Markus Weisbeck
Born 1965 in Offenburg, Germany
Lives and works in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin
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In certain circumstances, typography may even be art. That was the insight Kurt Schwitter arrived at in 1930. Before Schwitters' day, typography was devoted to a single goal: the visualization of linguistic content. (...) The circumstances have changed. In the era of their digital employment, font design and typography, as instruments of visual communication, face a merciless compulsion to innovate. As typography engages in wild escapades, people are less and less interested in reading, while more is being written and published than ever. Now is not the time for art.
And then someone comes along and, with analogue deliberateness, paints simple messages and turns of phrase in plain letters on canvas, shrouding them in gentle colors and a carpet of shapes, that makes you think of christmas: that takes a healthy dose of irony, especially since the author is considered a pioneer of digital communication.
(taken from: Lars Müller 'Do the Stars Need a Reason to Shine' in Markus Weisbeck: Surface, Monograph, Sternberg Press NYC, 2011)
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WORKSHOPS, TEACHINGS
Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Fakultät Gestaltung (since 2011); Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe, Germany 1997; Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, Germany 1998; Robert Wilson, Watermill, NY, USA 2001; Internationale Sommerakademie Mousonturm (with Nikolaus Hirsch & William Forsythe), Frankfurt 2002; Visiting professor HGB Leipzig, Germany 2002/03; Designlabor Bremerhaven, Germany 2003; Visiting professor FH-Darmstadt, Germany, 2005
LECTURES
Architectural Association, London, UK; Etage 04, Stuttgart, Germany; MIT Cambridge, USA; ZHdK Zürich, Switzerland; Greene Naftali Gallery, NYC, USA; Hochschule der Bildenden Künste Saar, Saarbrücken, Germany; Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany; Experimenta Design, Lisboa, Portugal; Universität für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria; Faculdade de arquitetura da universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Art Directors Club, Munich, Germany; Hoge-school voor de Kunsten, Arnheim, Netherlands
SELECTED WORKS (since 2007)
2014
Pavilion of Republic of Armenia at the 14th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice (Italy), Graphic Design
2011
Staatsoper Stuttgart Corporate Design
Corporate Design Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt
Art works Sammlungskatalog Deutsche Bank AG
Corporate Design Globe Festival Deutsche Bank AG
2009
Corporate Design Deutscher Pavillon Venedig Kunst-Biennale
Monografie Catalogue Rachel Harrison for CCS Bard College
2008
Art-direction Animationen Bundespreis Design (with Oliver Hardt)
2007
Corporate Design The Forsythe Company
Corporate Design German Pavilion Venedig Kunst-Biennale
Corporate Design German Pavilion Sao Paulo Architektur-Biennale
Corporate Design StädelschuleArchitectureClass
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (all Group Shows if not mentioned otherwise)
2013
item perspectiva: Von flüssigen Stammbäumen im Geröll der Vernetzung:ein Familienporträt; Beaumont Public invites KROME, Espace Beaumont, Luxemburg
2012
PAST PRESENT FUTURE; Kai Middendorff Galerie, Frankfurt/M (S)
The Future Archive; n.b.k., Berlin
2011
The Beginning of the End of Time; KROME Gallery, Berlin (S)
The Office Gallery, Frankfurt/M
2010
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Thomas Mayfried, ephemera, grafik design etc.
KMA Group Show; KROME Gallery, Berlin
2009
Do the Stars need a Reason to Shine; KROME Gallery, Berlin (S)
2008
William Forsythe; Suspense Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal
GestalteCreate, 175 Jahre HfG Offenbach, MAK Frankfurt, Germany
2007
Dimension der Fläche – Kommunikationsdesign in Deutschland
2006
USA Protections / steirischer herbst 06; Kunsthaus Graz
Peace Tower; Whitney Bienniale, New York, USA
International Poster Exhibition; Tokushima, Japan
2004
Utopia Station; Haus der Kunst, München
Black Friday - Exercises in Hermetics; Galerie Kamm, Berlin
Emotion One; Kunstverein Frankfurt
2003
Soundchambers; Museum Serralves, Porto, Portugal (with Nikolaus Hirsch & Michel Müller)
Utopia Station; Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2002
Die Kraft der Negation; Volksbühne Berlin / Schauspielhaus Köln, Germany (with Nikolaus Hirsch & Michel Müller)
Mapping; 1822-Forum, Frankfurt, Germany
Foto Biennale Rotterdam 2003 "EXPERIENCE"; Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
2001
Dedalic; Convention Museum für angewandte Kunst, Wien
Trade; Fotomuseum Winterthur
1997
Muse de la Poste, Paris, France
1996
IDCA, International Design Conference, Aspen/Colorado, USA
CURATORIAL WORK
2013
74 Proposals; exhibition by alumni and students of Bauhaus University Weimar, Marburger Kunstverein
The Beginning of the End of Time
Krome Gallery, Berlin, 2011
A Century of Decembers
2011
Plexiglass, Hands
106 x 82 cm
Moments out of Date
2011
Print on Canvas
190 x 310 cm
Hybrid Clock
Projection
Variable Dimensions
TSSFAA
2009
Paint on Wood (Airbrush)
148,5 x 250 cm
IBKDL
2009
Inkjet Print on Wood
150 x 150 cm