Hans Schabus Explained

Hans Schabus
Birth Date:25 January 1970
Nationality:Austrian
Occupation:Visual artist
Style:Site-specific art

Hans Schabus (born 25 January 1970) is an Austrian visual artist known primarily for his site-specific installations.

Biography

In 2002 Schabus exhibited a video piece in which he navigated the sewage canals of Vienna in a rowboat at Manifesta 4 in Frankfurt.[1]

In 2007 he had his first solo museum exhibition in the United States at SITE Santa Fe in Santa Fe, New Mexico "Deserted Conquest".[2]

In representing Austria at the 2005 Venice Biennale, Schabus transformed the Austrian pavilion into a massive artificial mountain, while investigating preexisting concepts pertaining to nature, culture, and the role[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: manifesta 4. m4.manifesta.org.
  2. Web site: Hans Schabus.
  3. Web site: Hans Schabus. Artspace.
  4. Web site: Hans Schabus.
  5. Hans Schabus | Frieze. Frieze. 6 June 2003. 76. Eichler. Dominic.