Group show
Wintry
When
2009
Serge Spitzer (1951 - 2012) was born in Bucharest and moved to New York in the eighties, he is considered one of the most important artists of his generation. Since the late seventies, many of Spitzer's most demanding works have been realized as large permanent or temporary installations in important international exhibitions, such as Documenta 8 and the Venice Biennials of 1999, Istanbul of 1994, Lyon and Kwangju in 1997. Both when he uses compact materials like a steel beam, and when he uses apparently weak like a wire, his work is animated by a sculptural sensibility for precarious equilibrium and by the imaginative and physical complicity of the spectator. Even when he uses industrial products or experimental technologies his works maintain an everyday, normal and somewhat ironic aspect. Very complex processes of development find solutions that are deeply familiar, strongly evocative and conceptually allusive in the physical dimension, but also sensitive to the social and political context.
Serge Spitzer
Re/Search, Bread and Butter with the ever present Question of How to define the difference between a Baguette and a Croissant (II)
1995-2010 Partial view of the installation at Palais de Tokyo, Parigi, 2010
Serge Spitzer
The State of Matter
2007/2009, Galerie Tschudi, Zuoz, Switzerland One person exhibition with site specific installation
Serge Spitzer
Molecular (ISTANBUL)
2009 Recycled glass balls, Dimensions variable, Partial installation view The Mayor Synagogue, Hasköy, Istanbul
Serge Spitzer
Molecular (ISTANBUL)
2009 Recycled glass balls, Dimensions variable, Partial installation view The Mayor Synagogue, Hasköy, Istanbul
Serge Spitzer
Molecular (ROMA)
2008,Recycled glass balls, Dimensions variable, partial view of installation
Serge Spitzer
Molecular (ROMA)
2008,Recycled glass balls, Dimensions variable, partial view of installation
Serge Spitzer
Untitled
1986, Steel Ibeam and rubber mat Approx. 250 x 180 x 200 cm Ed. of 3, Installation view
Serge Spitzer
Molecular (BASEL)
2002-2008, dimensions variable, permanent installation on Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland in collaboration with: David Chipperfield Architets, partial view
Serge Spitzer
Molecular (BASEL)
2002-2008, dimensions variable, permanent installation on Novartis Campus, Basel, Switzerland in collaboration with: David Chipperfield Architets, partial view
Serge Spitzer
Untitled (EATON)
2007-2008 single polyamide filament 6 1/2 ft X 19 1/2 ft X 2″ Private collection London
Serge Spitzer
Round the corner
2006, partial view of installation at Kunstmuseum, Bern
Serge Spitzer
Round the corner
2006, view of installation, Kunstmuseum of Bern
Serge Spitzer
Breathing Light
2003, partial view of installation at Kunsthalle of Bern
Serge Spitzer
Breathing Light
2003, partial view of installation at Kunsthalle of Bern
Serge Spitzer
Breathing Light
2003, partial view of installation at Kunsthalle of Bern
Serge Spitzer
Breathing Light
2003, partial view of installation at Kunsthalle of Bern
Serge Spitzer
Breathing Light
2003, partial view of installation at Kunsthalle of Bern
Serge Spitzer
Re/Cycle (Don’t Hold Your Breath)
1999, Installation view at 48th Biennale di Venezia, curated by Haradl Szeemann, glasses
Serge Spitzer
Re/Cycle (Don’t Hold Your Breath)
1999, Installation view at 48th Biennale di Venezia, curated by Haradl Szeemann, glasses
Serge Spitzer
Untitled (Law Blank)
1994, thread and legal paper mounted on board 50.8 x 40.0 cm
Serge Spitzer
About sculpture
1984-1987, Paperlined linen and rubber shock absorber, 50 x 68 cm each
Serge Spitzer
Deadload / Deadlock
1986, Milled aluminum and rolled coir mat
Serge Spitzer
Seeing Red, seeing Yellow, seeing Blue
1976, Chromogenic prints, 3 elements each 50 x 70 cm
Serge Spitzer
The Horizon as a limit of Activity and Interest
1972, Chromogenic prints, 2 elements each 23 x 34cm