Alex Hanimann: Same but Different

Overview

With Same But Different, Alex Hanimann presents a time journey through his artistic production. Already the reflective cover is a reference to Nico’s cool, spoken rather than sung song "I'll Be Your Mirror" with the Velvet Underground. ‘Iconic images’ is an important theme for the artist, organized here like a loop of images with highly informative texts and visual material from three exhibitions in 2019/20 at Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Villa Merkel Esslingen, and FRAC Grand Large Dunquerque. The raster works from the 1970s are just as much part of the exhibition as the new glossy sculptures from the last five years depicting young people at a slightly larger scale in their typical contemporary outfits (CONVERSATION PIECE). The unifying element is a video journey by bicycle (CATCH OF THE DAY) through Victoria Park, which signifies the utopian aspect. The artist combines the images of his own youth and the portrayal of the child generation with a life motif of movement.

Author Biography

Hans Ulrich Obrist (born 1968) is a Swiss curator and the current artistic director of the Serpentine Galleries London. Kurt Eckert (born 1948) is a Swiss graphic designer and was a university lecturer. Rolf Hengesbach founded the gallery in Wuppertal in 1991. Since April 2001 Andreas Baur has been director of Villa Merkel. Lorenzo Benedetti is actually curator at Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. Angelika Affentranger has written for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and the Kunst-Bulletin. Omar Koleif is an Egyptian artist, curator, writer, and editor living in London. Nadia Veronese is curator at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and director of the Kunstverein St. Gallen. Patrick Frey (born 1949) is a Swiss author, actor, and publisher. Keren Detton is since 2016 director of FRAC Nord-Pas de Calais.