Thomas Geiger (artist)

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Thomas Geiger (* 1983 in Lörrach ) is a German artist whose works range between performance , sculpture and language.

Life

Thomas Geiger studied 2004-2011 Free Art at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and Interdisciplinary Art at the Eesti Kunstiakadeemia in Tallinn. From 2010 to 2011 he was a master student of Meuser . Thomas Geiger lives in Vienna.

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Thomas Geiger: Bust Talk with Kifwebe, Kunsthalle Emden, 2019

In his artistic practice, Thomas Geiger uses performance , sculpture and language in diverse combinations. He creates fragmentary stage situations with which he often breaks the classic dividing lines between public, private and institutional space.

These minimal performance units are public spaces for the private, ephemeral spaces of memory and transitory monuments. By entering the stage, the secondary documents of subjective identity are briefly transformed into monuments. Little more than a recipe remains from the artist himself, the authorship takes a back seat.

In his performance series Bust Talks ( bust talks ) Geiger understands busts and masks as potential conversation partners, whose experiences and views can unfold new effects in the present. In his work, Festival of Minimal Actions, he gives new life to past actions and performances by other artists. And his long-term performance I want to become a millionaire reflects on the balancing act between artistic and economic production. Thomas Geiger is co-founder of Mark Pezinger Books, a publisher for artist books, and initiator of Kunsthalle3000 , an institution as an intervention in public space.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions and performances

  • 2016: Just Bretter (with Eric Hattan), Galerie Nicolas Krupp, Basel
  • 2018: The Festival of Minimal Actions , Despacio, San José
  • 2019: Bust Talk - Ernst Späth , curated by / Galerie Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna
  • 2019: Water Yump , Museum Tinguely & Deli Projects, Basel
  • 2019: The Great Relief, SPERLING, Munich
  • 2019: Heimersdorf shines , Simultanhalle , Cologne
  • 2019: Kunsthalle3000 , Kunstverein Langenhagen
  • 2019: Bust Talk - Kifwebe , Kunsthalle Emden
  • 2019: Bust Talk - Hans Kloepfer , Steirischer Herbst , Graz
  • 2019: El masestar en un espacio sin gravedad (with Javier Gonzalez Pesce), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago de Chile
  • 2020: Fallen , Putte, Neu-Ulm
  • 2020: Bust Talk - Ludwig van Beethoven , Wiener Festwochen
  • 2020: The Festival of Minimal Actions , Kunsthalle Wien
  • 2020: Bust Talk - Mutter , Klingental exhibition space , Basel
  • 2020: Money Talks , Steirischer Herbst , Graz

Publications (selection)

  • 2013: Pictures from the Thinking Machine , Mark Pezinger Books, Vienna
  • 2017: Bricks to Perform , Mark Pezinger Books, Vienna
  • 2020: Peeing in Public , Mark Pezinger Books, Vienna, ISBN 978-1-79211-826-5

Web links

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  • Sehl, Christoph: Thomas Geiger - Ephmere Memories, in: Monopol / Magazine for Art and Life (2017)
  • Hoffmann, Annette: Thomas Geiger - Stages for Coincidences, in: artline> (2017)
  • Derstroff, Karin: In the space, in the city, in the spirit, in: Donaukurier (2017)
  • Golling, Marcus: The Art of Falling and Jumping, in: Südwest Presse (2020)
  • Hinternesch, Miriam: Kiss me !, in: Monopol / Magazine for Art and Life (2020)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KISS: Thomas Geiger. Kunsthalle Wien, July 8, 2020, accessed on July 18, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Ephemeral memory spaces | Monopoly. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Bust Talk with Ludwig Van Beethoven. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Festival de Acciones Mínimas | Despacio. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  5. ↑ koga.cx: art and the city ::: Thomas Geiger (I want to become a millionaire, 2010/2012). Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  6. ↑ ThomasGeiger_PrivateMonuments. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (American English).
  7. ↑ Mark Pezinger - Thomas Geiger. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Mark Pezinger - Thomas Geiger. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Mark Pezinger Books: Mark Pezinger - Thomas Geiger. Retrieved July 18, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Ephemeral memory spaces | Monopoly. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  11. ↑ artline> Art Magazine · Thomas Geiger. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Ingolstadt: In Ingolstadt, Thomas Geiger proves how complex, clever and funny art can be. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  13. ↑ PressReader.com - Newspapers from around the world. Retrieved July 19, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Kiss me: In Vienna, artist Thomas Geiger examines intimacy. Retrieved August 14, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Geiger, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach