Michael Beutler
Michael Beutler, was born in Oldenburg
(DE) in 1976. His works are usually a reaction to the social and
architectural structure of the particular exhibition space, used equally as
production facility and place of presentation. In order to produce the modules
for his installations, he first constructs his own machines, then processes
industrially manufactured materials such as paper, metal, wood or plastics,
often involving others in the creation of his works. He sees this state of
temporary uncertainty and processual development as a productive component of
his work (Thomas Thiel, Bielefeld Kunstverein 2014).
Solo exhibitions
2016 Pump House, Spike Island, Bristol
(UK), Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham (UK). 2015 Michael Beutler.
Moby Dick, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin. 2014 Haus
Beutler, Bielefeld Kunstverein (DE), La Loge, Brussels. Michael Beutler,
Architekt – Etienne Descloux, Künstler, Kunsthalle Osnabrück (DE). Ballenernte,
Kunstareal, Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (DE). 2008 Michael
Beutler, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm.
Group exhibitions
2016 the 8th climate, Gwangju Biennial,
Gwangju (KR). 2015 Eppur si muove, MUDAM, Luxemburg. 2014 Play
Time, Les Ateliers de Rennes – Biennale d’art contemporain, Rennes (FR). Living
in the Material World, Kunstmuseen Krefeld (DE), Galerie im Taxispalais,
Innsbruck (AT). 2013 Risk Society, MOCA Museum of Contemporary
Art, Taipeh. Decorum, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. 2012 La
vie des formes, Les Abattoirs Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse (FR). 2011 Melanchotopia,
Witte de With, Rotterdam (NL). Skulpturales Handeln, Haus der Kunst,
Munich (DE).
Publications
Udo Kittelmann, Melanie Roumiguière (eds.), Michael Beutler. Moby
Dick, exh. cat. Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin 2015.
Sara Arrhenius (ed.), Michael Beutler. Kottgubbar, exh. cat. Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm 2008.
Michael Beutler, exh. cat. Kunstverein Solothurn, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Snoeck Verlag, Cologne 2004.