Hans-Peter Feldmann

Born in Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1941, Hans-Peter Feldmann has conducted over the past four decades a profound investigation into the influence of the visual environment on our subjective reality. Following his study at the Universität für künstlerische und industrielle Gestaltung Linz, Austria, in the early 1960s, Feldmann began making his series Picture Books (Bilderhefte, 1968–75), assembling small staple-bound artist books that each contain a collection of images of a certain type such as soccer players, unmade beds, or women's knees. Their names, such as 1 Picture (1 Bild, 1970) or 5 Pictures (5 Bilder, 1973), indicate the number of photographs they contain. Composing images and objects into serial archives, uncanny combinations, and other illuminating new contexts, Feldmann's work unearths the latent associations and sentiments contained within the landscape of daily life. Feldmann's first solo exhibition took place in 1972 at Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne, West Germany, and his work has since been featured in solo presentations at the Museum Folkwang, Essen, West Germany (1977); Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris (1992–93); Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (2001–02) (this show traveled to the Centre national de la photographie, Paris [2002]; Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland [2002]; and Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany [2003]); P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center (now MoMA PS1), New York (2004–05); Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2006); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany (2010); and 303 Gallery, New York (2012). The artist lives and works in Düsseldorf.