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Christian Schoen

Christian Schoen (born 1970 in Marburg) is a German art historian and curator. He works on classical art (such as Albrecht Dürer or Auguste Rodin) and contemporary art phenomena. From 2000 to 2003 he co-curated the municipal gallery Lothringer13 in Munich. In 2005 he was appointed director of the Center for Icelandic Art, which he ran until 2010.[1] As Commissioner he was responsible for the Icelandic Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2007 and 2009.[2] 2006 to 2008 he was member of the advisory board and the acquisition committee of the Reykjavík Art Museum. He co-founded the art festival Sequences[3] in 2006. Since 2001 he is director of Osram Art Projects and assistant professor for transdisciplinary methods at the University St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Publications (selection) edit

  • GAEG: Thomas Huber/Wolfgang Aichner: passage2011, (Ed.) Hirmer, München 2012 ISBN 978-3-7774-5671-3
  • Rúrí, (Ed.), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2011 ISBN 978-3-7757-2995-6
  • Osram Seven Screens (Ed.), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2011 ISBN 978-3-7757-2804-1
  • Icelandic Art Today, (Ed. C. Schoen by H.B. Runólfsson), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2009 ISBN 978-3-7757-2295-7
  • Ragnar Kjartansson - The End, (Ed.), Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern 2009 ISBN 978-3-7757-2333-6
  • LIST icelandic art news, (Ed. with Jón Proppé) Reykjavik 2008, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
  • Osram Art Projects 2007, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
  • Homesick, (Ed. by Hannes Sigurðsson), Akureyri 2006, ISBN 9979-9632-4-7
  • Apfelböck oder über das Töten, Belleville, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-936298-51-3
  • Albrecht Dürer. Adam und Eva Reimer Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-496-01244-7
  • lothringer13/halle. Aktuelle Kunst und neue Medien. Dokumentation 2000-2003,(Ed. by C. Schoen and M. Rosen) Norderstedt 2004, ISBN 3-8334-1840-0

Essays edit

  • Prolog für eine erfahrbare Zukunft/Prolog For a Future That Can be Experienced; in: repair. sind wir noch zu retten, Cat. Ars Electronica Festival, Ostfildern (Hatje Cantz) 2010, S. 216f
  • Finnbogi Pétursson. Earth; in: ebda., S. 220f
  • Benjamin Bergmann. Never Ever; in: ebda., S. 222
  • Icelandic identity; in: Vanessa Adler (Ed.), Egill Saebjörnsson – The Book, Berlin 2009
  • The Dead King; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Ragnar Kjartansson – The End, Ostfildern 2009, p. 63-78
  • Iceland stuck between a rock and hard place; in: The Art Newspaper, #202, May 2009
  • The End; in: Making Worlds - Fare Mondi, Cat. 53rd International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, Verona 2009, p. 68/69
  • Finnbogi Pétursson; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 90-95
  • Georg Guðni; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 102-107
  • Rúrí; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 258-263
  • Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson; in: Christian Schoen (Ed.), Icelandic Art Today, Ostfildern 2009, p. 276-293
  • Carolee Schneemann: The Icelandic Muse – Interview, LIST #18, 2008 (online)
  • Vito Acconci – Interview, LIST #18, 2008 (online) and LIST 2008, p. 8
  • Ragnar Kjartansson – Interview, LIST 2008, p. 16-17
  • Rúrí – Interview, LIST 2008, p. 20-21
  • Art Is Alchemy Is Art. Notes on Húbert Nóí’s Work, LIST 2008, p. 24
  • Human Nature - Helgi Þorgils Fríðjónsson; in: Helgi Þorgils Fríðjónsson, Nordatlantens Brygge / North Atlantic House, Kopenhagen (Kat.), Reykjavík 2008, p. 50-51 (engl./Danish)
  • Telling the Truth: Interview with Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson; in: Helgi Þorgils Fríðjónsson, Nordatlantens Brygge / North Atlantic House, Kopenhagen (Kat.), Reykjavík 2008, p. 52 ff (engl./Danish) 65 00 N, 18 00 W. Observation from Inside and Out, LIST 2007, p. 4-5
  • The Golden Plover Has Arrived – Eyfjörd’s Venice Project, LIST 2007, p. 14-15
  • Steina Vasulka – Interview, LIST #4, #5 (online) und LIST 2007, p. 23
  • Roni Horn, Interview (with Jón Proppé), LIST 2007, p. 26-28
  • Monika Tress – Cadavres Exquis. Remnants of Existence, Nürnberg/Reykjavik 2007
  • Tinsel Town/Mader, Stublic & Wiermann; in: DAMn, 10 – Design, Art & Architecture Magazine 2007
  • Introduction Cat. Icelandic Pavilion at Biennale di Venezia: Steingrimur Eyfjörd: The Golden Plover Has Arrived, Reykjavik 2007
  • Off With Their Heads. Interview with Diana Thater; in: OSRAM ART PROJECTS 2007
  • Mader, Stublic, Wiermann: reprojected; in OSRAM ART PROJECTS 2007, Munich 2007
  • Óðauðleg fegurð, Morgunblaðið (Lesbók), 8. Dezember 2007
  • Ragnar Kjartansson: The Great Unrest; in: A Prior Magazine, 12, 2006, p. 141-163
  • Flora Islandica: Junge Kunst in Island, in: Kunst und Kirche, 1/2006, p. 33-39
  • Die Zeichen der Dinge. Zur Bedeutung der Fotografie im Werk Rodins; in: Auguste Rodin. Der Kuss. Die Paare, Ausst. Kat. Hypo-Kunsthalle München/ Museum Folkwang Essen, Munich 2006, S. 60
  • Tobias Regensburger: Kunst – Leben – Überleben, Documentation of the project CAMP 2004 [MUC]
  • Tobias Regensburger: Art – Life – Survival; in: NYartsmagazine November/December 2004
  • Adam und Eva, nach Albrecht Dürer, in: Beutekunst unter Napoleon. Die französische Schenkung an Mainz 1803, Ausstellungskatalog Landesmuseum Mainz 2003, p. 299 – 304
  • Adam und Eva, Achille Calzi und Ludovico Ferretti, in: Beutekunst unter Napoleon. Die französische Schenkung an Mainz 1803, Ausstellungskatalog Landesmuseum Mainz 2003, p. 304 – 305
  • Adam und Eva, Johann Wierix, in: Beutekunst unter Napoleon. Die französische Schenkung an Mainz 1803, Ausstellungskatalog Landesmuseum Mainz 2003, p. 305 – 307

Exhibitions edit

  • Ragnar Kjartansson. The End, 2009, Icelandic Pavilion, Biennale di Venezia (Kommissar)[4]
  • The Chrono-Files (Jörg Auzinger, Maia Gusberti, Michael Aschauer, Sepp Deinhofer und Nik Thoenen, Peter Cornwell, Anja Krautgasser, infossil[clarification needed], Niki Passath, Axel Heide, Onesandzeros, Philip Pocock und Gregor Stehle, Artchalking) 2003, Städtische Kunsthalle lothringer13, München (Co-Kurator)[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Denver Museum of Contemporary Art Names Associate Curator". ARTINFO. 12 February 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ^ "Iceland Presents Curators for the 2009 Venice Biennale". Iceland Review. 14 December 2008. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Nur grüne Geysire schocken in Island". Der Spiegel. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  4. ^ "Iceland Presents "The End" at the 2009 Venice Biennale". Iceland Review. 24 May 2009. Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  5. ^ "The Chrono-Files, from time-based art to database". Neural. 14 February 2003. Archived from the original on 12 January 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

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