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Presented by Nicole Pennington. Gregor Schneider. Background. April 5 th 1969- Born in Rheydt , Germany 1989-1992- Studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Arts, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, and Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, Germany - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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GREGOR SCHNEIDERPresented by Nicole Pennington
Background
April 5th 1969- Born in Rheydt, Germany 1989-1992- Studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of
Arts, Münster Academy of Fine Arts, and Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts, Germany
1999-2003- Served as a guest professor at several art schools including: De Ateliers, Amsterdam The Academy of Fine Arts, Hamburg The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
2009- Nominated as professor of sculpting to the University of Art Berlin
Lives and works in Rheydt
1st Exhibition
1985- Age 16: Pubertäre Verstimmung
“My work is not about making you fearful. It is about helping you to reflect upon and overcome your fear”
-Gregor Schneider
Haus U R
1985 after his father died Unterheydener Straße in
Mönchengladbach-Rheydt
http://www.gregorschneider.net/
http://gregorschneider.net/gallerie.html
Totes Haus U R
2001- "Totes Haus u r Venedig 2001" Won the "Golden Lion" at the 49th
Biennale in Venice, with his solo exhibition\
2003- Totes Haus u r constructed for one year inside the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles
Cube
2005- Invited to realize the CUBE VENICE at The Piazza di San Marco in Venice during Biennale
Inspired by the Kaaba in Mecca 2007- CUBE HAMBURG
Bondi Beach, 21 beach cells 2007- 400 square meters installation
composed of 21 identical cells on the Australian eastcoast, the Bondi Beach
End
November 8, 2008 - September 6, 2009- 14 meter high, black outdoor-sculpture "END" accessible to the public
In front of the museumAbteiberg in Mönchengladbach
Controversy
2008- Raised controversy about his own couched idea
"I want to show a person, which dies a natural death or just died a natural death. My target is to show the beauty of death.“
Wants to lead death out of the social taboo with this public dying-room and make it into a positive experience similar to the birth of a human being.
Works Cited
http://gregorschneider.net/biografia.html
http://www.gregorschneider.de/ http://www.gregorschneider.net/ http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Schneider