Ueli Berger

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Ulrich Christian “Ueli” Berger (born May 7, 1937 in Bern ; † November 8, 2008 there) was a Swiss artist , product designer , interior designer and university professor. He was married to Susi Berger ; together the artist and designer couple were known as Susi and Ueli Berger .

Life and work

Ueli Berger was born in Bern in 1937 in an art-loving family. His mother Hedwig Berger-Meienberg was a photographer, his father Hermann Berger a master painter and his grandfather Alois Meienberg a painter.

Between 1953 and 1956 he completed an apprenticeship as a painter with Werner Thomet. In 1958 he began to attend courses at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Bern, where he met Susi Berger (then Wyss). In 1960 he began training in furniture design, design and interior design with a traineeship with Hans Eichenberger , who had a strong influence on the beginning of Ueli Berger's career. Between 1965 and 1969 he was head of the design and development department at Troesch in Bern.

From the mid-1960s onwards, he was also active as an artist, took part in various art exhibitions and was a member of the avant-garde group “Bern 66”. In the course of his work he was able to realize many solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad. His works include installations , objects, photomontages and works on paper. His oeuvre was multidisciplinary and repeatedly crossed the boundaries between architecture and design.

Ueli Berger began his artistic work in the tradition of constructivism and over time developed a more experimental approach. He dealt with topics of light, movement and the interaction between surface and space. From the beginning of the 1970s, he carried out overall artistic designs for buildings and public spaces, as well as interventions on demolition objects. In his installations, objects in public space often served as a starting point, such as the sculpture for pedestrians that was designed for the 8th sculpture exhibition in Biel (1986).

In his work as a designer - especially as a furniture designer - a clear development in his approach to work can be seen between his earlier and later works. At the beginning he was still committed to the so-called " good form " with its functional and economic design thinking, over time he developed a more playful, pleasurable design approach, which also characterizes the lifelong collaboration with his wife Susi Berger.

In 1970 he started his own business as an artist and designer. In the course of his career, Ueli Berger developed close cooperation with various universities. He was co-founder of the free art class at the School of Design in Bern, where he taught from 1978 to 1993. In addition, between 1982 and 1986 he had a teaching position for sculptural design at the ETH Zurich . Finally, from 2001 to 2002 he taught at the École cantonale d'art du Valais in Sierre.

Life and collaboration with Susi Berger-Wyss

See also: Susi and Ueli Berger

Ueli and Susi Berger met at the arts and crafts school in Bern and married in 1962. The couple has three children (* 1963, * 1964, * 1967).

In parallel to their own art and design projects, Ueli and Susi Berger have developed joint projects throughout their lives. Their collaboration was multidisciplinary and spanned design, art, graphics, construction art, public art and handicrafts . A precise point in time for the start of the collaboration cannot be defined. From the start, their relationship was characterized by a lively exchange of ideas. From the beginning of the 1960s this led to close and fruitful collaboration in the design of furniture and from the 1970s to joint interventions on buildings and in public spaces. The collaboration has resulted in the drafting and production of iconic works - especially in the area of ​​furniture design.

Works (selection)

See also: Susi and Ueli Berger

art

Installations
  • Installation from the exhibition “Ueli Berger. Installations 1966–2006 »at the Kunsthaus Langenthal , 2006 (Peter and Elisabeth Bosshard Collection, Rapperswil)
  • 1966–1967: chair
  • 1972: Risse , room installation in the exhibition "Giovane Arte Svizzera", Rotonda di Milano
  • 1980: Real water music
  • 1980: Horizont , installation in the Bob Gysin gallery, Zurich
  • 1982: Nature morte
  • 1984: The world in color
  • 1984–2006: Homage to Piero Manzoni
  • 1987: Is It Too Early To Think It Is Too Late ?
  • 1991-2006: uncoloured
  • 1992-2005: camp
  • 1999: room strings
  • 1999-2006: Supposition III
  • 2000-2005: Drumming
  • 2001: Supposition I
  • 2001: boat
  • 2001-2006: Supposition II
  • 2004–2006: continuous drawing (homage to Piero Manzoni)
  • 2004–2006: Supposition IV (children's room)
Sculptures, objects
  • 1967: Symptom II , Kunsthaus Aarau
  • 1967/1968: Symptom V
  • 1969–1970: Symptom , 5th sculpture exhibition in Biel
  • 1970: block
  • 1972: Oil on canvas
  • 1976: Hill cut , Gockhausen Collection, Zurich
  • 1976: 3-D pallet , Peter Friedli Collection, Bern
  • 1977: Bloc Notes , private collection, Friborg
  • 1982: slaughterhouse
  • 1983: happiness as a painter
  • 1997: Twins , Peter and Elisabeth Bosshard Collection, Rapperswil
Photomontages
  • 1972: Rotonda di Milano
  • 1972: bridge
  • 1970-1972. Documents
  • 1975: security
  • 1975: Hill cut
  • 1975: Landscape rope
  • 1978: landscape rope
Micro - macro
  • 1996-2004: Microphotographs: among others point blue (2002), point red (2002), point yellow (2002) and drawing (2002)

Car windshields and rubber sculptures

  • 1988: Fluke
  • 1988: Unak , Peter and Elisabeth Bosshard Collection, Rapperswil
  • 1988: myop
  • 1988: Vredestin
  • 1989: Mask , Peter and Elisabeth Bossahard Collection, Rapperswil
  • 1988/1989: rubber sign
  • 1989: LUV , Kunstmuseum Bern
  • 1989: Schild , Seedamm-Kulturzentrum, Pfäffikon SZ
  • 1989: duplex
  • 1990: Big boat
  • 1991: interdependence
  • 1991: Very similar to II
  • 1992: Ground pressure , exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern

Art in public space

  • 1970: playground sculpture school building Melchenbühl Gümligen b. Bern
  • 1972: Erdschnitte (Land Art project)
  • 1972–1989: Reversing staircase , Thun , Progymatte secondary school
  • 1972–1989: Recipient , Zollikon, Foundation Dr. Hans King
  • 1973/1975: car grasses , parking lot project for Bern
  • 1975: PH-PH , 6th Swiss sculpture exhibition, Biel
  • 1977: Bio-logical sculpture , Bern Zoo
  • 1979–1980: Jura , Biel, Center PasquArt
  • 1979–1980 Standpunkt , Basel Grün 80, Brüglingen-Park
  • 1982: Homage to the Milchgässlli , Kunstmuseum Bern and Bahnhofplatz Bern
  • 1983: Art sin tumas , Domat / Ems
  • 1983: Cotton candy gate , for the reopening of the Bern Art Museum
  • 1984: Boomerang , in the reception hall of Création Baumann, Langenthal
  • 1985–1986: Grosser Chribel , Bern, Die Mobiliar
  • 1986: Backbone , Bern, Waldau Psychiatric Clinic
  • 1986: Sub-sculptures , for the open-air exhibition “Merkzeichen / Repères” in Valais
  • 1986: Sculpture for pedestrians , 8th sculpture exhibition in Biel
  • 1988–1991: Boot , Neuchâtel, Musée d'art et d'histoire; Pfäffikon (SZ), Seedamm cultural center; Rapperswil, art (stuff) house ; Risch-Rotkreuz, secondary school
  • 1989–1996: Ring , Lucerne, Swiss Museum of Transport
  • 1992: Sphere - Shadow - Volume , Aarau Cantonal Hospital
  • 1993–1995: Raumellipse , Bern, State Chancellery
  • 1995: Genezareth

design

  • 1967 Soft Chair , Victoria-Werke AG, Baar; Susi and Ueli Berger
  • 1968 Multi-Soft , Victoria-Werke AG, Baar; Susi and Ueli Berger
  • 1969 bathtub deluxe , Troesch & Co., Bern
  • 1970 cloud lamp , sales since 2002 Wohnbedarf Basel; Susi and Ueli Berger
  • 1972 5-minute chair , unique pieces; Susi and Ueli Berger
  • 1977 reaction table , small series, Röthlisberger, Gümligen BE; Susi and Ueli Berger
  • 1981 Kung-Fu , Röthlisberger, Gümligen BE; Susi and Ueli Berger
  • 1981 stack of drawers , Röthlisberger, Gümligen BE; Susi and Ueli Berger

Scholarships and Awards

  • 1961: Federal grant for applied arts
  • 1967: Art grant from the Canton of Bern
  • 1968: Art grant from the Canton of Bern
  • 1970: Federal grant for applied arts
  • 1972: Federal grant for applied arts
  • 2010: Grand Prix Design for Susi and Ueli Berger, Federal Office of Culture, Bern (posthumous)
  • 2017: Bern Design Prize for Susi and Ueli Berger, (posthumous)

Exhibitions (selection)

Art exhibitions

  • 1966: Kunsthalle Bern, participation in the exhibition White on White
  • 1967: Kunsthalle Bern, participation in the Science Fiction exhibition
  • 1971: New York Cultural Center, exhibition The Swiss Avantgarde as part of the group "Bern 66"
  • 1971–1972: Exhibition Giovane Arte Svizzera in Milan as part of the group «Bern 66»
  • 1972: Kunstmuseum Bochum , Profile X exhibition , Swiss art today as part of the “Bern 66” group
  • 1993: Retrospective in the Center Pasquart Biel and at the same time in the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Neuchâtel
  • 2006: Kunsthaus Langenthal, solo exhibition Ueli Berger. Installations 1966-2006
  • 2007: Kunstmuseum Bern, solo exhibition Ueli Berger. "All in all". Works on paper 1967-2007
  • 2009: Art (stuff) house, Rapperswil-Jona, retrospective homage to Ueli Berger

Design exhibitions

  • 1999–2001: Museum of Design Zurich , monographic exhibition at Schaulager Werkschau Berger: Furniture and Objects (with Susi Berger)
  • 2018: Museum of Design Zurich, exhibition PA-DONG! The furniture by Susi and Ueli Berger

Literature (selection)

  • Ueli Berger, Leonardo Bezzola (ed.): Ueli Berger. Aspects 1965-1978. Edition Howeg, Hinwil 1978, ISBN 3-85736-0020 .
  • Ueli Berger: Ueli Berger. Project outlines. Gallery / Edition Bob Gysin, Dübendorf-Zurich 1982.
  • Christian Brändle, Renate Menzi, Arthur Rüegg (eds.): 100 Years of Swiss Design / 100 Years of Swiss Design. Lars Müller Publishers, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03778-440-2 .
  • Marianne Burki, Elisabeth Grossmann, Katharina Nyffenegger (eds.): Ueli Berger. Installations 1966-2006. Kunsthaus Langenthal 2006, ISBN 3-9070-1285-2 .
  • Matthias Frehner, Claudine Metzger (ed.): Ueli Berger - All in all. Works on paper 1967-2007, Scheidegger & Spiess , Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-85881-191-2 .
  • Andreas Meier, Walter Tschopp (eds.): Ueli Berger. Exhibition, Center PasquART, Biel / Bienne and Musée d'art d'histoire de Neuchâtel, 1993. Benteli, Bern 1993, ISBN 3-7165-0885-3 .
  • Mirjam Fischer, Anna Niederhäuser (eds.): Susi + Ueli Berger. Furniture in dialogue. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-85881-615-3 .
  • Andreas Meier, Walter Tschopp (eds.): Ueli Berger. Benteli Verlag 1993, ISBN 3-7165-0885-3 .
  • Arthur Rüegg (ed.): Swiss Furniture and Interiors in the 20th Century / Swiss Furniture and Interiors in the 20th Century. Birkhäuser, Basel 2002, ISBN 978-3-76436-482-3 .

Web links

Commons : Ueli Berger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mirjam Fischer and Anna Niederhäuser: Biographies Susi + Ueli Berger . In: Mirjam Fischer and Anna Niederhäuser (eds.): Susi + Ueli Berger. Furniture in dialogue. Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2018, p. 318-323 .
  2. ↑ Berger, Ueli. In: Sikart
  3. ↑ Claude Lichtenstein: Mischievous functionality . In: Mirjam Fischer and Anna Niederhäuser (eds.): Susi + Ueli Berger. Furniture in dialogue . Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2018, p. 58-69 .
  4. ^ Mirjam Fischer and Anna Niederhäuser: Furniture in dialogue. An introduction . In: Mirjam Fischer and Anna Niederhäuser (eds.): Susi + Ueli Berger. Furniture in dialogue . Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich 2018, p. 10-19 .
  5. ↑ Grand Prix Design for Susi and Ueli Berger
  6. ↑ Bern Design Foundation
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Ueli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Ulrich Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss artist, product designer, interior designer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 2008
Place of death Bern