Thomas Huber (artist)

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Thomas Huber (born July 14, 1955 in Zurich ) is a Swiss artist .

biography

Thomas Huber, artist speech in front of the picture Speech at school , 1983

From 1977 to 1978 Huber studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel under Franz Fedier, 1979 at the Royal College of Art in London, from 1979 to 1983 at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf (master class with Fritz Schwegler ). From 1992 to 1999 he held a professorship at the University of Fine Arts, Braunschweig. 1992 Temporary director of the Centraal Museum Utrecht, 2001 Art Museum, new installation of the permanent collection in the Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf with Bogomir Ecker. From 2000 to 2002 he was chairman of the German Association of Artists . Numerous awards, including the 1993 Prize for Young Swiss Art from the Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft and 2013 Prix Meret Oppenheim.

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Speech at school , 1983, oil on canvas, 220 × 320 cm, private collection, loan from the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, TH-1983-B-01
The Cabinet of Pictures, 2004, oil on canvas, 250 × 360 cm, Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, TH-2004-B-01
Maison pour quatre tableaux, villa Pictet, 2012, construction sign: acrylic on forex board, 12 parts, Mamco, Geneva, TH-2012-BS-05

Thomas Huber is an artist who brings text and image into context and speaks to his images. He implements his conception of images in the areas of painting, watercolor, drawing, object, printmaking, art in construction, artist speech and artist book. The picture Speech in the School shows the auditorium in the main building of the Düsseldorf Art Academy .

Awards

  • 1984: Prize from the Kiefer Hablitzer Foundation
  • 1985: Scholarship from the Art Fund, Bonn
  • 1987: Rheinbrücke (today Manor) Art Prize, Basel
  • 1989/1990: Award of the cultural group in the Federal Association of German Industry (BDI), Berlin
  • 1993: Prize for Young Swiss Art from the Zurich Art Society / Art Prize from Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
  • 1995: Lower Saxony Art Prize , Hanover
  • 1999: art multiple prize (today Cologne Fine Art & Antiques Prize), Cologne
  • 2005: Art Prize of the Heitland Foundation , Celle
  • 2013: Prix Meret Oppenheim, Bern

Important exhibitions

  • Thomas Huber. Pictures for everyone. Prints and multiples by Thomas Huber 1980–2018, Aarau: Aargauer Kunsthaus (2018).
  • Thomas Huber. The Red Frieze, Toulouse: Festival international d'art de Toulouse, L'Espace EDF Bazacle (2014).
  • Thomas Huber. Vous êtes ici. Thomas Huber est au Mamco, Geneva: Mamco, musée d'art moderne et contemporain (2012).
  • Thomas Huber. rauten sadig / la langueur des losanges, exhibition tour: Herford: MARTa Herford; Nîmes: carré d'art, musée d'art contemporain; Tübingen: Kunsthalle Tübingen (2008–2009).
  • Thomas Huber. The Cabinet of Pictures / Het Schilderkabinet, retrospective: Aarau: Aargauer Kunsthaus; Rotterdam: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen; Krefeld: Kaiser Wilhelm Museum and Lange House (2004–2005).
  • Thomas Huber. Huberville. Sonnez les matines, Rochechouart: Musée départemental d'art contemporain (2003).
  • Thomas Huber. Ringing bells / Laat der kokken luiden / Sonnez les martines, Brussels: Palais des Beaux-Arts; Zurich: Helmhaus Zurich; Wolfsburg: Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg (2000).
  • Thomas Huber. The bench. A moral concept / The scent of money, Utrecht: Centraal Museum Utrecht; Hanover: Kestner Society; Frankfurt am Main: Museum of Modern Art; Zurich: Kunsthaus Zurich (1991–1993).
  • Thomas Huber. The prehistory of pictures / La Préhistoire des Tableaux, Basel: Museum für Gegenwartskunst; Berlin: New Berlin Art Association; Friedrichshafen: Municipal Museum of Lake Constance, Münster: Westfälischer Kunstverein, Regensburg: Municipal gallery in an empty bag; Strasbourg: Les Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg (1987-1988).
  • Thomas Huber. Sept Lieux, Paris: Center Georges Pompidou, installation of all previous works as a reconstruction of their first exhibition locations (1988–1989).
  • Thomas Huber. A public bath for Münster, in: Skulptur Projekte Münster ´87, Münster: Domplatz and Westphalian State Museum for Art and Cultural History (1987).
  • Thomas Huber. The visit to the studio, Düsseldorf: Exhibition grounds Hall 13 in the exhibition from here (1984).

Work groups (selection)

The Red Frieze (2013–2014), Vous êtes ici (2012), Rauten Sadig (2005–2007), The Cabinet of Images (2004), Theoretical Images I and II (2001–2003; 2010–2011), Bells Ringing (1999 –2000), The Bank (1991–1993), The Library (1988), The Picture Storage / Opus (1988), The Wedding Feast (1985–1986), The Visit to the Studio (1984), Speech at School (1983), Speech on Creation (1982), Speech on the Flood (1982).

Artist books (selection)

  • Thomas Huber. Mesdames et Messieurs. Conferences 1982-2010. With a foreword by Stefan Kunz. Geneva: Mamco, 2012
  • Thomas Huber. diamonds sad / la langueur des losanges / sad facets. MARTa Herford (ed.); Kunsthalle Tübingen ; Musée d'Art Contemporain de Nîmes, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, 2008, [de, fr, en], Bielefeld / Leipzig: Kerber Verlag, 2008
  • Thomas Huber. The cabinet of images. Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, 2004; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2004; Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, 2005. Edited by Beat Wismer, contributions a. a. by Oskar Bätschmann, Baden: Lars Müller Publishers, 2004
  • Thomas Huber. The library in Aarau. Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau (Ed.), Baden: Verlag Lars Müller Publishers, 2003 (publications on the Aargau Art Collection)
  • Thomas Huber. Bells ringing / Sonnez les matines / The Peal of the Bellsc, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles; Helmhaus, Zurich; Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg (ed.), 2000
  • Thomas Huber. Location. Art Association Düsseldorf ; Ulm town hall , 1998–1999. Edited by Raimund Stecker. Düsseldorf: Richter Verlag, 1998
  • Thomas Huber. The studio. Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf, 1993. Darmstadt: Häusser Verlag, 1993
  • Thomas Huber. The picture. Texts 1980-1992. Edited by Carl Haenlein. Hanover, 1992
  • Thomas Huber. The smell of money. The bench. A moral concept. Centraal Museum Utrecht (ed.); Kestner Society, Hanover; Kunsthaus Zürich, conception: Thomas Huber, Ellen de Bruijne, Let Geerling. Darmstadt: Häusser Verlag, 1992
  • Thomas Huber. The prehistory of images / La préhistoire des tableaux. Public Art Collection Basel, Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Ed.), 1987; Les Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, 1988. Contributions by Jörg Zutter and Thomas Huber. Basel, 1987
  • Thomas Huber. Speech in the school ", Vista Point, Cologne, 1986, with 24 illustrations and 20 art picture slides

Works in collections (selection)

Paris: Center Pompidou, Aarau: Aargauer Kunsthaus, Darmstadt: Hessisches Landesmuseum, Geneva: Mamco, musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Lausanne: Musée cantonal des beaux-arts de Lausanne , Utrecht: Centraal Museum Utrecht, Wiesbaden: Museum Wiesbaden, Zurich : Kunsthaus Zurich.

Works as permanent facilities (selection)

Bern: Inselspital, Essen: Sparkasse Essen, Geneva: Bank Pictet, Remagen: Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Zurich: Zürcher Kantonalbank.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Chairwoman of the German Association of Artists since 1950 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 31, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de

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personal data
SURNAME Huber, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich