Harald Szeemann (born June 11, 1933 in Bern; died February 18, 2005 in Tegna, Ticino) was a Swiss curator and art historian. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The city of Berne or Bern (, Berne, Berna, Romansh: Berna, Bernese German: Bärn) is the Bundesstadt ( Federal Events 3102 BC - Epoch (origin of the Kali Yuga. 1229 - The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II Holy Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tegna is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Canton Ticino or Ticino ( Italian: tiˈtʃiːno French and German: Tessin and) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Curator (from Latin cura care means manager overseer. A curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e Art history is the Academic study of objects of Art in their Historical development and stylistic contexts i
Life
After studying art history, archaeology and journalism in Bern and Paris, Szeemann worked in 1956 as an actor, stage designer and painter, and also did one-man shows. Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Journalism is the profession of writing or communicating formally employed by publications and broadcasters for the benefit of a particular Community of people Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city For art exhibitions see solo show In performing arts and entertainment a one person show or solo show is frequently performed by but He started creating exhibitions in 1957. From 1961 to 1969 he was curator of the Kunsthalle museum in Bern, where he organised in 1963 an exhibition of works by the "mentally ill" from the collection of the art historian and psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn, and in 1969 the legendary exhibition "When Attitudes Become Form". Hans Prinzhorn ( June 6 1886 - June 14 1933) was a German Psychiatrist and art historian. In 1968 he gave Christo and Jeanne-Claude their first opportunity to package an entire building: the Kunsthalle. Christo (born as Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, Bulgarian: Христо Явашев and Jeanne-Claude (born as Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon
After leaving the Kunsthalle he founded the "Museum of Obsessions", and the Agentur für Geistige Gastarbeit ("Agency for Spiritual Migrant Work", Gastarbeit being formed from Gastarbeiter, the German term for migrant workers). (native pronunciation /ˈɡastˌʔaːbaɪtɐ/ is German for "guest worker" (or "guest workers" - the plural is the same as the singular The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. In 1972 he was the youngest artistic director at documenta 5 in Kassel. documenta is an exhibition of modern and Contemporary art which now takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany. Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the He revolutionised the concept: conceived as a hundred-day event, he invited the artists to present not only paintings and sculptures, but also performances and "happenings". From 1981 to 1991 he was the sole curator of the Zurich Kunsthaus, and in 1980 he co-hosted the Venice Biennale, where he created the Aperto exhibition for young artists. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the The Venice Biennale (Biennale di Venezia also called in English the "Venice Biennial " is a major Contemporary art exhibition that takes place once He was among the few to curate the Biennale twice, in 1999 and 2001.
In 1982 Szeemann commissioned a three-dimensional reconstruction of Kurt Schwitters's Hannover Merzbau (as photographed in 1933) for the exhibition 'Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk' in Zurich in 1983. Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters ( 20 June 1887 - 8 January 1948) was a German painter who was born in It was built by the Swiss stage designer Peter Bissegger and is now on permanent display in the Sprengel Museum in Hannover. Hanover (i ( haˈnoːfɐ on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony ( Niedersachsen
Szeemann played a key role in shaping the architecture faculty (Accademia di Architettura) at the Università della Svizzera italiana, the first university in Italian Switzerland, for the first six years after its founding in 1996. Università della Svizzera italiana (USI literally University of Italian Switzerland, English name University of Lugano) is a public The Linguistic geography of Switzerland is on the main tripartite with the Swiss German region ( Deutschschweiz) in the northeast
From 1961 he belonged to the artists' group Collège de 'Pataphysique, from 1997 he was a member of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, and in 2000 he was awarded the Max Beckmann Prize. 'Pataphysics ( French: 'Pataphysique) a term coined by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873 – 1907 is a The Akademie der Künste Berlin ( Academy of the Arts Berlin) is an arts institution in Berlin, Germany. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany.
Szeemann was married to the artist Ingeborg Lüscher, and lived in the village of Tegna in Ticino, Switzerland. Tegna is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Canton Ticino or Ticino ( Italian: tiˈtʃiːno French and German: Tessin and) is the southernmost canton of
Notability
Szeemann invented the modern-day Großausstellung ("great exhibition"), in which the artworks are tied to a central concept and are assembled into new and often surprising interrelationships. His over 200 exhibitions were distinguished by a great abundance of material and a broad range of themes. Important reference points were subversiveness, alternative lifestyles (for example Monte Verità), and the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total artwork", Wagner's concept of a work which spans all the arts), to which his own exhibitions, in a certain sense, were also indebted. Monte Verità (literally Hill of Truth is a hill (350 meters high in Ascona ( Swiss canton of Ticino) which has served as the site of many different Utopian Gesamtkunstwerk ("total" "integrated" or "complete artwork" is a German term attributed to the German Opera composer
External links
- L'Ecole du Magasin International Curatorial Training Program, CNAC [1]. Official website for session 16 of L'Ecole du Magasin, National Contemporary Art Center located in Grenoble, France. The theme of research for session 16 (2006-2007) was Harald Szeemann, his archive, and curatorial practice. On this site, you will find exhaustive information regarding their research, including audio, photo, and video documentation of interviews with artists and professionals in the art field.
- Obrist, Hans-Ulrich Mind over matter - interview with Harald Szeemann [2] (Art Forum, November 1996)
- Smith, Roberta Obituary: Harald Szeemann, Innovative Curator [3] (New York Times, February 26, 2005)
- Vetrocq, Marcia E. Harald Szeemann (1933-2005) [4] (Art In America, April 2005)
- Winkelmann, Jan Failure as a poetic dimension. A conversation with Harald Szeemann [5] (Metropolis M. Tijdschrift over hedendaagse kunst, No. 3, June 2001)
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