Marc Bauer

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marc Bauer
Occupation	Artist
Date Of Birth	May 28, 1975(1975-05-28)
Age	49
Birthplace	Geneva
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Canton of Geneva
Horoscope	Taurus

Marc Bauer Biography

Marc Bauer is one of the most popular and richest Artist who was born on May 28, 1975 in Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Marc Bauer, born May 28, 1975 in Geneva, Switzerland, is an artist most well-known for his work in the graphic medium of drawing.

Bauer’s graphic art is almost entirely in black-and white, which gives it a minimalist aesthetic that recalls old photos. His graphic work is varied in scale. It can be small works on paper or large-scale digital prints of digital blow-ups of his drawings. Or it can even be wall drawings that are huge, directly printed on the wall. Ceramic vases and Dibond aluminum panels coated with Dibond are other supports for his work. Bauer produces many works in series. His exhibitions are often site-specific and address the exhibition space as an entire composition. These installations often include drawings that are not arranged in a hierarchical order – most of them unframed – pinned to the walls. Sometimes, these drawings can be seen from above. Textual accompaniments (sometimes drawings of handwritten material like letters) and projections of older graphic works. Large graphic murals, often made specifically for the show, are also hung on the gallery walls.

The subjective view on a historical topic is also achieved through Bauer’s frequent invention of characters that provide a narrative structure for his series of drawings. These characters are often teenage boys or young men (as in In the Past, Only, Le Quartier, Quimper, and The Architect), whose actions convey a sense of latent violence and repressed (often homoerotic) desires. The narrative element in Bauer’s work is further buoyed up by his repeated appropriation and reworking of well-known films, notably the iconic black-and- white images of silent cinema (Battleship Potemkin in Monument, Roman-Odessa, Nosferatu in The Architect), but also more recent, colour films such as Planet of the Apes, and La Jetée in Fragments of 29 Minutes, 1963. In his use of such sources, Bauer usually selects key images from the film and reworks them as graphically rendered stills. Shown in an elliptical sequence, these series adopt cinematic editing effects that require the spectator to piece together the narrative in their mind, while also tapping into the spectator’s collective consciousness, in a process that “explores the way popular culture constructs its myths and symbols”.

In October 2019 it was announced that the GASAG Kunstpreis 2020 was awarded to Marc Bauer.

Bauer’s work is often dark and blurred visually. He uses a hard thin eraser to scratch away the graphite or lithographic chalk to create depth and illusions. This blurring effect partially gives Bauer’s drawings their unique “look”. It also subverts the traditional notion of the line being the defining element of drawing. In some of his works, such as landscapes and images of abandoned cinemas or swimming pools, the dense application of graphite and its distribution creates a paint-like texture that appears almost textured. Bauer’s animated film The Architect captures this effect in stop-motion images that show the oil paint being applied to Plexiglas. This creates a narrative element and propels the story forward.

Marc Bauer Net Worth

Marc Bauer is one of the richest Artist from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marc Bauer 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Bauer’s interest in history and historiography evolved over the course of his career from the primarily personal (“A viso aperto”), to larger social and political histories (e.g. He is now more involved in archival research on his subjects, such as Monument, Roman-Odessa, and The will to desire. Bauer, for Sacre 101 – An Exhibition Based On “The Rite of Spring”, consulted the archives of Ballets Russes in order to create his own impression of Vaslav Nijinsky, a dancer suffering from schizophrenia, and accessed the archives of Ballets Russes. Bauer also researched Hildebrand Gurlitt’s role in two Karl Ballmer works’ fates in preparation for his show at Aargauer Kunsthaus 2014. Bauer’s use the archive, which is usually an objectivity touchstone, gave rise to a subjective view of his subject in both cases.

Bauer’s art has a recurring theme of history and memory. He presents them as being closely intertwined. His earliest works on paper were based on childhood memories and photos from family albums. They also featured images of his personal relationships (e.g. the 2007 “Aviso aperto” sequence from artist’s book History of Masculinity). These images were interspersed by images of historical figures such as Mussolini or Hitler. This juxtaposition revealed the wider power dynamics that were at work among fascists in the images of the family.

A similar effect is achieved through Bauer’s practice of culling images from historical photographs. These can range from intimate portrait shots (Martin Heidegger in the work Die Grosse Erwartung von M.H.), to school-photograph- like group portraits, and images of famous historical figures such as Pope Benedict XVI or Goebbels. These portrait drawings nearly always bring attention to the fact that they are derived from photographs and that the sitters are conscious of being portrayed. As such, Bauer can be said not only to reference specific photographs, but also the medium of photography itself as means of capturing moments in time. Accordingly, the atmosphere of Bauer’s drawings often convey a characteristic sense of stillness (even when the figures are depicted in motion) and of the images’ “mediatedness”. This exploration of the concept of capturing time is reflected in his recurring interest and depiction of still lifes. By using the medium of drawing, in which each work is the result of a slow process formed by the continual interaction between the eye, mind, and hand, Bauer creates images that are in many ways more “still” than they appear in the photograph on which they are based or if they were shot by camera.

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Marc Ranked on the list of most popular Artist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Marc Bauer celebrates birthday on May 28 of every year.