Hans Breder
Hans Breder | |
|---|---|
| File:Hans Breder, 2012.jpg Hans Breder, 2012 | |
| Born | October 20, 1935 Herford, Germany |
| Nationality | German-American |
| Education | Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg in Hamburg. |
| Known for | Intermedia |
Hans Breder is a German-American artist who lives and works in Iowa.
Early life
Breder studied painting under Willem Grimm at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Hamburg, Germany and received the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes to study art in New York in 1964. He worked as assistant to sculptor George Rickey.[1]
Career
Breder taught as an art professor at the University of Iowa from 1966 to 2000.[2] In 1968 he founded the Intermedia program at Iowa, notable alumni include Ana Mendieta and Charles Ray (artist).[3] Visiting Artists to the program included Hans Haacke, Allan Kaprow, Robert Wilson, Vito Acconci, Dennis Oppenheim, and Karen Finley.[4] He has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Technische Universität Dortmund in 2007 and retired as F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Art in 2000.[5]
Intermedia
In an effort to create a position opposed to increased specialization and limited interdisciplinary experience, Breder proposed the Intermedia Program in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa in 1967/1968 and it was approved in 1968. The focus was to be artist-oriented rather than art-oriented, in order to emphasize the belief that artistic creativity is a continual challenge. Therefore, intentionally, "no overall intermedia 'style' or philosophy is created." [6]
"My program conceived of intermedia not as interdisciplinary fusing of different fields into one, but as a constant collision of concepts and disciplines. It was performance-oriented, and video was an inherent aspect. Although initially used in a documentary mode, video almost immediately became an integral aspect of many student performances and was soon used as a medium in its own right."[7]
Exhibitions
Hans Breder's works have been presented in numerous exhibitions in the United States and internationally. He has shown with the Richard Feigen Gallery (1967-1972),[8] the Mitchell Algus Gallery,[9] and Hachmeister Gallery.[10] He was included in Kineticism: System Sculpture in Environmental situations, (Official Olympic Games Exhibition), University Museum of Arts and Science, Mexico City, Mexico (1968); An American Odyssey 1945/1980, Circolo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain; Ana Mendieta and Hans Breder: Converge, Lelong Galerie, New York (2008). He has been a participant in the Whitney Biennial Exhibition in 1987, 1989, and 1991; Painting Beyond the Death of Painting: Imagistic and Abstract Work, the first group exhibition of American Art at Kuznetzky Most Exhibition Hall, Moscow, USSR, 1989.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Hans Breder CV, White Box New York" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ^ "Hans Breder Faculty Profile". Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ^ "Hans Breder, March 16-April 14, 2012 Text, Algus Greenspon Gallery". Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ^ "Intermedia Visiting Artists 1969".
- ^ a b "Breder CV, White Box New York" (PDF).
- ^ "Statement". Retrieved 2012-12-12.
- ^ Hans Breder, Artforum, September, 2012
- ^ "Intermedia, A Consciousness-based process, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art". Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ^ "ART IN REVIEW; Hans Breder, New York Times, July 16, 2004".
- ^ "Hachmeister Gallery, Hans Breder".
External links
 | This article needs additional or more specific categories. (October 2012) |
 | This article about a German painter is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |