Kristina Buch

Grete-Penelope Mars, Sculpture as part of Some at times cast light

Kristina Buch (born 18 January 1983) is a German artist, based in Düsseldorf and London.

Biography

Kristina Buch has a degree in Biology and studied Protestant Theology, before she did her M.A. at the Royal College of Art..,[1] in London. She later attended Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and became Meisterschüler with Rosemarie Trockel. In 2012 she was the youngest participating artist at dOCUMENTA (13).[2] In 2013 she graduated from Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and became assistant professor to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev at Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main.[3] She works as visiting lecturer at HGK Basel, where she became the first holder of the 'Next Society' professorship in 2015.[4][5]

Work

  • Before the I was folded (2009) - Installation into which Buch integrated the first ever sculpture made by a group of chimpanzees. With this work the discourse about ape culture and the question of art beyond the human context was critically relaunched within the contemporary art discourse.[6]
  • The Lover (2012) – Installation and 'life-gesture' / over 100 days at dOCUMENTA (13).[7]
  • later, Goliath. And then started humming (2013) – Candy paintings, reminiscent of paintings by Kasimir Malevitch and Barnett Newman, appear in different international collections of modern painting until they have been licked away.[8]
  • untitled (holes) (2014) - a one-off concert in cooperation with Iko Birk [9][10]
  • Some at times cast light (2015) – Through an official council decision, Buch named a public place in Bochum-Ehrenfeld(51°27′55″N 7°12′27″E / 51.46536°N 7.20748°E / 51.46536; 7.20748 (Grete-Penelope-Mars-Platz)) in Bochum, Germany after a fictitious woman (Grete-Penelope Mars), who deliberately has no biography.[11][12][13] A bronze bust of the woman was permanently installed on the site, as well as an official street sign. Every year in June/July, fireflies which have been populated in the adjacent park, temporarily become part of the work.[14][15]
  • Such prophecies we write on banana skins. (triangulation of criminal grace) (2015) – a two-channel HD video projection / soundscape commissioned and produced by 14th Istanbul Biennial. The work suggests an unending major explosion of a landmark art institution on one channel and a complete detonation of Mount Everest on the other channel. In this work Buch expands on a recurring theme in her work, suggesting a necessity for a continued inner dissolution and reconfiguration of images, notions and categories that we tend to create and maintain within human thinking. Buch was the only German artist represented at the 14th Istanbul Biennial.[16]
  • It’s normal that reality happens. (these games will fall apart) (2016) - Abstract game field made of white marble lines, laid into the lawn of a public park in Merano, challenging the game/play dichotomy and the drawing of lines and borders at large.[17]
  • EXECUTION SEMANTICS for a necessary criminal (2016) - Solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Bremerhaven.[18]
  • “One of the things that baffles me about you is that you remain unmurdered.” (2012–2016) [19]
  • OH, BOY! (conjugation of a stick) (2017) [20]
  • Playing above the snake line (2018) [21]

Awards

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References

  1. ^ "Kristina Buch". Royal College of Art.
  2. ^ documenta13. "dOCUMENTA (13)". documenta.de. Archived from the original on 6 March 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Helga Meister (8 July 2013). "Kunstwerke zum Vernaschen". Westdeutsche Zeitung. Archived from the original on 14 July 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Gastdozierende - Institut Kunst HGK FHNW". Institut Kunst HGK FHNW. Archived from the original on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  5. ^ ""The Next Society" – Launch of Pilot Project at the Institut Kunst in Basel". scheringstiftung.de.
  6. ^ "Chimps run the show after aping artist's work". 12 April 2012.
  7. ^ "Kristina Buch's Constant Garden - News - Art in America". artinamericamagazine.com. 21 June 2012.
  8. ^ Interfase (6 July 2013). "Iconoclash by tongue / MOUSSE CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE". moussemagazine.it.
  9. ^ Interfase (19 May 2014). "Kristina Buch "untitled (holes)" at Kölnischer Kunstverein / MOUSSE CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE". moussemagazine.it.
  10. ^ "(holes) - The White Review". thewhitereview.org.
  11. ^ "Way: Grete-Penelope-Mars-Platz (340010380)".
  12. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Grete-Penelope-Mars-Platz · Am Wiesental, 44789 Bochum, Germany".
  14. ^ "e-Zine - Urbane Künste Ruhr". urbanekuensteruhr.de. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  15. ^ Schauspielhaus Bochum. "Schauspielhaus Bochum - Some at times cast light, Installation/Intervention von Kristina Buch (D)". schauspielhausbochum.de. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Matter That Really Matters: Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev's Istanbul Biennial". 28 September 2015.
  17. ^ "BAU talks to Kristina Buch".
  18. ^ "Kristina Buch "EXECUTION SEMANTICS for a necessary criminal" at Kunsthalle Bremerhaven •". July 2016.
  19. ^ "Lecture by Kristina Buch, December 6, 2016". 28 December 2016.
  20. ^ "The Curve of Fate, the Beginning of a Smile: Kristina Buch •". 30 January 2018.
  21. ^ https://www.bundeskunsthalle.de/en/exhibitions/the-playground-project-outdoor.html/[permanent dead link‍]
  22. ^ "Kristina Buch wins Germany's Grand Hans Purrmann Award".