Hans Schabus (born 25 January 1970) is an Austrian visual artist known primarily for his
site-specific installations.
Biography
In 2002 Schabus exhibited a video piece in which he navigated the sewage canals of
Vienna in a rowboat at
Manifesta 4
Manifesta, also known as the European Nomadic Biennial, is a European pan-regional contemporary cultural biennale.
History
Manifesta was founded in 1994 by Dutch art historian Hedwig Fijen. The first edition took place in Rotterdam. One of t ...
in
Frankfurt.
In 2007 he had his first solo museum exhibition in the United States at
SITE Santa Fe in
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label=Tiwa language, Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ...
"Deserted Conquest".
In representing Austria at the 2005
Venice Biennale, Schabus transformed the
Austrian pavilion
The Austrian pavilion is a national pavilion of the Venice Biennale. It houses Austria's official representation during the Biennale.
Background
The Venice Biennale is an international art biennial exhibition held in Venice, Italy. Often de ...
into a massive artificial mountain, while investigating preexisting concepts pertaining to nature, culture, and the role
References
1970 births
Austrian artists
Austrian contemporary artists
Living people
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