«CRYSTAL OF RESISTANCE»
AN ARTWORK BY THOMAS HIRSCHHORN FOR THE SWISS PAVILION / VENICE BIENNALE 2011
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN
Born 1957 in Bern (Switzerland)
1978-
Lives and works in Paris since 1984
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2011
"It’s burning everywhere», Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
"Das Auge", The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
"Wirtschaftslandschaft Davos", Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
«Exhibiting poetry today : Manuel Joseph», Ecole Régionales des Beaux-
2010
«Too Too-
«Exhibiting poetry today : Manuel Joseph», CNEAI, Chatou, France
2009
«It’s burning everywhere», DCA Dundee, Scotland
«The Subjecters», Casa Encendida, Madrid
«Ur-
«Universal Gym», Gladstone Gallery, New York
2008
«Stand-
«Poor Tuning», Kurimanzutto, Mexico
«Das Auge», Secession, Vienne
2007
«Concretion-
«Substitution», Stephen Friedman Gallery, Londres
«Stand-
2006
«Superficial Engagement», Gladstone Gallery, New York
2005
«Anschool», Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
«Utopia, Utopia= One World, One War, One Army, One Dress», Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
«Anschool II», Museu de Serralves, Porto
2004
«Musée Précaire Albinet», Cité Albinet, (produced by Les Laboratoires d’Aubervilliers), Aubervilliers
«24h Foucault », Palais de Tokyo, dans le cadre de la Nuit Blanche
«Swiss-
2002
«Cavemanman», Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
2001
«Pole-
1998
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
1995
Fri-
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
2011
"The Luminous Interval", Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
"French Window", Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
"Dislocation", Kunst Museum, Bern, Switzerland
"Of Bridges and Borders", Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2010
"Untitled", Substitut, Raum für aktuelle Kunst aus der Schweiz, Berlin, Germany
"Dislocation", Galeria Metropolitana, Santiago, Chile
"10000 Lives", 8th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea
"Hareng Saur: Ensor et l'art contemporain", SMAK, Gent, Belgium
"Habiter poétiquement le monde" , LAM -
"The Last Newspaper", New Museum, New York, USA
"Intensif-
"Changing the world", Arndt Gallery, Berlin, Germany
"89km. Colleccion CGAC", MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Vigo, Spain
"Tasters’ Choice", Stephen Friedman Gallery, Londres
"N°5", Susanna Kulli, Zurich, Switzerland
"Perpetual Battle", Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow, Russia
“Les Ateliers de Rennes-
"Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum", Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA
"Abstract Resistance", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
2009
«Investigations of a Dog», Works from the FACE Collections, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
«Pourquoi Attendre !», Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
«Niet Normaal, Difference on Display», Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdan, The Netherlands
«Event Horizon», Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
«MOCA’s First 30 Years» ; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
«Images Recalled», Fotofestival Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
«Pièces de Résistance : Forms of resistance in Contemporary Art», Kunstmuseum Thun, Switzerland
«Darkside II » Photographic Power and Violence, Desease and Death Photographed», Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
«Planet of Signs», Le Plateau, France
«T.I.C.A.B» – Tirana International Contemporary Art Biannual, Tirana, Albania
«Walking in my Mind», Hayward Gallery, London
«The Bijlmer Spinoza-
«Parades and Processions : Here comes Everybody», Parasol Unit, London
«Universal Code», Power Plant Gallery, Toronto
«Mi Vida -
«One Day Sculpture», commissioned by The Physics Room, in association with Christchurch Art gallery, Christchurch, 2009
«A House is not a Home», La Calmeleterie -
2008
«Collage : The UnMonumental Picture», New Museum, New York
«Life on Mars», 55th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh
«Lost Paradise», Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
«German Angst», Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
«7 + 1 Project Rooms», MARCO, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Vigo, Spain
«Brighton Photo Biennial», Brighton
2007
«Swiss Made+ 2, Präzision und Wahnsinn», Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg
«Volksgarten, Die Politik der Zugehörigkeit», Kunsthaus, Graz
2006
«How to Live Together», 27ème Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
2003
«Common Wealth», Tate Modern, Londres
2002
Documenta 11, Kassel
2000
«La Beauté», Mission 2000 in France, Avignon
1999
«dAPERTutto», 48th Venice Biennal, Venice
1998
«Premises : Invested Spaces in Visual Arts & Architecture from France, 1960’s-
1997
«Skulptur Projekte in Münster 1997», Münster
AWARDS / PRIZES
2011
Kurt-
2006
Aica price for « Anschool », best exhibition of the past three years, awarded by Dutch Aica
2005
Price of the best artwork of the yeat, Art Awards 2005, awarded by Beaux-
2004
Joseph Beuys-
2003
« Rolandpreis für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum », décerné par Stiftung Bremer Bildhauerpreis, Bremen
2000
Prix Marcel Duchamp, juried by l’Adiaf, Paris
1999
Preis für Junge Schweizer Kunst, juried by Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft Exposition Wirtschaftslandschaft Davos, 2001 at the Kunsthaus Zürich