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 Swiss artist Christoph Buchel creates complex hyper-real environments that often demand a physical commitment from the viewer. Buchel's 2005 installation "Hole" exhibited at the Kunsthalle Basel forced viewers through several small rooms, narrow passageways and disturbing images of a suicide on tape. Each room is found in elaborate detail as if the viewer stumbled onto a forgotten place. Buchel also creates conceptual works that have political undertones and are rooted in social and legal interest. Buchel, along with artist Gianni Motti, attempted to lease the site of Guantanamo Bay from the Cuban government, and in a separate piece offered an entire exhibition budget to any visitor who could find the hidden check in the gallery space. The artist studied at Cooper Union School of Art in New York (1990) and at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf (1992-97). In 2001, Buchel was awarded a scholarship at PS1 New York, and, in 2005, he exhibited in the Venice Biennale. Last week, Buchel closed an exhibition titled "Simply Botiful" at Hauser & Wirth Gallery in London, and, this year, he will exhibit with Palais de Tokio in Paris and with MASS MoCA in Massachusetts. View video of Buchel's exhibition "Hole" at the Kunsthalle Basel here. Posted by Seth Curcio at March 20, 2007 12:00 AM | Permalink | E-mail This | |||
Join the discussion:The video really gives you a sense of what it's like to walk through the installation. I recommend viewing it. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Ana | March 20, 2007 11:12 AM The video is great huh? I think this work is so successful because it puts you in a place of awkward reality, where you aren't sure whether it’s real or not. It is meant to be a solitary experience so that you don't have the security of seeing another viewer and the scene remains valid. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Michael | March 20, 2007 06:48 PM Haben Sie Lust, Florenz - die Wiege der Renaissance - zu besuchen und die Geheimnisse und Schönheiten der Stadt zu entdecken? Möchten Sie die mittelalterlichen Gassen durchstreifen, die traditionsreichen Geschäfte und Werkstätten, die historischen Plätze, kunstakademie die Künstlerhäuser, die wichtigsten der zahlreichen Kirchen kennen lernen? ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: kunstakademie | October 23, 2007 08:29 AM |
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