态 TAI, For Gods Only, 2005 / 2012
Digital Print / Acrylic on barite Hannes Schmid
辽LIAO, For Gods Only, 2006 / 2012
Digital print / Acrylic on barite Hannes Schmid
Cowboy # 61, 2010
Oil on canvas Hannes Schmid
Mennonites, Belize 1995 / 2012
Digital print Hannes Schmid
Cowboy # 53, 2008
Oil on canvas Hannes Schmid
Mennonites, Belize 1995 / 2012
Digital print Hannes Schmid
Kim Wilde, Singer, Divas+Heroes
1981 / 2009
Inkjet / Montage Hannes Schmid
Miss Nevada,
from the Las Vegas series, 1999 / 2012
Digital c-print Hannes Schmid
South Africa, 1999 / 2012
Digital print Hannes Schmid
Daytona, 1995 / 2012
Digital print Hannes Schmid
Kiss fans, 1980 / 2012
Inkjet print Hannes Schmid
The Flow of Life, Maha Kumbh Mela,
2001 / 2011
Digital c-print Hannes Schmid
Nina Hagen 1985 / 2012
Digital print Hannes Schmid
Photographer, painter and filmmaker Hannes Schmid is one of the best-known visual storytellers of our time. Since the early 1990s, he has become known for his iconic depictions of the Marlboro cowboys and his innovative fashion photography.
This content was published on March 23, 2013 - 11:00
Following exhibitions in Essen, Germany and Winterthur, the Kunstmuseum Bern is displaying about 150 of Schmid’s works in the first such major retrospective since the mid-1970s. At the exhibit’s core are portraits and visual stories of cowboy myths as well as existential questions about borders between foreign cultures.
The exhibit is divided into four themes: Rituals, Visions, Dialogues, and Movements. These are not in chronological order; rather, they are organised by the use of various photographic principles.
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