Benjamin Hirte, Christian Andersen

Images

Benjamin Hirte. Installation view. Antwerp, 2021. MAK Center, Los Angeles — Installation view. Antwerp, 2021. MAK Center, Los Angeles

Benjamin Hirte. Lots, 2020. Rubber, Miniature Street lamps, electronics, steel, wire, digital print on paper. Dimensions variable — Lots, 2020. Rubber, Miniature Street lamps, electronics, steel, wire, digital print on paper. Dimensions variable

Benjamin Hirte. We labour but not for ourselves, 2021. Polyurethan model board, wall paint. 40 x 35 x 35 cm — We labour but not for ourselves, 2021. Polyurethan model board, wall paint. 40 x 35 x 35 cm

Benjamin Hirte. Installation view. Autohaus St. Marx–organiazed by Benjamin Hirte, 2021. Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna — Installation view. Autohaus St. Marx–organiazed by Benjamin Hirte, 2021. Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna

Benjamin Hirte. Solace, 2021. Styrofoam, glass fibre reinforced plastic, lacquer. ⌀ 200 × 45 cm — Solace, 2021. Styrofoam, glass fibre reinforced plastic, lacquer. ⌀ 200 × 45 cm

Installation view. Benjamin Hirte. First Houses, 2020. Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna — Installation view. First Houses, 2020. Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna

Benjamin Hirte. Fountain for Erdbergstraße / Brunnen für die Erdbergstraße, 2020. Red sandstone, timbers. 75 x 80 x 65 cm. First Houses, 2020. Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna — Fountain for Erdbergstraße, 2020. Red sandstone, timbers. 75 x 80 x 65 cm

Benjamin Hirte. For Your Loved Ones, 2020. Various materials, beverage can, model building street lamp, toy castle, cigarette box, part of a chair, cardboard box. Dimensions variable. First Houses, 2020. Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna — For Your Loved Ones, 2020. Various materials, beverage can, model building street lamp, toy castle, cigarette box, part of a chair, cardboard box. Dimensions variable

Benjamin Hirte. First Houses, 2020. Video projection, beamer. 27:00 min. First Houses, 2020. Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna — First Houses, 2020. Video projection, beamer. 27:00 min

Installation view. Benjamin Hirte. Trust, 2019. Sydney, Sydney — Installation view. Trust, 2019. Sydney, Sydney

Benjamin Hirte. The robbers, 2019. Plaster, aluminum. 45 x 10 x 12 cm. Trust, 2019. Sydney, Sydney — The robbers, 2019. Plaster, aluminum. 45 x 10 x 12 cm

Benjamin Hirte. The lot, 2018. Rubber, cables, miniature street lamps, LED, wood, wall paint. Dimensions variable.Trust, 2019. Sydney, Sydney — The lot, 2018. Rubber, cables, miniature street lamps, LED, wood, wall paint. Dimensions variable

Benjamin Hirte. Factory, 2018, Recycables, seagrass rope. 43,18 x 48,26 x 30,48 cm — Factory, 2018, Recycables, seagrass rope. 43,18 x 48,26 x 30,48 cm

Mad Font, 2017. Vacuum formed PVC, aluminium frame, UV print, lacquer. 170 x 92 cm

Goat Ligature, 2017. Vacuum formed PVC, aluminium frame, UV print. 170 x 92 cm

Plumbers Box, 2017. Aluminum, steel, various materials. 200 x 100 x 25 cm

Plumbers box 3/5, 2017. Aluminium, steel, water, dust. 100 x 100 x 100 cm

Installation view. Benjamin Hirte/Chadwick Rantanen, 2017. Museo Pietro Canonica, Rome

Installation view. Teams, 2016. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen

Spell, 2016. Polyamid, threaded steel. 163 x 7,5 x 4 cm

Installation view. The Poetics of the Material, 2016. Leopold Museum, Vienna

cocc, 2016. Spring, steel, rubber, screws. 50 x 40 x 2,5 cm

Untitled, 2016. Rubber, fibre resin, blind rivets. Variable dimensions

Untitled (I), 2015. Aluminium honeycomb panel, reinforced rubber sheet, thread screws, UV-print, acrylic lacqueur. 150 x 103 cm

Untitled (A), 2015. Aluminum honeycomb panel, reinforced rubber sheet, thread screws, UV print. 150 x 103 cm

Untitled (tags), 2014. Cemented treated chipboard

Untitled, 2014. Various metals. 25 x 1,5 x 9,5 cm

Joint, 2015. Aluminum, styrofoam. 70 x 250 x 50 cm

Installation view. Winter, 2014. Christian Andersen, Copenhagen

Gamebraker, 2013. Cut bowling ball. ø 20,3 cm

Untitled (hinge), 2012. Aluminum, steel. 250 x 127 cm

Untitled, 2012. Display case, MDF, wall paint, glasses, various materials. 115 x 70 x 40 cm

Untitled (stool), 2010. Made of three chairs. 45 x 40 x 45 cm

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Benjamin Hirte

Born 1980, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Lives and works in Vienna and New York

Education
2006–2011 Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Class of Heimo Zobernig
2004–2006 Academy of Fine Arts Munich
2001–2004 Education as Stonemason in Restoration

Solo and two-person exhibitions
2023
Rehearsals of Porosity, Kevin Space, Vienna
True Sculpture, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
2021
Antwerp, with Nancy Lupo, MAK Center, Los Angeles
2020
First Houses, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
The Jurist, with Anna-Sophie Berger, CICCIO, New York
2019
A horse and a deer, with Anna-Sophie Berger, Arakawa Ku, Tokyo
Trust, Sydney, Sydney
2017
Jaws, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Benjamin Hirte & Chadwick Rantanen, Museo Pietro Canonica, Rome
2016
Teams, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
building a region / eine Region bauen, Kunstraum Weikendorf, Weikendorf
2015
open handed, with Christoph Knecht, Jürgen Ponto Stiftung, MMK3, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
half real, half fiction, Liudvikas Buklys & Benjamin Hirte, Lira Gallery, Rome
Learn Fast Never Forget, Picnic Picnic, Sheffield
2014
Benjamin Hirte, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Winter, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
2013
Frieze Art Fair London, Galerie Emanuel Layr
noDs Ts, Benjamin Hirte & Marie Lund, works sited, Los Angeles
Performance with Signe Ross, 21er Haus, Vienna
2012
A to K, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
The classic mob ballet, MAK, Vienna
2011
The hello and, one night exhibition, Am Bauernmarkt, Vienna
2010
Vom Zweifel und der Prahlerei / on doubt and bragging, Artist lecture series, Ventilazione, Vienna
2010
Cucuh, Kunstraum Ve.sch, Vienna
with Lone Haugaard Madsen, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Despite straight lines, with Ute Müller, Schloß Hollenburg, Krems
2009
with Sara Deraedt, Demonstrationsraum, Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna
Head back level, eyes front - pause, Galerie Schnittraum, Cologne
2008
Teuscher Fenger, bell street project space, Vienna

Group exhibitions
2022 
New Space Show, Layr, Vienna
EVERYTHING IS BIG, SOMETIMES MONSTROUS AND REALLY INTENSE, Wschód, Warsaw
Group Show, 7Knoppers9, Essen 
2021
Autohaus St. Marx, organized by Benjamin Hirte, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna
The Party, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schwaz
Lichtenfels Sculpture, curated by Olivia Thurn-Valsassina and Emanuel Layr, Waldviertel, Friedersbach
Vienna Biennale for Change, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna 
2020 
Four Flags, curated by Julia Mullié and Nick Terra, Netwerk Aalst, Aalst
2019
But nobody showed up, organized by Pujan Karambeigi, Kai Matsumiya, New York
life and limbs, curated by Anna-Sophie Berger, Swiss Institute, New York
Cool Invitations, XYZ Collective. Tokyo
KizArt–curated by Raffaella Frascarelli, Nomas Foundation, MAXXI Museum, Videocitta, Rome
Cecilia, Sweetwater, Berlin
A chair, projected, curated by Burkhard Metzler, BolteLang, Zurich
2018
The First Morning Fest of Unreasonable Acts, Palazzo Bentivoglio, Bologna
The Long Zoom, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
2017
Kardinal König Kunstpreis, Salzburg
Voodoo Gods, Station Gallery, Melbourne
How much is too much?, A plus A Gallery, Venice
Year of the Monkey, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Rome
2016
Instructions for Happiness, KUP, Athens
The Poetics of the Material, Leopold Museum, Vienna
Disappointment Island, Griffin Art Space, Warsaw
The Language of Things: Material Hi/Stories from the Collection, 21er Haus, Vienna
2024, Sydney, Sydney
Face to Face, Ernesto Esposito Collection, Palazzo Fuscione, Salerno
2015
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Sammlungsschaufenster, Bregenz
Flirting with strangers, Belvedere Palace and Museum, Vienna
Torso, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal
Curated by_Vienna, co-curated with Catherine Chevalier, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Picnic Picnic, co-curated by Benjamin Hirte, Sheffield
Oh, of course, you were berry picking, DREI, Cologne
2014
Hard Words, curated by Benjamin Hirte, Christian Andersen, Copenhagen
In Licht gerückt 6, Neuer Kunstverein Aschaffenburg, KunstLANDing, Aschaffenburg
Die Eigenheit der Dinge, curated by Cornelius Van Almsick, Franz Josefs Kai 3, Vienna
Franz Graf, Siehe was Dich sieht, 21er Haus, Vienna
2013
Goodbyehello, curated by Cosima Rainer, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna
Marius Engh, Benjamin Hirte, Lisa Holzer, Galerie Emanuel Layr @ Knust x Kunz +, Munich
Grand Opening, Frutta Gallery, Rome
Material Conceptualism, The Comfort Of Things, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin
Flat Bed, Benjamin Hirte, Marie Lund, Rolf Nowotny, Joe Sheftel Gallery, New York
No Brow, curated by Katharina ZimmerGalerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Post-Body Projections, Dora & Maja, Benjamin Hirte, Signe Ross, 0gms Gallery, Sofia
Cloud Hosting, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
2012
Die Sammlung #2, 21er Haus, Vienna
100 Best Posters #11, MAK, Vienna
A wavy line is drawn across the middle of the original plans, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
Groupshow curated by Benjamin Hirte and Liudvikas Buklys, DREI, Cologne
2011
No day without a temperament, curated by Benjamin Hirte, Galerie Emanuel Layr, Vienna
Der lange Löffel on Fruits, Flowers and Clouds, a magazine edited by Benjamin Hirte and Rita Vitorelli, Vienna
Wallpaperism, Motel Campo, Geneva
Ruhmlose Tage, COCO (Contemporary Concerns) Kunstverein, Vienna
Contribution to Hate Magazine, Berlin
2010
Jabberwocky, Frappant, Hamburg
Wuff, Spike Art Magazine and Kunstverein Coco, Kurische Nehrung
2009
Trial, Austrian Cultural Forum, Prague
Trick of the light, curated by Marita Fraser, MOP-Gallery, Sydney
Michael Phelps, exhibition project with Lone Haugaard Madsen / Niklas Lichti / Till Megerle, Kunstraum Ve.sch, Vienna

Grants and residencies
2018
ISCP Studio Program, New York
Bundeskanzleramt, Austria
2017
SoArt, Millstaetter See, Austria
2016
CCA Andratx, Mallorca
2015
Residency, Citè des arts, Paris
2013
Jürgen Ponto Stiftung, Frankfurt
MAK-Schindler Artists-in-Residence Program, Los Angeles
2011-2012
Stiftung Lenikus, Vienna
2007-2010
Stipend "Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes"

Publications 
2021
The Robbers, saxpublishers
2020 
Die Räuber, saxpublishers
 2017
Benjamin Hirte – 14. Juni 2017, Artist Lecture Series Vienna
 2016
 Benjamin, Black Pages Issue #67 
2013 
Gene Type – Five Acts in Verse, Mousse Publishing

Press
2022
Benjamin Hirte. The Fun House, Review on Adam Gordon at Gandt New York. Texte zur Kunst, Issue No.126 
Benjamin Hirte. What Revolution?, Review on Diane Severin Nguyen at Sculpture Center New York. Spike Art Magazine, Issue 70 
2021 
Benjamin Hirte. The Public and the Public Pool. Spike Art Magazine, Issue 67 
2020 
Max Henry. Benjamin Hirte First Houses. Flash Art #331
 2017
 Marie de Brugerolle. Benjamin Hirte and Chadwick Rantanen at Museo Pietro Canonica, Villa Borghese, Rome. Mousse #60
 Stephanie Damianitsch. The literal object. Poetiken des Materials, Leopold Museum 
2016
 Max Henry. Benjamin Hirte in The Poetics of Material in Leopold Museum Vienna. Spike Art Quarterly, December 2016 
2015
 Dominikus Müller. Benjamin Hirte, Scharnier und Schablone. Frieze d/e No. 22
 2014
 Dominikus Müller. Vienna Interiorism. Frieze d/e Issue 12 
2009
 Saskia Draxler. Lone Haugaard Madsen, Benjamin Hirte, Niklas Lichti . . .. Artforum International 47, No. 6