PETER WUETHRICH
PETER WUETHRICH
Biography
Peter Wüthrich was born in Berne in 1962, where he lives and works. Since the early ’90s, his work has been focused on the object “book” which he takes as a subject and constitutive unit of all his creations. The book has for the artist not only an aesthetic value, but also abstract (for its color and monochromatic surface), sculptural (for its physical, sometimes ephemeral, presence) and Pop (as object of consumption). In 2000 in Los Angeles the artist has been inaugurating the photographic project “The Angels of the World”: a series of photographs taken in various cities around the world that portray everyday people with books open on their shoulders, as if they were angels’ wings.
Peter Wüthrich has been showing his work in solo exhibitions held in institutions all over the world, such as: Foundation Paulo Coelho et Christina Oiticica, Ginevra (2019), La Chartreuse de la Lance, Concise (2017), Kunsthalle, Mannheim (2012), University Museum of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts (2007), Fondation pour l’art contemporain Salomon, Annecy (2006), OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (2005), Kunsthalle, Winterthur (2003), CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (2001), Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg and Kunsthalle und Kunstverein, Bremerhaven (2000), Kunstverein, Freiburg and Neue Galerie, Dachau (1999), Kunstverein, Friedrichshafen (1998), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl and Institut für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg (1997), Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen (1996).
Among the most important group shows in institutions: MUSAC, León (2018), Städtisches Museeum, Jena (2016), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2013), MAC, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille (2012), Künstlerforum, Bonn (2011), Portland Museum, Portland (2009), Centre d’art contemporain, Vassivière (2008), Neues Museum, Nuremberg (2007), FRAC Alsace, Sélestat (2006), CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (2004), MART, Rovereto (2002), Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster (1998), MoMA PS1, New York (1997), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1995), Kunstmuseum, Thun (1992). His collaboration with Galleria Fumagalli began in 2004 with his first personal exhibition followed by the monograph “Literary Towers” including a text by Bruno Corà. Both the exhibition and the publication were made in collaboration with Galleria Christian Stein in Milan.
Biography
Peter Wüthrich was born in Berne in 1962, where he lives and works. Since the early ’90s, his work has been focused on the object “book” which he takes as a subject and constitutive unit of all his creations. The book has for the artist not only an aesthetic value, but also abstract (for its color and monochromatic surface), sculptural (for its physical, sometimes ephemeral, presence) and Pop (as object of consumption). In 2000 in Los Angeles the artist has been inaugurating the photographic project “The Angels of the World”: a series of photographs taken in various cities around the world that portray everyday people with books open on their shoulders, as if they were angels’ wings.
Peter Wüthrich has been showing his work in solo exhibitions held in institutions all over the world, such as: Foundation Paulo Coelho et Christina Oiticica, Ginevra (2019), La Chartreuse de la Lance, Concise (2017), Kunsthalle, Mannheim (2012), University Museum of Contemporary Art, Massachusetts (2007), Fondation pour l’art contemporain Salomon, Annecy (2006), OK Center for Contemporary Art, Linz (2005), Kunsthalle, Winterthur (2003), CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (2001), Rupertinum, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg and Kunsthalle und Kunstverein, Bremerhaven (2000), Kunstverein, Freiburg and Neue Galerie, Dachau (1999), Kunstverein, Friedrichshafen (1998), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl and Institut für moderne Kunst, Nuremberg (1997), Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen (1996).
Among the most important group shows in institutions: MUSAC, León (2018), Städtisches Museeum, Jena (2016), Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2013), MAC, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille (2012), Künstlerforum, Bonn (2011), Portland Museum, Portland (2009), Centre d’art contemporain, Vassivière (2008), Neues Museum, Nuremberg (2007), FRAC Alsace, Sélestat (2006), CGAC Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (2004), MART, Rovereto (2002), Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster (1998), MoMA PS1, New York (1997), Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (1995), Kunstmuseum, Thun (1992). His collaboration with Galleria Fumagalli began in 2004 with his first personal exhibition followed by the monograph “Literary Towers” including a text by Bruno Corà. Both the exhibition and the publication were made in collaboration with Galleria Christian Stein in Milan.
Works
Works
Exhibitions
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Sistema – Dematerializzazione – Testo
Opening 7 September, 2021
8 September to 5 November, 2021
Exhibitions
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Sistema – Dematerializzazione – Testo
Opening 7 September, 2021
8 September to 5 November, 2021
