Andrea Hasler (born 1975) is from Zürich, Switzerland, and creates sculptures that look like they were made with meat.
Education and personal life
editHasler received her MFA from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, UK in 2002 and currently lives and works in London, UK.[1][2]
Work
editHasler's works typically use wax, or wax-covered resin,[3] to create a wide range of objects[4] that appear to be made from meat, simulating objects such as purses and tents.[5][6][7][8] Hasler's wax and mixed media sculptures are characterized by a tension between attraction and repulsion, and highly influenced by artists John Isaacs, Berlinde De Bruyckere and Louise Bourgeois.[9] Her 2013 solo exhibition Burdens of Excess re-fashioned high-end designer accessories into bulging globs of pink wax studded with brand-name zipper pulls, insignias, straps and handles.[10]
Exhibits and awards
editIn 2014, Hasler won the Greenham Common Commission[3] and created a new work, The Matriarch, that took Greenham Common’s history as a starting point, focusing on the Women’s Peace Camp.[11] This work was filmed by BBC for The Culture Show.[12] Hasler also participated in the 3-D Foundation Artist Residency in the mountain town of Verbier, Switzerland creating two site-specific sculptures for the exhibition Mutations: Contemporary Sculpture in Context, curated by Paul Goodwin.[4]
Hasler's solo exhibitions include New Greenham Arts, Newbury, UK; GUSFORD, Los Angeles, CA;[10][13] Next Level Projects, London, UK;[14] and Artrepco Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland.[2] Her work was also featured in the 2014 book The Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture by Jac Scott.[15][16]
References
edit- ^ Chin, Andrea (6 June 2013). "Andrea Hasler: Burdens of Excess". Designboom. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Artists - Andrea Hasler - Biography". GUSFORD. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ a b Liu, Sophia. "Interviews: Andrea Hasler, in conversation". Surging Tide. Archived from the original on 27 February 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ a b Azzarello, Nina (14 September 2014). "Andrea Hasler Installs Flesh Sculptures on the Swiss Mountains". Designboom. Archived from the original on 18 November 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Bloody 'Human' Sculptures Push The Limits Of Grotesque Art". Huffington Post. 6 December 2017 [24 February 2014]. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Azzarello, Nina (17 February 2014). "Fleshy Intestine Tents by Andrea Hasler Recognize Nuclear Consequences". Designboom. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ Lynch, Gerald (18 February 2014). "How Much Do You Wish This "Meat Tent" Was Actually Made of Meat?". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Where to buy: Andrea Hasler". The Week. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Show and Tell: Andrea Hasler". Hunger TV. 1 May 2013. Archived from the original on 7 June 2013.
- ^ a b Ollman, Leah (5 July 2013). "Review: Designer handbags in the globby flesh at Gusford". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 9 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
- ^ "Embrace the Base". Corn Exchange, Newbury. 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Footage of BBC filming Andrea Hasler's tent 'The Matriarch' in situ Greenham Common". Andrea Hasler. 27 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024 – via Vimeo.
- ^ "Andrea Hasler: Burdens of Excess". Artweek.LA. Jun 5, 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Andrea Hasler - Irreducible Complexity". Next Level Projects. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
- ^ "Andrea Hasler Featured in the Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture". GUSFORD. 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015.
- ^ Scott, Jac (2014). The Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture. Ramsbury: The Crowood Press. pp. 12–13, 50–55, 307–314. ISBN 9781847977212. OCLC 870426600.