Olaf Breuning
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| birth_place = Schaffhausen, Switzerland
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| nationality = Swiss
| field = Artist, Sculpture, Drawing, Photography, Video
| training = Weiterbildungsklasse Fotographie, Höhere Schule für Gestaltung
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Olaf Breuning (born February 16, 1970)SIK ISEA, [http://www.sikart.ch/kuenstlerinnen.aspx?id=9689942 Olaf Breuning] is a Swiss-born artist, born in Schaffhausen, who lives in New York City.
Works
- Home 1/Home 2 (2004/7) 30 minute video starring Brian Kerstetter. Home 1 is presented as a double-projection, where the main character can no longer distinguish the difference between reality and fiction. He wanders around a hotel room telling stories about himself and other people to the camera. As he tells the stories, they are simultaneously seen on the opposite screen. In Home 2 Brian Kerstetter plays an ignorant tourist staggering around the world from Switzerland to Africa and Japan to Papua New Guinea, crashing his western mentality upon the exotic places he goes.
- Ugly Yelp (2000), Apes (2001), King (2001), Hello Darkness (2002) With these installations, Breuning creates theatrical atmospheres using sound, video and light. These installations have been shown in many museums and are owned by collections internationally.
- Easter Bunnies (2004) A photograph created on Easter Island, transforming Moai into Easter bunnies by setting up rabbit ears on C-stands in the extreme foreground.
- Sibylle (1998)-- Photograph of a female model lying on a table, whose body has been affected by cultural references to Matthew Barney, Cindy Sherman, Pablo Picasso, and others, resulting a creepily mutilated creature.
- Smoke Bombs (2008) Exemplifies Breuning's photographic technique of leaving the mess of production within frame, allowing the viewer to see behind the scenes of the production.
Exhibitions
= Group exhibitions (selected) =
In recent years he has exhibited his works at many group shows around the world, including The Somerset House, London; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel; Tinguely Museum, Basel; Nelson–Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg; Musée Rath, Geneva and many other venues. Some of them are listed below:SIK ISEA, [http://www.sikart.ch/ausstellungen.aspx Olaf Breuning (Ausstellungen)]
2014
- Das Fremde ist nur in der Fremde fremd, Museum Rietberg, Zurich, CHSaiten, [http://www.saiten.ch/das-fremde-ist-nur-in-der-fremde-fremd/ Das Fremde ist nur in der Fremde fremd], by Katharina Flieger, October 17, 2014.
2013
- Ursula Palla und Olaf Breuning. Hin und Her, Binz 39, Zurich, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.binz39.ch/exhibitions/events/aktuell-und-vorschau/|title=Stiftung Binz39|website=www.binz39.ch}}
- Métamatic Reloaded, Tinguely Museum, Basel, CH{{cite web|url=https://www.tinguely.ch/de/ausstellungen/ausstellungen/2013/Metamatic.html|title=Museum Tinguely - Metamatic|website=www.tinguely.ch}}
- La realtà non è un luogo comune. Fotografie e video della Collezione d'arte della Julius Baer, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, CH{{Cite web |url=https://www.juliusbaer.com/ch/it/scoprite-julius-baer/impegno/collezione-darte-di-julius-baer/ |title=Website not available |access-date=2017-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702160506/http://www.juliusbaer.com/ch/it/scoprite-julius-baer/impegno/collezione-darte-di-julius-baer/ |archive-date=2015-07-02 |url-status=dead }}
2012
- Holzwege. Sentieri erranti. Arte svizzera dalla collezione della Mobiliare, Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.sikart.ch/literatur.aspx?id=13348028|title=Holzwege. Sentieri erranti. Arte svizzera dalla collezione della Mobiliare - SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz|website=www.sikart.ch}}
- Parallelwelt Zirkus, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, AU{{cite web|url=http://www.kunsthallewien.at/#/de/ausstellungen/vergangene-ausstellungen/parallelwelt-zirkus|title=Home|website=www.kunsthallewien.at}}
- Through the Looking Brain, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstmuseumsg.ch/unser-programm/archiv/through-the-looking-brain.html|title=Through the Looking Brain – Kunstmuseum St.Gallen|website=www.kunstmuseumsg.ch}}
- Incongru. Quand l'art fait rire, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.art-report.com/de/events/incongru-quand-lart-fait-rire|title=Incongru. Quand l'art fait rire de - Exhibition / Ausstellung in Lausanne|website=www.art-report.com}}
2011
- Through the Looking Brain, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, DE{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de/en/exhibitions/review/info/ex/through-the-looking-brain-661/|title=THROUGH THE LOOKING BRAIN: Kunstmuseum Bonn|website=www.kunstmuseum-bonn.de}}
2010
- Press Art. Die Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, CH{{cite web|url=https://www.kunstaspekte.de/event/pressart-die-sammlung-annette-und-peter-nobel-2010-01|title=PressArt. Die Sammlung Annette und Peter Nobel|publisher=}}
2009
- Darkside II. Fotografische Macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH{{cite web|url=https://www.fotomuseum.ch/de/explore/exhibitions/21722_darkside_ii_photographic_power_and_violence_disease_and_death_photographed|title=Darkside II – Fotografische Macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod - Ausstellungen - Entdecken - Fotomuseum Winterthur|website=www.fotomuseum.ch}}
- 200 Artworks. 25 Years Artists, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, JP (catalogue {{ISBN|390758225X}})
2008
- When fears become form, Centre d'art Neuchâtel (CAN), Neuchâtel, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.can.ch/archives.php|title=CAN / Archives|website=www.can.ch}}
- Sammlung/Collection Migros Museum für Gegenwartkunst Zürich 1978-2008, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.migrosmuseum.ch/de/ausstellungen/ausstellungsshydetails/?tx_museumplus%5Bexhib%5D=386&cHash=a3c092bc92b66a5efd1a9cae8c40a3ff|title=Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst–Sammlung - Collection|website=www.migrosmuseum.ch}}
- Whitney Biennial 2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, US{{cite web|url=http://www.whitney.org/Exhibitions/2008Biennial|title=Whitney Biennial 2008 - Whitney Museum of American Art|website=www.whitney.org}}
2007
- 12e Biennale de l'Image en mouvement, Centre pour l'image contemporaine (CIC), Geneva, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.centreimage.ch/exhibitions-events/2007/12th-bim|title=12th BIM|first=Didier|last=Muehlheim|website=www.centreimage.ch}}
- What we bought, Camera Austria, Graz, AU{{cite web|url=http://camera-austria.at/ausstellungen/what-we-bought/|title=What We Bought|publisher=}}
- All about Laughter: humor in contemporary art, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, JP{{cite web|url=http://artdaily.com/news/19329/All-About-Laughter--Humor-in-Contemporary-Art#.WT6pe46kJBw|title=All About Laughter: Humor in Contemporary Art|first=Ignacio|last=Villarreal|website=artdaily.com}}
- Six Feet Under. Autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten. Autopsy of Our Relation to the Dead, Kunstmuseum Bern, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.kunstmuseumbern.ch/de/sehen/heute/102-six-feet-under-120.html|title=Six Feet Under "Autopsie unseres Umgangs mit Toten"|website=Kunstmuseum Bern}}
2006
- Imagination becomes reality. Part IV. Borrowed images, Sammlung Goetz, München, DE{{cite web|url=http://www.sammlung-goetz.de/en/Publications/past/Imagination_Becomes_Reality_IV_.htm|title=Imagination Becomes RealityPart IV: Borrowed Images - Sammlung Goetz|website=www.sammlung-goetz.de}}
- Cindy Sherman, Gianni Motti, Olaf Breuning, Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, CH[http://www.nicolavonsenger.com/e_archives_shermanetc.htm]{{dead link|date=April 2018}}
- Some tribes, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, CH{{cite web|url=https://christopheguye.com/exhibitions/some-tribes/introduction|title=Some Tribes|publisher=}}
2003
- Urban Diaries. Young Swiss Art, Alcalá 31, Madrid, ESP{{cite web|url=http://old.likeyou.com/archives/urban_diaries_arco_03.htm|title=www.likeyou.com - Urban Diaries : Young Swiss Art - Comunidad de Madrid|website=old.likeyou.com}}
- M_ARS. Kunst und Krieg, :de:Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, AU{{cite web|url=https://www.museum-joanneum.at/neue-galerie-graz/ausstellungen/ausstellungen/events/event/1952/m-ars|title=M_ARS - Ausstellung - Neue Galerie Graz|website=www.museum-joanneum.at}}
2002
- Lorbeer-Extrakt. Manor-Kunstpreis Schaffhausen 1987-2001, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen, CH (catalogue {{ISBN|3907066448}})
2001
- M family. Die Bilder zum Migros Geschäftsbericht 2000, Migros Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Zurich, CH (catalogue {{ISBN|3952224901}})
- Up in the sky. Himmel in der Kunst der 90er Jahre, Kunsthaus Grenchen, Grenchen, CHAnnelise Zwez about the [http://annelisezwez.ch/2001/up-the-sky-im-kunsthaus-grenchen-2001/ exhibition]
- Collaborations with Parkett: 1984 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, US{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2001/parkett/|title=MoMA.org - Interactives - Exhibitions - 2001 - Collaborations with Parkett|website=www.moma.org}}
2000
- Eidgenössische Preise für freie Kunst 2000, Kunsthalle Fri Art, Freiburg, CHAnnelise Zwez about the [http://annelisezwez.ch/2000/eidgenoessischen-preistraeger-innen-in-der-kunsthalle-freiburg-2000/ exhibition]
- Let's be friends, Migros Museum für Gegenwartkunst, Zurich, CH{{cite web|url=http://www.migrosmuseum.ch/en/exhibitions/exhibition-details/?tx_museumplus%5Bexhib%5D=123&cHash=224e0c2560b26ddb3f36305fcc674939|title=Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst–Let's Be Friends|website=www.migrosmuseum.ch}}
- EX25 Hochschule und Museum Für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich die Letzten 25 Jahre Halle, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zurich, CH[http://www.emuseum.ch/view/exhibitions/asitem/items$0040:52/0]{{dead link|date=April 2018}}
- Reality Bytes. Der medial vermittelte Blick, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nürnberg, DE{{cite web|url=https://www.kunstkulturquartier.de/kunsthalle/ausstellungen/archiv/kunsthalle-archiv/news/reality-bytes-der-medial-vermittelte-blick/?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=02cf5aec0bf3929a7642f9be2758c631|title=Reality Bytes. Der medial vermittelte Blick|publisher=}}
1999
- Eidgenössische Preise für freie Kunst 1999, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, CH{{cite web|url=http://kunsthallezurich.ch/de/eidgen%C3%B6ssische-preise-f%C3%BCr-freie-kunst-1999|title=Eidgenössische Preise für freie Kunst 1999 - Kunsthalle Zürich|website=kunsthallezurich.ch}}
1998
- Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer. Junge Schweizer Kunst, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, CH (catalogue {{ISBN|3906574024}})
Books
- Ugly, 2000, monograph, Hatje Cantz, {{ISBN|3-7757-1105-8}}
- Home, 2004, monograph, JPR/Ringier, Magasin, Les Musees de Strasbourg, {{ISBN|2-940271-39-9}}
- Queen Mary, 2006, drawing catalogue, JPR/Ringier, {{ISBN|3-905701-94-4}}
- Queen Mary II, 2010, monograph, JPR/Ringier, Zurich
References
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External links
- [http://www.olafbreuning.com Olaf Breuning Homepage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060216035608/http://www.metropicturesgallery.com/index.php?mode=artists&object_id=21 Examples of Breuning artwork]
- [http://carbon12dubai.com/artists/olaf-breuning/ Carbon 12 Dubai]
- [http://www.lucymackintosh.ch/archives.php?id=36&image_id=461 Examples of Breuning artwork at Lucy Mackintosh Gallery and Grizedale Arts]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235806/http://nypress.com/18/20/books/travisjeppesen.cfm Olaf Breuning's Home] by Travis Jeppesen
- [http://carbon12dubai.com/exhibitions/camelops-femina/ "Camelops Femina" exhibition at Carbon 12 Dubai, March-April 2013]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130511102210/http://www.kadist.org/en/people/olaf-breuning Olaf Breuning profile] at Kadist Art Foundation
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