Bernhard Schobinger

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Bernhard Schobinger
Born(1946-01-18)18 January 1946
Zürich, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Education School of Applied Arts, Zürich
OccupationJewelry designer
Known for Art jewelry
Spouse Annelies Štrba
AwardsFrançoise van den Bosch Award (1998)
Swiss Federal Design Award (2007)
Website schobinger.ch

Bernhard Schobinger (born 18 January 1946) is a Swiss contemporary artist jeweler.

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Early life and education

Born in Zurich, Bernhard Schobinger attended the Zurich's School of Applied Arts for two years, followed an apprenticeship, between 1963 and 1967, at Goldsmiths, a retailer in England.

Career

In 1968, he opened a workshop–gallery in Richterswil and started to produce his own work. [1] In the 1980s, he spent periods of time in Berlin, London, and New York City.

Throughout his career as an art jeweler, Schobinger has blurred the lines between applied and fine arts. [2] His esthetic echoes concrete art mainly under the influence of Max Bill, the punk culture of the 1970s, Italian Arte Povera and Neo-Dada.

Often playing with contrasts, Schobinger's single pieces are made of material which varies greatly from recycled objects and pieces inherited from his mother to precious metals and gemstones. [3] [4] Broken glasses, scissors or rusty material are used in a provocative way, making jewelry a means for a narrative on material culture. [5]

As the art historian Roger Fayet put it, "His works are based not on 'neither-nor' but rather on 'both... and', on juxtaposition and interpolation. What comes out of this is – despite all this use of rubbish – jewellery of extraordinary richness: rich in materials and forms, rich in qualities that are sensorily perceived and, most importantly, rich in meanings and wit". [6]

Schobinger has been invited as a visiting lecturer at universities and academies, including the Royal College of Art in London; Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry in Tokyo; the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island; the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam; and the Haute Ecole d'Arts Appliqués in Geneva.

Awards

His work has received awards including:

Museum collections

Bibliographical references

  1. Wilhelm Lindeman, ed. Gemstone/Art. Renaissance to the Present Day. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2016. ( ISBN   978-3-89790-465-1)
  2. Glenn Adamson, "Bernhard Schobinger: The Rings of Saturn", Arnoldische Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2013. ( ISBN   978-3-89790-402-6)
  3. Roger Fayet and others, "Bernhard Schobinger: Jewels Now", Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2003. ( ISBN   978-3-89790-183-4)
  4. "Ornament as art" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA, Arnoldische Art Publishers, Stuttgart, Germany 2007. ( ISBN   978-3-89790-273-2)
  5. Helen W. Drutt and Peter Dormer, "Jewelry of our time: Art, Ornament and Obsession", Thames&Hudson, London 1995. ( ISBN   9780500016749)
  6. David Watkins, "The Best in Contemporary Jewelry", Quarto Publishing plc, London 1993. ( ISBN   2-88046-189-8)

References

  1. ↑ Bernhard Schobinger – Annelies Strba. Text: Christoph Blase. Galerie Meile, Luzern 1993 ISBN   3-906134-01-6
  2. ↑ Florian Hufnagl, Bernhard Schobinger: A Future-Orientated Jewellery Artist, in Roger Fayet and others, Bernhard Schobinger: Jewels Now!, Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2003 ISBN   978-3-89790-183-4
  3. ↑ Bijoux en jeux. Catalogue des collections du MUDAC et de la Confédération suisse. 2014, La Bibliothèque des Arts, ISBN   978-2-88244-027-3
  4. ↑ Anne Dressen, Michèle Heuzé, Benjamin Lignel. Medusa. Bijoux et tabous. Paris Musées 2017, ISBN   9782759603473
  5. ↑ https://artjewelryforum.org/exhibition-reviews/this-is-one-i-made-earlier Stephen Knott, "This is one I made earlier", Bernhard Schobinger’s Faux Slapdashes At The Manchester Art Gallery, in Art Jewelry Forum, 10/07/2014
  6. ↑ Roger Fayet, Florian Hufnagl (eds.), Bernhard Schobinger, Jewels Now!, Arnoldsche, Stuttgart 2003, p. 8.
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