presented by nicole pennington. background april 5 th 1969- born in rheydt, germany 1989-1992-...
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Background
April 5th 1969- Born in Rheydt, Germany 1989-1992- Studied at the Düsseldorf Academy
of Arts, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, and Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, Germany
1999-2003- Served as a guest professor at several art schools including: De Ateliers, Amsterdam The Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2009- Nominated as professor of sculpting to the University of Art Berlin
Lives and works in Rheydt
“My work is not about making you fearful. It is about helping you to reflect upon and overcome your fear”
-Gregor Schneider
http://www.gregorschneider.net/
http://gregorschneider.net/gallerie.html
Totes Haus U R
2001- "Totes Haus u r Venedig 2001" Won the "Golden Lion" at the 49th
Biennale in Venice, with his solo exhibition\
2003- Totes Haus u r constructed for one year inside the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Cube
2005- Invited to realize the CUBE VENICE at The Piazza di San Marco in Venice during Biennale
Inspired by the Kaaba in Mecca 2007- CUBE HAMBURG
Bondi Beach, 21 beach cells 2007- 400 square meters installation
composed of 21 identical cells on the Australian eastcoast, the Bondi Beach
End
November 8, 2008 - September 6, 2009- 14 meter high, black outdoor-sculpture "END" accessible to the public
In front of the museumAbteiberg in Mönchengladbach
Controversy
2008- Raised controversy about his own couched idea
"I want to show a person, which dies a natural death or just died a natural death. My target is to show the beauty of death.“
Wants to lead death out of the social taboo with this public dying-room and make it into a positive experience similar to the birth of a human being.
Works Cited
http://gregorschneider.net/biografia.html
http://www.gregorschneider.de/ http://www.gregorschneider.net/ http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Schneider