Mark Staff Brandl
Mark Staff Brandl | |
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Born | Peoria, Illinois, U.S. | May 19, 1955
Nationality | American and Swiss |
Education | University of Zurich |
Known for | painting, installation art, art history |
Movement | Mongrel Art |
Spouse | Cornelia Kunz Brandl |
Website | markstaffbrandl |
Mark Staff Brandl (born 1955) is an American-born artist, art historian and philosopher of art now living primarily in Switzerland.[1]
History
Born in
Exhibitions and Publications
Brandl is active internationally as an artist since 1980, has won various awards, had many publications and had numerous exhibitions. His shows include galleries and museums in the US, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Egypt, the Caribbean; specific cities include Paris, Moscow, Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. As a critic, he has been a frequent contributor to London’s The Art Book and a Contributing Editor for New York’s Art in America.[2] He has frequently collaborated with fellow former Pekinite Th. Emil Homerin.[4] Brandl has also been a contributor to Sharkforum,[5] a critical website concerning art and contributes to the renowned art critical podcast Bad at Sports.[6] Due to his participation in these publications and his many exhibitions, Brandl has become highly visible in the Chicago and New York art worlds, as well as in Europe. Recent exhibitions include a painting-installation in St. Gallen Switzerland and Berlin, Germany and a performance-art lecture in documenta 13 in Kassel, Germany in 2012. His newest project begun in 2017 is a series of lectures on art history presented entertainingly as performances with painted backdrops and within entire installations of paintings. Brandl calls this project, as well as himself in it, "Dr Great Art."[7] As a part of this, he has a biweekly podcast also titled 'Dr Great Art.'[8]
Collections
He is also the curator of
References
- ^ Gerhard Mack, "Comics, Cage and the Beatles," St. Galler Tagblatt, 30 August 2000.
- ^ a b Biography at http://www.markstaffbrandl.com, accessed 5 October 2005.
- ^ http://www.tagblatt.ch/ostschweiz/stgallen/stadtstgallen/tb-st/Locker-gemaltes-Netzwerk;art186,4212305, accessed 18 Mai 2017.
- ^ Th. Emil Homerin, Umar Ibn al-Farid, Sufi Verse, Saintly Life. New York: The Classics of Western Spirituality; Paulist Press, 2001 pg. 5.
- ^ "Sharkforum: Opinion with Teeth". Archived from the original on 20 August 2006. Retrieved 14 September 2007.[title missing]
- ^ "Archives | Bad at Sports". badatsports.com. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ "Dr Great Art Art and Art History". www.drgreatart.ch. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Dr Great Art". drgreatart.libsyn.com. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Th. Emil Homerin and Konrad Bitterli, Mark Staff Brandl: Panels Covers and Viewers, Artist Catalogue, Thurgovia Switzerland, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen Press 2003.
External links
- Mark Staff Brandl (official site)
- "Dr Great Art Art and Art History". www.drgreatart.ch. Retrieved 1 October 2023. (second official site)
- "Mark Staff Brandl fan club". Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - Sharkforum, Art Critical Blog Magazine Site Archived 9 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Interview with Brandl on Bad at Sports podcast
- Interview with Brandl on Comic Book Talk Radio podcast
- Print interview with Brandl on Myartspace