Bettina Pousttchi Biography

Bettina Pousttchi stands as one of Germany's foremost contemporary artists and has also received significant recognition internationally, especially in the USA, where solo exhibitions of her work have been held in institutions such as the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas and the Arts Club of Chicago.

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Bettina Pousttchi predominantly works with sculpture and photography. Her site-specific photo installations consistently challenge and expand the formal and conceptual possibilities of photography and often occupy entire building façades.

Pousttchi first attracted international attention in 2009 with her monumental photographic installation Echo, which covered the four elevations of the Temporäre Kunsthalle at Schlossplatz in Berlin. Echo was a visual echo of the former prestigious Palace of the Republic of the GDR, reflecting on the individual's ability to recall. Pousttchi explores the relationship between memory and history from a transnational perspective. Such an interlocking approach is key to the artist's work.

Pousttchi's sculptural works provide deeper insight into her interest in the structures of public space, often developed from street furniture like street bollards, crowd barriers or bike racks. Her recent sculptures Vertical Highways are transformations of crash barriers. The vertical alignment and modular use of a prefabricated element change the viewer's spatial perception and give the work an architectural reference. Taking the structures used to establish order in public space, these works address crowd control, the directing of crowds, a theme that is more topical than ever at present.

For her extensive photo project World Time Clock Pousttchi travelled over several years to different time zones around the world. In each place she took a photograph of a public clock always at the same time. The planetary piece about the political and social organization of time and space creates a philosophical image of synchronicity and a globalized reality.

Bettina Pousttchi was born in Mainz in 1971. She studied at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf and graduated from the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York. She lives in Berlin.

Text courtesy Buchmann Galerie.

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Horizons B08 by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork painting
Bettina Pousttchi Horizons B08, 2024 Acrylic on canvas
138 x 97 x 4 cm
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Vertical Highways A35 by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork sculpture
Bettina Pousttchi Vertical Highways A35, 2024 Guardrails, steel
156 x 70 x 60 cm
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Horizon C02 by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork painting
Bettina Pousttchi Horizon C02, 2024 Acrylic on canvas
138 x 97 x 4 cm
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Vertical Highways A36 by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork sculpture
Bettina Pousttchi Vertical Highways A36, 2024 Guardrails, steel
186 x 82 x 90 cm
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Vertical Highways by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork sculpture
Bettina Pousttchi Vertical Highways, 2024 Guardrails, steel
590 x 150 x 240 cm
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Horizons M03 by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork painting
Bettina Pousttchi Horizons M03, 2024 Acrylic on canvas
30 x 30 x 2 cm
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Horizon E13 by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork painting
Bettina Pousttchi Horizon E13, 2024 Acrylic on canvas
80 x 60 x 2 cm
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Vertical Highways A29 by Bettina Pousttchi contemporary artwork sculpture
Bettina Pousttchi Vertical Highways A29, 2023 Crash barriers, steel
158 x 75 x 110 cm
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