Sabine Schaschl

Sabine Schaschl (* 1967 in Klagenfurt ) is an Austrian art historian and curator of exhibitions on contemporary art and classical modernism. She is the director of the Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich .

Career

Sabine Schaschl studied art history from 1988 to 1996 at the University of Vienna. From 1995 to 1996 she was a research assistant at the “6. Triennial Small Sculpture. Europe - East Asia ”, from 1996 to 1997 in the same position at the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Vienna . In 1997 she was the Austrian curator of the 2nd Biennale in Cetinje / Montenegro and from 2000 to 2003 freelance curator (Living and working in Vienna / Kunsthalle Wien; Urban Diaries: Young Swiss Art).

From 1999 to 2001 Sabine Schaschl headed the Shed in Eisenwerk, Frauenfeld , from 2001 to 2013 the Kunsthaus Baselland in Muttenz , and since 2013 she has been director and chief curator at the Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich.

In her exhibitions she deals with socially relevant topics ( Dada different , On the Metaphor of Growth , Cooling Out: On the Paradox of Feminism ). In solo exhibitions she presents internationally known artists such as u. a. William Kentridge, Etel Adnan, Cerith Wyn Evans, Marlow Moss, Tomás Saraceno, Alicja Kwade, Carlos Bunga, Omer Fast, Javier Téllez , Laurent Grasso and Gal Weinstein .

Schaschl belongs to numerous juries and commissions in Switzerland and abroad. Since 2014 she has been a member of the Art Commission City of Zurich Culture - Fine Arts, as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Christina Spoerri Foundation in Reinach / Basel. She is the author and editor of scientific publications on contemporary art.

She has received several awards for her curatorial work, including a. 2013 the Award Landis & Gyr, London, 2010 the Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres , Republic of France, 2009 the Federal Prize for Art Spaces, Federal Office of Culture , Bern and 2007 the Swiss Art Award: Federal Prize for Art and Art Art education, Federal Office for Culture, Bern.

Curated exhibitions (selection)

Museum Haus Konstruktiv

• 2020: Otto Piene - The sun is getting closer ; Brigitte Kowanz - Lost under the Surface
• 2019: Concrete present - now there is always a bit of yesterday and tomorrow (group show including works by Otto Berchem and Amalia Pica, Vanessa Billy, Stefan Burger, Jose Dávila, Svenja Deininger, Lara Favaretto, Fernanda Gomes, Diango Hernández, Herbert Hinteregger, Wyatt Kahn, Timo Nasseri, Michael Riedel, Walid Raad, David Renggli, Esther Stocker, Katja Strunz, Superflex, Sofie Thorsen); Olivier Mosset - TUTU ; Kirstine Roepstorff - EX CAVE ; Zurich Art Prize - Leonor Antunes ; 100 years of Bauhaus - Roman Clemens from the collection
• 2018: Alicja Kwade LinienLand ; Imi Knoebel - Good morning, white kitten ; Robin Rhode - a plan of the soul ; Museum of Desires - Zurich concrete items from Swiss collections
• 2017: Tomás Saraceno Aerosolar Journeys ; Jürg Stäuble Being more than a system ; Cerith Wyn Evans ; Marlow Moss A Forgotten Maverick
• 2016: Zurich Art Prize : Nairy Baghramian ; Think outside the box. The Museum Haus Konstruktiv collection (1986–2016) and guest interventions ; Dada different : Sophie Taeuber-Arp , Hannah Höch , Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven ; Ulla von Brandenburg Sometimes yes, sometimes no
• 2015: Etel Adnan - La joie de vivre ; Zurich Art Prize : Latifa Echakhch ; William Kentridge - The Nose ; Carlos Bunga - I am a Nomad ; Vera Molnár - (dis) order. (Dés) Ordre
• 2014: Zurich Art Prize : Haroon Mirza; Logical Emotion: Contemporary Art from Japan ; Tobias Putrih - Solar Limb
• 2013: Zurich Art Prize : Adrián Villar Rojas
• 2013: Hans Jörg Glattfelder - What is the case

Kunsthaus Baselland

• 2013: Laurent Grasso Disasters and Miracles ; Christopher Orr Light Shining Darkly ; Lydia Gifford siding
• 2011: Gal Weinstein Demonstrating presence ; On the Meataphor of Growth (with Peter Buggenhout, Sylvie Fleury, Marc Boulos, Tue Greenfort, Michel Blazy, San Keller, Julika Rudelius); Vanessa Billy We dissolve
• 2010: Group exhibition : Sun Xun, Yang Fudong , Mireille Gros; Group exhibition: Lorna Macintyre, Laurent Montaron, Pascale Grau; Laurent Montaron pace
• 2009: Golden Agers & Silver Surfers: On Age and Aging in Contemporary Art (with Miwa Yanagi, Bruno Jakob, Gitte Villesen, Julika Rudelius, Keren Cytter, Manuel Graf); Omar Fast; Basim Magdy; Javier Téllez
• 2006: Midnight Walkers (with Sâadane Afif, Delphine Coindet, Annelise Coste, Sylvie Fanchon, Sylvie Fleury, Amy Granat, Mathieu Mercier, Olivier Mosset, Markus Müller, Florence Paradeis, Frédéric Post, Didier Rittener, Alain Séchas)
• 2005: Space Invaders - a discussion about painting, space and its hybrids (with John Armleder, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Shaun Gladwell, Lori Hersberger, Stéphane Calais, Toby Paterson)

Editorships (selection)

• Olivier Mosset , Sabine Schaschl (eds.), Snoeck-Verlag, Cologne ISBN 978-3-86442-295-9
• Alicja Kwade . LinienLand , Sabine Schaschl (Ed.), Modern Art Publishing House, Vienna
• Concrete present , Sabine Schaschl (ed.), Verlag für modern art, Vienna
• Concrete present , Sabine Schaschl (ed.), Verlag für modern art, Vienna
• Imi Knoebel . Good morning white kitten , Sabine Schaschl (Ed.), Hatje Cantz, Berlin 2018 ISBN 978-3-7757-4486-7 .
• Tomás Saraceno - Aerosolar Journeys, Museum Haus Konstruktiv / Wilhelm-Hack-Museum (Ed.), Walther König, Cologne 2017
• Juerg Stäuble. Be more than a system , Sabine Schaschl (Ed.), Hatje Cantz, Berlin 2017 ISBN 978-3-7757-4299-3 .
• Marlow Moss. A Forgotten Maverick , Sabine Schaschl (ed.), Hatje Cantz, Berlin 2016 ISBN 978-3-7757-4300-6 .
• Christian Herdeg. Lyrical Minimalism , Wienand, Cologne 2016 ISBN 978-3-86832-365-8 .
• Bernd Ribbeck - Radiance and Ecstasy , with René Zechlin, Distance Verlag, Berlin 2015 ISBN 978-3-95476-166-1 .
• Think outside the box . Haus Konstruktiv Collection (1986–2016) and guest interventions , Hatje Cantz, Berlin, 2015 ISBN 978-3-7757-4225-2
• Etel Adnan - La joie de vivre , Verlag Walther König, 2015 Cologne.
• William Kentridge - The Nose , Walther König, Cologne 2015 ISBN 978-3-86335-771-9 .
• Logical Emotion - Contemporary Art from Japan , Snoeck, Cologne 2014 ISBN 978-3-86442-107-5 .
• Florian Dombois - Angeschlagene Moderne , The Green Box, Berlin 2014 ISBN 978-3-941644-68-7
• Vera Molnar - (dis) order. (Dés) Ordre , Kerber, Bielefeld 2014 ISBN 978-3-86678-969-2 .
• Hans Jörg Glattfelder - What is the case , Wienand, Cologne, 2013 ISBN 978-3-86832-181-4 .
• Adrián Villar Rojas - Films Before Revolution , The Green Box, Berlin 2013 ISBN 978-3-941644-63-2 .

Fonts

• with Peter Zimmermann : Scandal: Art , Springer Verlag, Heidelberg, Vienna, New York, 2000

Web links

• Literature by and about Sabine Schaschl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry in base Vienna
• “Courageous sponsors are unfortunately in short supply”. In: TagesWoche from September 19, 2013
• Sabine Schaschl at kunstbulletin .
• Concrete art is stimulating , Tages-Anzeiger, July 2016
• The potential of the house Konstruktiv. What does “concrete” actually mean for us today? , NZZ, February 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Review: Art Scandals. Limited shelf life. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from September 15, 2000