Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Hans-Ulrich Obristis an art curator, critic and historian of art. He is artistic director at the Serpentine Galleries, London. Obrist is the author of The Interview Project, an extensive ongoing project of interviews. He is also co-editor of the Cahiers d'art revue...
NationalitySwiss
ProfessionCritic
CountrySwitzerland
art includes showing
To keep art stimulating, it's important to open it up to new horizons, which includes showing it in unexpected contexts.
art clearly happen power
To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
art life mix utility
The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
art enjoy immerse job others talk
My job is art curator, not artist. All I have ever wanted to do is immerse myself in art, to enjoy it, to learn about it, to write about it, to talk to others about it.
amazing art becomes cities fair form happens
I think the art fair is very much a form of urbanism. I think something really happens to the cities when such a fair happens. The city becomes an exhibition; it's amazing.
art follows matter nor
Making art is not the matter of a moment, and nor is making an exhibition; curating follows art.
deeper work
There is nothing deeper than to work for a year with the same artist.
favourite
One of my favourite exhibitions is called 'Do It,' which I co-curated with the artists Christian Boltanski and Bertrand Lavier 21 years ago.
famous gallery
My most famous show is the 'Kitchen Show.' More famous than any gallery show or museum show I curated.
realise
Many artists have not been able to realise their fondest projects. My role is to help them.
knew quite
It's quite an obscure notion for a kid, no? To want to be a curator. But even then, I knew that I would do this.
morning
I don't wake up in the morning and think about Franz Kline.
disperse
Exhibitions usually are not collected; they disperse after they take place.
centre model numerous surrounded
Most cities have a centre surrounded by suburbs, but London has numerous centres: it's the model of a twenty-first century metropolis.