BIOBIBLIOGRAPHY ........................... Paris/ *Switzerland 1968 Since 1993, Hans Ulrich Obrist has run the programme "Migrateurs" at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris where he now serves as a curator for contemporary art. He has been a curator for the Museum in Progress, Vienna. Since 2001, he is a lecturer at Facolta delle Arti, IUAV (Istituto di Architettura di Venezia - University of Architecture, Venice). Obrist was the founder of the Robert Walser migratory Museum (in Switzerland, 1993). Since 1997, he is editor in chief of Point d'Ironie which is published by agnes b. Since 1991, Hans Ulrich Obrist curated numerous exhibitions, including "The Kitchen Show" (St. Gallen, 1991), "Christian Boltanski" in the Monastery Library, St. Gallen (1991), "Gerhard Richter", Nietzsche Haus, Sils Maria/CH (1992), Hôtel Carlton Palace (Paris, 1993), "The Broken Mirror" (with Kasper Koenig, Vienna Festival 1993), "Life/Live" (with Laurence Bossé, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Centro Belem, Lisbon, 1996), "Do it" (so far 30 versions since 1994, America tour 1997-2001), "Cities on the Move" (with Hou Hanru; Wiener Secession, Vienna and CAPC Bordeaux, 1997; Hayward Gallery, London; Kiasma Museum of Modern Art in Helsinki; Bangkok, 1999, "Le Jardin, La Ville, La Mémoire" (with Laurence Bossé and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Villa Medici, Rome, 1998-2000), "Laboratorium" (with Barbara Vandelinden, Antwerp Open 1999), "Sogni/Dreams" (with Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Rebaudengo, Turin, 1999). "Retrace your steps: Remember tomorrow" (Sir John Soanes Museum, London, 1999-2000), "Rumor City" (Fri Art, Fribourg) and "Mutations" (Arc en Rêve centre d'architecture, Bordeaux, 2000) and also "Mutations: Evénement culturel sur la ville contemporaine" (co-curated with Rem Koolhaas, Sanford Kwinter, Stefano Boeri), Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux, 2000/2001. In 2001, he curated "Bridge the Gap" at CCA - Centre for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu, Japan (with A. Miyake) and "Traversées" (Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris). He has edited the writings of Gerhard Richter, Louise Bourgeois, Gilbert and George, Maria Lassnig and Leon Golub and is the editor of a series of artist books published by Walther Koenig/Oktagon. |
