Hans-Peter Feldmann
born 1941 in Düsseldorf (DE), lives and works in Düsseldorf (DE)
About
- Hans-Peter Feldmann wouldn’t describe himself as an artist. He turned his back on painting in 1968 and became a compulsive collector and appropriator of found images and everyday ephemera.
- He intentionally bypasses conventions of high culture, making unsigned, untitled works of limitless editions.
- Never sorting his collections according to any strict typology, he channels his vast inventory of the world and constructs constellations and arrangements.
- Assembling overlooked things with a gesture of “Sachlichkeit”, Feldmann often takes the position of the voyeur and gently exposes poetry and humor in the mundane.
Lender
Galerie Francesca Pia, Zürich (CH) www.francescapia.com
Education
- 1960s, Kunstschule Linz (AT)
Selected exhibitions
- 2019, Focus: Feldmann. Works from the Louisiana Collection, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (DK)
- 2017, Raum & Fotografie, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (AT)
- 2015, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Lenbachhaus, Munich (DE)
- 2010, Hugo Boss Prize for the Arts, Guggenheim Museum, New York (USA)
Artworks
Hans-Peter Feldmann (*1941) Alle Kleider einer Frau, 1970s 70 black & white photographs, each 9 × 8.8 cm 87 × 118 cm