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Gregor Schneider

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

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Gregor Schneider

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  1. Presented by Nicole Pennington Gregor Schneider

  2. 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

  3. 1st Exhibition • 1985- Age 16: PubertäreVerstimmung

  4. “My work is not about making you fearful. It is about helping you to reflect upon and overcome your fear” • -Gregor Schneider

  5. Haus U R • 1985 after his father died • UnterheydenerStraßein Mönchengladbach-Rheydt

  6. http://www.gregorschneider.net/ • http://gregorschneider.net/gallerie.html

  7. 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 Hausu rconstructed for one year inside the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles

  8. Cube • 2005- Invited to realize the CUBE VENICE at The Piazza di San Marco in Venice during Biennale • Inspired by the Kaabain Mecca • 2007- CUBE HAMBURG

  9. Bondi Beach, 21 beach cells • 2007- 400 square meters installation composed of 21 identical cells on the Australian eastcoast, the Bondi Beach

  10. End • November 8, 2008 - September 6, 2009- 14 meter high, black outdoor-sculpture "END" accessible to the public • In front of the museum Abteibergin Mönchengladbach

  11. 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.

  12. Works Cited • http://gregorschneider.net/biografia.html • http://www.gregorschneider.de/ • http://www.gregorschneider.net/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_Schneider

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