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Hans-Peter Feldmann

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b. 1941, Germany

Hans-Peter Feldmann's conceptual practice explores various mediums from photography to painting, and can be characterised by a process of collecting, altering and re-interpreting. He often uses humour, subtle intervention and sometimes repetition to reinterpret found images and objects, thereby reflecting on representation and the construction of ideologies. In One Pound Strawberries (2005) Feldmann photographed the 34 strawberries that together make one pound revealing the individuals that make the collective. In 2008, he released a book called Album which serves as an archive of commercial imagery, with his own photographs occasionally added in. Pinup girls, fish, crime scenes, canned food, footballers and lynchings are all brought to live side by side in the same book. In this democratisation of imagery, Feldmann emphasises photography's power to record, manipulate and selectively curate history and vision.

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Often referencing art history, Feldmann has created numerous works in which he appropriates or uses existing artworks and alters them. In his exhibition, Paintings, at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (17 March–31 May 2015), the artist made minor changes to existing paintings that had been painted by other artists. In two portraits, clown noses were painted onto the austere faces of a man and a woman. In another painting, a black censorship bar covers the eyes of a nude woman as well as the eyes of her swan. These changes allow the viewer to come to a complete reinterpretation of the original painting. In doing so, the ideologies at play in traditional art are simultaneously emphasised and rewired.

In 1980, Feldmann destroyed all of his artworks still in his possession and went into early retirement. Ten years later he returned to his practice and in 2010 he won the prestigious Hugo Boss Prize. His work has been exhibited at institutions such as the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York. His work has also been acquired by many collections, including the Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and Tate, London.

Feldmann lives and works in Düsseldorf.

Casey Carsel | Ocula | 2018

Recent Exhibitions

Contemporary art exhibition, Group Exhibition, der grosse Anspruch des kleinen Bildes at Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany Closed 1 December 2018–26 January 2019 Group Exhibition der grosse Anspruch des kleinen Bildes

Recent Artworks

Françoise Sagan “Bonjour Tristesse” by Hans-Peter Feldmann contemporary artwork sculpture, photography
Hans-Peter Feldmann Françoise Sagan “Bonjour Tristesse”, 2013 83 colour photographs, originals, loose (each 12.5 x 19 cm), installation / overall dimensions variable
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Bücherregal by Hans-Peter Feldmann contemporary artwork photography
Hans-Peter Feldmann Bücherregal, 2002 Original b/w photograph, mountend on Dibond
200 x 120 cm
Barbara Wien Contact Gallery
Paris by Hans-Peter Feldmann contemporary artwork photography
Hans-Peter Feldmann Paris, 1998 One of 33 cardboards (each 20 x 20 cm) with 30 mounted original b/w photographs (each 10.5 x 15 cm), handwritten title pages and page numbering on the back, in grey portfolio (21 x 21 cm)
Barbara Wien Contact Gallery
Die Brücke by Hans-Peter Feldmann contemporary artwork photography
Hans-Peter Feldmann Die Brücke, 1974 Time series, one of 21 cardboards (each 20 x 33 cm) with 36 mounted original b/w photographs (each 8.5 x 12.5 cm), handwritten title pages, in grey portfolio (20.5 x 33.5 cm)
Barbara Wien Contact Gallery
Zeitungsleser by Hans-Peter Feldmann contemporary artwork painting, sculpture
Hans-Peter Feldmann Zeitungsleser, c. 1970s Time series, one of 19 original b/w photographs, loose (each 12 x 12.5 cm), in paper portfolio, installation / overall dimensions variable
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Hans-Peter Feldmann In Ocula Advisory

Romina Polley: Collecting Conceptual Art Curated Selection Romina Polley: Collecting Conceptual Art 10 June 2021

The collection of Cologne-based lawyer Romina Polley pairs intellectual curiosity with a sense of humour.

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Questionnaire: Candida Höfer Related Press Questionnaire: Candida Höfer 17 January 2017, Frieze

There are so many things that I constantly encounter of which I do not know anything or do not know enough about but wish to know more.

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Hans-Peter Feldmann on the link between contemporary photography and classicist painting Related Press Hans-Peter Feldmann on the link between contemporary photography and classicist painting 7 November 2016, British Journal of Photography

A new exhibition of work by German photographic artist Hans-Peter Feldmann is about to go on show at Simon Lee Gallery, Hong Kong. Characterised by its engagement with art history and vernacular imag

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The art in this show followed me out of the museum, told me I was going to die Related Press The art in this show followed me out of the museum, told me I was going to die 16 September 2016, Observer

At the Jewish Museum, Halloween lovers can trick-or-treat a month early. In Take Me (I’m Yours), which opened today, all of the works by a roster of 42 international artists can be taken away. Visitors can leave with a T-shirt designed by Rirkrit Tiravanija, a blue and red pin conceived by Alex Israel, a tissue from Haim...

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Prends-ça! A Paris exhibition invites visitors to take the artworks with them Related Press Prends-ça! A Paris exhibition invites visitors to take the artworks with them 20 October 2015, Hyperallergic

Take Me (I’m Yours) at the Monnaie de Paris revives and expands a 1995 exhibition curated by Christian Boltanski and Hans-Ulrich Obrist at London’s Serpentine Gallery, in which all the art is designed to be touched and taken away. Chiara Parisi, director of cultural programs at the French institution, joins the duo in curating the...

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