Roger Fayet

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Roger Fayet (* 1966 in Affoltern am Albis ) is a Swiss art historian , museum director and director of the Swiss Institute for Art Research .

Live and act

Fayet studied philosophy , art history and German-language literature at the University of Zurich , where he was awarded a Dr. phil. doctorate and habilitation in art history with Venia Legendi in 2016. From 1994 to 1999 he was assistant curator at the Johann Jacobs Museum in Zurich, and from 1999 to 2003 he headed the Museum Bellerive and the applied arts collection of the Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich. From 2003 to 2010 he was director of the Museum zu Allerheiligen in Schaffhausen . Since 2001 he has been teaching at the University of Zurich and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). For several years he served on the board of the Association of Museums in Switzerland (VMS), and from 2009 to 2015 he chaired the Swiss National Committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM). As an art theorist and art historian, he wrote articles on the aesthetics and art of the 20th century as well as on museology.

Since September 1, 2010, Fayet has been - as successor to Hans-Jörg Heusser - director of the Swiss Institute for Art Research in Zurich, and since 2017 he has been teaching at the University of Zurich.

Fonts

Monographs

  • Cleanings. From modern waste to post-modern compost. Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2003, ISBN 978-3-85165-604-6 (dissertation).
  • The logic of the museum. Contributions to museology . Here and now, Baden, AG 2015, ISBN 978-3-03919-371-4 .

As editor and co-author (selection)

Articles (selection)

  • Modern cleaning, post-modern composting. About a waste theory model and the actual signatures of two ages , in: Roger Fayet (ed.): Desire for purity or desire for dirt? Design concepts between clean and unclean, Passagen Verlag, Vienna 2003, pp. 15–40.
  • The return of waste. Recycling in Design , in: Kunstforum International 2003, Issue 167: Theories of Waste, pp. 96–105 [add. m. Peter Stohler ].
  • “Whether I speak or remain silent”. How the museum provides its things with meaning , in: Roger Fayet (ed.): In the land of things. Museological explorations, Verlag hier + now, Baden 2005, pp. 11–32.
  • Aesthetics of Unleashing. The Rhine Falls and Art , in: Roger Fayet (ed.): The Rhine Falls. Currents, tumults, reflections, Verlag hier + now, Baden 2006, pp. 196–247.
  • The vocabulary of things , in: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswwissenschaften 18 (2007), Issue 1: Historical Reality Construction and Artistic Design in Museums, pp. 7–31.
  • From the 'nirvana of purity' to the fecal jar. Un / purity and post / modern , in: Angelika Malinar, Martin Vöhler (ed.): Un / purity. Concepts and practices in a comparison of cultures, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 2009, pp. 251–277.
  • The waste and the museum , in: Anselm Wagner (ed.): Abfallmoderne. On the dirty edges of culture, LIT Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, pp. 199–213.
  • Georg Schmidt and the question of artistic values , in: RIHA Journal, No. 97 (September 26, 2014), http://www.riha-journal.org/articles/2014/2014-jul-sep/fayet-georg- schmidt .
  • Interpretation abstinence as a program. The new hanging of Tate Britain , in: Peter Schneemann (ed.): Paradigms of Art Consideration. Current positions in reception aesthetics and museum education, Verlag Peter Lang, Bern 2015, pp. 195–206.

Curated exhibitions (selection)

  • 2001 under water. Art in the Submarine , Museum Bellerive, Zurich.
  • 2002 Violence Pictures , Museum Bellerive, Zurich, and MuseumsQuartier, Vienna.
  • 2008 The Anatomy of Evil. A cut through body, morality and history , Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen.
  • 2009 The Praise of Folly. Attempt at an exhibition based on Erasmus von Rotterdam , Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen.

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personal data
SURNAME Fayet, Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss art historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Affoltern am Albis