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  • Born: 1964, Pasadena, United States
  • Top-ranked work: The Little Musician
  • Top 3 works: The Little Musician
  • Also known as: Peter Builts

The Artistic Practice of Hugo Markl

Hugo Markl is an American artist and curator who lives in New York City. Born in Pasadena, California, he pursued his studies in Visual communication at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where he earned an M.A. in fine arts. His practice spans a broad range of media, including sculpture, photography, video, drawing, printmaking, installation art, and performance.

Markl's work often involves the use of various materials, such as wood, metal, and fabric, to create immersive environments. His output includes works like the Link series, which consists of medium-sized, blue-painted aluminum sculptures, and the Winchester? series, which features sculptures formally constituted by long barrel rifles made of lacquered aluminum. His IQ drawing series combines text and imagery, such as overlaying the word "ROCK" on a nude figure or the IKEA logo with a reproduction of Horkheimer and Adorno's Dialectic of Enlightenment.

Exhibitions and Collaborations

Markl has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions across various international locations, including Berlin, Germany; Zurich, Switzerland; Paris, France; and London, United Kingdom. His work has been exhibited at venues such as the Palais de Tokyo, the Hamburger Bahnhof, and the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo. His art has been reviewed in publications like Art in America and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

In terms of collaborative endeavors, Markl engaged in a video production with Urs Fischer for his exhibition at Hauser & Wirth 2 in 1999. This collaboration, titled The Birth of Peter Builts and the Death of Hugo Markl Because I No Longer Am I Am Everybody I Am Everything, was an adaptation of a performance by the British artists Gilbert and George.

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Hugo Markl s-a născut în Pasadena, în United States.

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