Bernhard Schobinger Explained

Bernhard Schobinger
Birth Date:18 January 1946
Birth Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Spouse:Annelies Štrba
Nationality:Swiss
Field:Art jewelry
Training:School of Applied Arts, Zürich
Awards:Françoise van den Bosch Award 1998Swiss Federal Design Award 2007

Bernhard Schobinger is a Swiss contemporary artist jeweler.

Early life and education

Bernhard Schobinger attended the School of Applied Arts in Zürich for two years, followed by Goldsmith's apprenticeship between 1963 and 1967. In 1968, he opened a workshop-gallery in Richterswil and started to produce his own work.[1] In the 80s he spent periods of time in London, New York and Berlin.

Career and work

Throughout his career as an art jeweler, Schobinger has blurred the lines between applied and fine arts.[2] His esthetic echoes Concrete art mainly under the influence of Max Bill, Punk culture of the 70s, Italian arte povera and Neo-Dada.

Often playing with contrasts, Schobinger's single pieces are made of material which varies greatly from recycled objects and pieces inherited from his mother to precious metals and gemstones.[3] [4] Broken glasses, scissors or rusty material are used in a provocative way, making jewelry a means for a narrative on material culture.[5]

As the art historian Roger Fayet put it, "His works are based not on 'neither-nor' but rather on 'both... and', on juxtaposition and interpolation. What comes out of this is - despite all this use of rubbish - jewellery of extraordinary richness: rich in materials and forms, rich in qualities that are sensorily perceived and, most importantly, rich in meanings and wit".[6]

Schobinger has been invited as a visiting lecturer in a number of Universities and Academies, including the Royal College of Art in London, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Tokyo, the Rhode Island School of Design. the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, the Haute Ecole d'Arts Appliqués in Geneva.

Awards

His work was rewarded with a number of awards. Most recently, in 2007, he received the Swiss Federal Design Award.

Others awards:

Museum collections

External links

Bibliographical references

  1. Wilhelm Lindeman, ed. Gemstone/Art. Renaissance to the Present Day. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016.
  2. Glenn Adamson, "Bernhard Schobinger: The Rings of Saturn", Arnoldische Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2013.
  3. Roger Fayet and others, "Bernhard Schobinger: Jewels Now", Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2003.
  4. "Ornament as art" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA, Arnoldische Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2007.
  5. Helen W. Drutt and Peter Dormer, "Jewelry of our time: Art, Ornament and Obsession", Thames&Hudson, London 1995.
  6. David Watkins, "The Best in Contemporary Jewelry", Quarto Publishing plc, London 1993.

Notes and References

  1. Bernhard Schobinger – Annelies Strba. Text: Christoph Blase. Galerie Meile, Luzern 1993
  2. Florian Hufnagl, Bernhard Schobinger: A Future-Orientated Jewellery Artist, in Roger Fayet and others, Bernhard Schobinger: Jewels Now!, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2003
  3. Bijoux en jeux. Catalogue des collections du MUDAC et de la Confédération suisse. 2014, La Bibliothèque des Arts,
  4. Anne Dressen, Michèle Heuzé, Benjamin Lignel. Medusa. Bijoux et tabous. Paris Musées 2017,
  5. https://artjewelryforum.org/exhibition-reviews/this-is-one-i-made-earlier Stephen Knott, "This is one I made earlier", Bernhard Schobinger’s Faux Slapdashes At The Manchester Art Gallery, in Art Jewelry Forum, 10/07/2014
  6. Roger Fayet, Florian Hufnagl (eds.), Bernhard Schobinger, Jewels Now!, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2003, p. 8

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