva, Vienna and Berlin; In 1993 he received his doctorate from the Free University of Berlin . He completed his habilitation at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in 1999. From 2005 to 2011, Philip Ursprung was Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of Zurich . On February 1, 2011, Ursprung took over the professorship for the history of art and architecture at the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) at the ETH Zurich.

Awards

• Prix ​​Meret Oppenheim (2017)

Curated exhibitions (selection)

• 17 Volcanoes: Works by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Armin Linke, and Bas Princen , Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton, New Jersey and NUS Museum, Singapore, 2016–2018 (with Alexander Lehnerer)
• Gordon Matta-Clark and Anarchitecture: A Detective Story , Columbia University, New York, 2006 (with Mark Wigley and Wendy Owens)
• out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark , Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, 2003–2004 (with Mirko Zardini, Anthony Vidler, Mark Wigley, Marco de Michelis and Hubertus von Amelunxen )
• Herzog & de Meuron: Archeology of the Mind Exhibition , Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal, 2002–2003 (with Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron )

Publications

• The value of the surface. Essays on architecture, art and economics . gta Verlag, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-85676-366-4 .
• Contemporary art from 1960 to today . Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-59111-2 .
• Gordon Matta-Clark and the limits of architecture. In: David Gugerli, Michael Hagner, Philipp Sarasin , Jakob Tanner (eds.): Not knowing . (= After work. 5). Diaphanes, Berlin / Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-03734-089-9 .
• Herzog & de Meuron : Natural History . Lars Müller Publishers, Baden; Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal 2005, ISBN 978-3-03778-050-3 .
• Limits of Art: Allan Kaprow and the Happening, Robert Smithson and the Land Art. Schreiber, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-88960-046-8 .
• Criticism and Secession: "Das Atelier": Art criticism in Berlin between 1890 and 1897. Schwabe, Basel 1996, ISBN 978-3-7965-0998-8 .
• Art criticism. The longing for the norm. with Martina Sitt and with the assistance of Dieter Ronte . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-422-06089-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Philip Ursprung in the catalog of the German National Library
• Norbert Staub : Philip Origin: Art historical solitaire. ETH Zurich,accessed on July 27, 2011. 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Swiss Grand Prix Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim 2017 for Daniela Keizer, Peter Märkli and Philip Ursprung. Federal Office of Culture, May 2, 2017, accessed on May 18, 2017 . 
2. ^ Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA): 17 Volcanoes: Works by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Armin Linke, and Bas Princen. Retrieved July 19, 2020 . 
3. ^ Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA): out of the box: price rossi stirling + matta-clark. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .