Marc
Bauer
(Switzerland,
born in 1974, live in Amsterdam and Geneva)
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History
of Masculinity,
2005
24 drawings gray pencil and lead pencil on paper, 35cm X 45cm
5 digital
impressions on paper, variable dimensions
Marc
Bauer is specialised in drawing, although he also works with video and sculpture.
His subjects are often related to his own life, in particular through childhood
memories and family accounts. By evoking multiple memory relays and periods, his
personal history becomes intermingled with History and regularly focusses on difficult
moments and political references. His drawings, usually representing human figures,
condensate their charcteristic features with striking expressive power. While
mainly working with A3 format, he can also resort to much bigger formats for some
of his drawings, thus conferring them an almost spatial power.
solo shows
(selection)
2005 Eine kleine Geschichte der Infamie, Galerie
Nicolas Krupp, Basel / Overthrowing the king in his own mind (avec
Shahryar Nashat et Alexia Walther) Kunstmuseum,
Solothurn / 2004 Happier Healthier, Store Gallery, London /
Tautology, Stedelijk Museum
Bureau, Amsterdam / 2003 &: espace Daviet-Théry, Paris / 2001
Archeology,
attitudes, Genève / 2000 Swiss Room, Art-Magazin, Zürich group
shows (selection)
2005 Buenos días Santiago - una exposición
como expedición (curateur attitudes), Museo de arte contemporáneo, Santiago
de Chile / Swiss Art Awards, Messe, Basel / 2004 Australian Center for
Contemporary Art, Southbank / Helmhaus, Zürich / 2003 Open Studios, Rijksakdemie
van beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam / Postbahnhof am Ostbahnhof, Berlin / Cohan Leslie
& Brown Gallery, New York / Durchzug/Draft, Kunsthalle, Zürich / Open Studios,
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam / 2002 Galerie Zürcher,
Paris / Swiss Art Awards, Messe, Basel / New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
/ Open Studios, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam / 2001 Stiftung
Binz 39, Zürich / Swiss Art Awards, Messe, Basel / 2000 Artlab, Palais de l'Athénée,
Genève / Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich / 1999 Kulturzentrum-Seedamm, Pfäffikon publications
2005 Documents; Marc Bauer Tautology, Rijksakademie
van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam / Overthrowing the king in his own mind
(avec Shahryar Nashat et Alexia Walther) Kunstmuseum, Solothurn & éd. Revolver,
Frankfurt / 2004 Happier & Healthier (avec Vincent van der Mack),
Store Gallery, London / 2000
Across the Great Channel, Memory Cage editions, Zürich |
