Hans Breder
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Hans Breder, 2012
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| Born |
October 20, 1935 Herford, Germany |
| Nationality | German-American |
| Education | Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg in Hamburg. |
| Known for | Intermedia, Sculpture, Painting, Video art |
Hans Breder born 1935 in Herford, Germany is a German-American artist who lives and works in Iowa.
Breder studied painting under Willem Grimm at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg and received the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes to study art in New York in 1964. Once in the U.S. he worked as assistant to sculptor George Rickey.
Breder taught as an art professor at the University of Iowa from 1966 to 2000. In 1968 he founded the Intermedia program at Iowa, notable alumni include Ana Mendieta and Charles Ray (artist). Visiting Artists to the program included Hans Haacke, Allan Kaprow, Robert Wilson, Vito Acconci, Dennis Oppenheim, and Karen Finley. He has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Technische Universität Dortmund in 2007 and retired as F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Art in 2000.
In an effort to create a position opposed to increased specialization and limited interdisciplinary experience, Breder proposed the Intermedia Program in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa in 1967/1968 and it was approved in 1968. The focus was to be artist-oriented rather than art-oriented, in order to emphasize the belief that artistic creativity is a continual challenge. Therefore, intentionally, "no overall intermedia 'style' or philosophy is created."
"My program conceived of intermedia not as interdisciplinary fusing of different fields into one, but as a constant collision of concepts and disciplines. It was performance-oriented, and video was an inherent aspect. Although initially used in a documentary mode, video almost immediately became an integral aspect of many student performances and was soon used as a medium in its own right."
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