Michael Beutler

Based on a new site-specific installation that Michael Beutler is developing for his exhibition at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, the publication brings together current works by the artist. Drawings and models are also presented here for the first time, providing an in-depth insight into the multi-layered process of creating his works. From the perspective of a New Materialism, the texts highlight how materiality manifests itself in Beutler's work and shapes a concept of work that combines topics such as sustainability, utopian models of work and life, improvisation and chance. Michael Beutler, born in 1976 in Oldenburg, lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and at the Glasgow School of Art. He has been a professor at the HfBK Hamburg since 2019. His works have been shown in numerous international exhibitions and biennials (e.g. Venice Biennale 2017, Hamburger Bahnhof, 2015). -- Taking as its starting point a new site-specific installation being developed by Michael Beutler for his exhibition at the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, this publication is an up-to-date compilation of recent works by the artist. His drawings and models are also presented here for the first time, providing us with a more detailed sense of the complex process by which his works come into being. Taking a perspective derived from New Materialism, the texts focus on the way materiality manifests in Beutler's work, informing a conceptual approach that links together themes like sustainability, utopian models of life and work, improvisation, and random chance. Michael Beutler (born in 1976 in Oldenburg) lives and works in Berlin. He studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main and at the Glasgow School of Art. Since 2019 he has been a professor at the HfBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg. His works have been presented in numerous international exhibitions and biennials (including the 2017 Venice Biennale), as well as in a solo show at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, in 2015.