B.S. Kosmos: 50 years of creation by Bernhard Schobinger

Exhibition / 21 Sep 2024 - 01 Dec 2024

Published: 03.09.2024

Kunsthalle Friart

: Petites-Rames 22
CH–1701 - Fribourg
SWITZERLAND

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Bernhard Schobinger. Necklace: Tubendeckel, 1987. Gold, silver, cobalt, plastic. 25.5 x 19.5 cm ø 14cm.

Bernhard Schobinger. Ring: Gimme Danger (Scrap Ring), 2017. Rock crystal, glass, gold, Japanese urushi lacquer. 8.5 x 5.5 x 6 cm. Photo by: Fabio Mantegna. Courtesy of Bernhard Schobinger & Martina Simeti.

Bernhard Schobinger. Bracelet: Form aus zwei geviertelten Kreisringen, 1974. Onyx, copper. Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT..

Bernhard Schobinger. Necklace: “Nur sauber gekämmt sind wir wirklich frei”, 1983. Combs of colored plastic, linked with cobaltite wire. 20 x 20 x 2 cm. Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT..

Bernhard Schobinger. Ring: Kinetic Sphere, 1973. White gold 750, agate, onyx. Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT.

Bernhard Schobinger. Ring: Brush Ring, 1977. Gold 750, marten hair. Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT.

Bernhard Schobinger. Bangle: Dipole, 1972. Rock crystal, white and yellow gold. Courtesy of the V&A Museum London..

Bernhard Schobinger. Necklace: Screws and Shards, 2015. Steel, Japanese glass, Urushi lacquer, paint, thread. Part of: Private collection Switzerland.

Bernhard Schobinger. Print: Sonja with Necklace, 1986. Silver gelatin print. Photo by: Annelies Strba. Print by © Annelies Strba 1986/87
. Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT.

Bernhard Schobinger. Ring: Ring of Rings, 2022. All gold rings found by under water treasure hunting by scuba diving in the lake Zurich. Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT..

Bernhard Schobinger
Necklace: Tubendeckel, 1987
Gold, silver, cobalt, plastic
25.5 x 19.5 cm ø 14cm
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Ring: Gimme Danger (Scrap Ring), 2017
Rock crystal, glass, gold, Japanese urushi lacquer
8.5 x 5.5 x 6 cm
Photo by: Fabio Mantegna
Courtesy of Bernhard Schobinger & Martina Simeti
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Bracelet: Form aus zwei geviertelten Kreisringen, 1974
Onyx, copper
Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Necklace: “Nur sauber gekämmt sind wir wirklich frei”, 1983
Combs of colored plastic, linked with cobaltite wire
20 x 20 x 2 cm
Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Ring: Kinetic Sphere, 1973
White gold 750, agate, onyx
Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Ring: Brush Ring, 1977
Gold 750, marten hair
Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Bangle: Dipole, 1972
Rock crystal, white and yellow gold
Courtesy of the V&A Museum London.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Necklace: Screws and Shards, 2015
Steel, Japanese glass, Urushi lacquer, paint, thread
Part of: Private collection Switzerland
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Print: Sonja with Necklace, 1986
Silver gelatin print
Photo by: Annelies Strba
Print by © Annelies Strba 1986/87
Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Bernhard Schobinger
Ring: Ring of Rings, 2022
All gold rings found by under water treasure hunting by scuba diving in the lake Zurich
Courtesy Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan IT.
© By the author. Read Klimt02.net Copyright.

Friart is dedicating a major retrospective to Bernhard Schobinger, the artist at the heart of a revolution in jewelry creation. Revisiting an original oeuvre spanning 50 years, the exhibition pays homage to an independent figure who stands alone in the art of his country and beyond.

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Bernhard Schobinger

From his connections with Concrete art to punk rebellion, from postmodern eclecticism to the smallest of zen-influenced touches, Schobinger’s work testifies to a constant experimentation that belies any hierarchisation of the arts. Making extensive use of formal and technical invention, it holds up the coming together of opposites, the subtle transfiguration of everyday objects charged with individual stories. In the democracy of materials instituted by the artist, noble metals and precious stones sit alongside the waste of industrial civilisation.

On the first floor, the artist presents a new series of works he has been working on for several years. Employing fragments retrieved from the rubble of Berlin, a city destroyed by bombing during the Second World War, it invokes the connections between memory and destruction that shape the artist’s poetics.
Bernhard Schobinger (1946, CH) lives and works in Richterswil (ZH).

The exhibition is organized in close collaboration with the artist and Martina Simeti Gallery, Milan .

Opening: 20. Sep.2024, 18 h – 21 h.

Kunsthalle Friart

: Petites-Rames 22
CH–1701 - Fribourg
SWITZERLAND

: Website Kunsthalle Friart; Instagram Kunsthalle Friart; Facebook Kunsthalle Friart; Vimeo Kunsthalle Friart

Mail:: infofriart.ch

Phone:: +41(0)26 323 23 51

Management:: Nicolas Brulhart

B.S. Kosmos: 50 years of creation by Bernhard Schobinger

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