Thomas Huber (artist)

Thomas Huber (born 14 July 1955 in Zurich) is a Swiss artist who lived and worked in Mettmann near Düsseldorf for several years and is currently resident in Berlin.[1]

artist lecture "Rede in der Schule", Kunstakademie Düsseldorf 1984

Biography

From 1977 to 1978 Huber studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel with Franz Fedier, in 1979 at the Royal College of Art, London, and from 1980 to 1983 at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (as a master student of Fritz Schwegler). From 1992 to 1999 he was Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig and in 1992 interim director of the Centraal Museum, Utrecht. Together with Bogomir Ecker, he initiated and realised the "Künstlermuseum" in 2001, the reconfiguration of the Museum Kunstpalast's collection in Düsseldorf. Between 2000 and 2002 Huber was Chairman of the Deutscher Künstlerbund (German Artists Association).

Work

Rede in der Schule, 1983, oil on canvas, 220 x 320 cm, TH-1983-B-01

Thomas Huber is an artist who fuses image and text and lectures on his pictures. He realises his conception of the image in various mediums: paintings, aquarelle, drawings, objects, graphic arts, art within architecture, artist lectures, and artists books. For instance, his painting Rede in der Schule ("Lecture in the School") depicts the main auditorium in the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

Rather than showing realities in his work, Huber, like an architect, interweaves the picture space with design structures and allows motifs such as diamonds and squares to become a determining element of the work. Accompanying philosophical and poetic texts demonstrate that the picture space is seen as "a meaning space and the picture depth as profundity".[2]

The artist says about his work: "My pictures show spaces. You can see them but you can’t get to them; it is as if they are sealed behind clear glass. The picture is a promise that cannot be honoured, it is a wistful, sad thing."[3]

Awards

Das Kabinett der Bilder, 2004, Oil on canvas, 250 x 360 cm, Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau, TH-2004-B-01

Major Exhibitions

Work groups (Selection)

The Red Frieze (2013–2014), You Are Here (2012), sad facets (2005–2007), Cabinet of Paintings (2004), Theoretical Paintings I and II (2001–2003; 2010–2011), The Peal of the Bells (1999–2000), The Bank (1991–1993), The Library (1988), The Picture Storeroom/Opus (1988), Wedding (1985–1986), The Visit in the Studio (1984), Talk in the School (1983), Talk on Creation (1982), Talk on the Great Flood (1982).

Maison pour quatre tableaux, Villa Pictet, 2012, billboard, Mamco, Genf, TH-2012-BS-05

Artist Books (Selection)

References

  1. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas". In Allgemeines Künstler-Lexikon, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  2. ↑ Kerber Verlag Bielefeld: Thomas Huber: Paintings
  3. ↑ Kerber Verlag Bielefeld: Thomas Huber
  4. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  5. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  6. ↑ Invar Hollaus, "Huber, Thomas", AKL, volume 75 (Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2012), p. 288.
  7. ↑ Heitland Foundation: 2005: Thomas Huber

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