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Stephanie Buhmann

Stephanie Buhmann (born 1977) is a German art critic, art historian, and curator. Born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, she lives in New York City and Lübeck, Germany. Her book series "Studio Conversations" focuses on contemporary female artists from different cities. Each book is in a different city. The concept for the "Studio Conversations" project goes back to 2012 when Buhamann became increasingly disenchanted with the media’s fixation the soaring art market. Buhmann states, "I wanted to counterbalance that trend while supporting my community by creating a permanent record of something private and simple: conversations with artists in their studios about the works on their walls."[1]

Stephanie Buhmann
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Hamburg, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationMoore College of Art and Design
Pratt Institute (MFA)
Humboldt University of Berlin (PhD)
Known forArt critic, art historian, and curator

Education

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Buhmann received her PhD. from the Humboldt Universität of Berlin in 2021.[2] Previously, she attended Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and received a B.F.A. and Master in the History of Art, Architecture and Design from Pratt Institute, New York City, in 2002.[3]

Career

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Buhmann has conducted many interviews with contemporary artists including Nancy Spero to Mark Dion. She has released five books thus far: "New York Studio Conversations; Seventeen Women Talk About Art” (2016), "Berlin Studio Conversations - Twenty Women Talk About Art” (2017), New York Studio Conversations (Part II) (2018), and Rheinland Studio Conversations (2021).[4] All of these were published by The Green Box, Berlin. Artists include Katharina Grosse, Julie Mehretu, Shirin Neshat, Carolee Schneemann, Kiki Smith and more than eighty others.[4]

Buhmann’s essays and art reviews have been published by a variety of international art magazines and newspapers, including Kunst Bulletin, Sculpture Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, ARTPulse, Art on Paper, Art Papers, Art Collector, Chelsea Now and Art Lies.[5] She has contributed essays to various monographs, including publications by Hatje Cantz and Birkhäuser, and she is a contributing editor at artcritical.[6]

In addition to being an art critic and writer, Buhmann has curated many exhibitions, including the Shirley Fiterman Art Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, the Macy Art Gallery, Teacher's College, Columbia University and Jason McCoy gallery. Artists she has exhibited include, Lee Krasner, Frederick Kiesler, Thomas Nozkowski, Willy Bo Richardson, Jackson Pollock, and Richard Pousette-Dart.[7]

Buhmann has organized many panel discussions, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles; Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, and the Shirley Fiterman Art Gallery at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York.[8]

Her teaching experience includes lectures at the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI; Pratt Institute, New York; Hofstra University, New York;[9] Wave Hill, New York, and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick, Canada, among others.[10]

Selected works

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Books

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  • Frederick Kiesler: Galaxies. Berlin: The Green Box, 2022, ISBN 978-3-96216-016-6[11]
  • Rheinland Studio Conversations; Fifteen Women Talk About Art. Berlin: The Green Box, 2021, ISBN 978-3-96216-012-8
  • Los Angeles Studio Conversations; Sixteen Women Talk About Art. Berlin: The Green Box, 2019, ISBN 978-3-941644-05-2[12]
  • New York Studio Conversations (Part II); Twenty-One Women Talk About Art. Berlin: The Green Box, 2018, ISBN 978-3-941644-03-8[13]
  • Berlin Studio Conversations; Twenty Women Talk About Art. Berlin: The Green Box, 2017, ISBN 978-3-941644-93-9[14]
  • New York Studio Conversations; Seventeen Women Talk About Art. Berlin: The Green Box, 2016, ISBN 978-3-941644-83-0[15]

Anthologies and monographs

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  • Christiane Löhr: In Dialogue with Space, in: Christiane Löhr, Berlin: Hatje Cantz, 2020 [16]
  • Ulrike Rosenbach; An Interview, Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn, 2020
  • Frederick Kiesler and Jean Arp, in: Frederick Kiesler: Face to Face with the Avant-Garde, Basel: Birkhäuser 2019[17]
  • Yun Gee and Li-lan: Art Without Borders, Tina Kim Gallery, Hong-Kong, 2017[18]
  • Across the Atlantic; The Friendship of Jean Arp and Frederick Kiesler, in: Hans Arp and the United States, Stiftung Arp, Berlin, 2016[19]
  • Nicole Schmölzer: The Independence of Abstraction, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Germany: Modo Verlag, 2013
  • Jack Tworkov: Between the Subjective and the Universal, Birmingham, Michigan: David Klein Gallery, 2013[20]
  • Jackson Pollock: Signs & Symbols Allover, New York: Jason McCoy Gallery, November 2012[21]
  • Charles Pollock: The Chapala Series 1955–1956, New York: Jason McCoy, Inc., 2007[22]

Art reviews

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In 2019, when asked by Deanna Sirlin, founder of The Art Section, an online journal of art and cultural commentary, whether her perspective on an artist’s work would change after an interview, Buhmann replied:

"I believe that your perspective on something always changes when you learn more about it. A deeper understanding will always add another, more interesting layer. That’s why education is so important to everything we do or want to have a say in. In general, I will walk away with even more respect and admiration for the work I saw."[34]

References

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  1. ^ Sirlin, Deanna. "Studio Conversations with Stephanie Buhmann".
  2. ^ "Doktoranden - Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte - HU Berlin". www.kunstgeschichte.hu-berlin.de.
  3. ^ a b "Alumni News 2008-2009". commons.pratt.edu.
  4. ^ a b "Stephanie Buhmann | The Green Box". www.thegreenbox.net.
  5. ^ "ARTPULSE MAGAZINE » Stephanie Buhmann".
  6. ^ "Contact". Art critical. ArtCritical. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  7. ^ "A Perceptual Dance Party for Your Eyes". hyperallergic.com. 26 May 2011.
  8. ^ "Home | MOCA". The Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  9. ^ "Showcasing the Year's Best Student Fine Art". May 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "Exhibitions and Programming". Galerie d'art Beaverbrook Art Gallery. 9 December 2016.
  11. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (2022). Frederick Kiesler: Galaxies. Berlin: The Green Box, Kunst Editionen. ISBN 978-3-96216-016-6.
  12. ^ Stephanie, Buhmann (September 12, 2019). Los Angeles studio conversations. Sixteen women talk about art. The Green Box. OCLC 1090688317 – via Open WorldCat.
  13. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie, ed. (September 12, 2018). "Twenty-one women talk about art". The Green Box – via Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
  14. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (September 12, 2017). "Berlin studio conversations: twenty women talk about art". The Green Box – via arcade.nyarc.org Library Catalog.
  15. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (2016). New York studio conversations : seventeen women talk about art. Berlin: The Green Box, Kunst Editionen. ISBN 978-3-941644-83-0. OCLC 939709718.
  16. ^ Löhr, Christiane; Buhmann, Stephanie (September 12, 2020). Christiane Löhr. Hatje Cantz. ISBN 978-3-7757-4666-3 – via corsair.themorgan.org Library Catalog.
  17. ^ "Frederick Kiesler: Face to Face with the Avant-Garde". October 16, 2019.
  18. ^ "Yun Gee & Li-lan: Art Without Borders • TINA KENG GALLERY EXHIBITION CATALOGUE – Yun Gee". Yun Gee – The Art of Yun Gee. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  19. ^ Steinkamp, Maike; Würtenberger, Loretta (eds.). "Hans Arp and the United States" (PDF). stiftungarp.de. Volume 1. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  20. ^ Tworkov, Jack; Stillman, Steel (September 12, 2014). Jack Tworkov: February 8- March 8, 2014. David Klein Gallery. ISBN 978-1-4951-0061-1. OCLC 881383382 – via corsair.themorgan.org Library Catalog.
  21. ^ "Thomas J. Watson Library / All". library.metmuseum.org.
  22. ^ "Charles Pollock : the Chapala series 1955-1956". siris-libraries.si.edu.
  23. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (September 3, 2016). "Behind the Scenes: A Conversation with Mark Dion". Sculpture.
  24. ^ "Painting for the experience: Frank Stella at the Whitney | amNewYork". www.amny.com. 19 November 2015.
  25. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (May 1, 2013). "Costantino Nivola". Sculpture.
  26. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (December 1, 2012). "Wilhelm Lehmbruck". Sculpture.
  27. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (December 1, 2011). "Constantin Brancusi and Richard Serra". Sculpture.
  28. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (November 2, 2011). "The Work of Stephen Mueller (1947 – 2011)". The Brooklyn Rail.
  29. ^ "Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 2009 at Marian Goodman Gallery". December 30, 2009.
  30. ^ "Mark Bradford and Kara Walker at Sikkema Jenkins & Co". October 7, 2009.
  31. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (April 2, 2007). "Lee Bontecou". The Brooklyn Rail.
  32. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (April 1, 2004). "Roth Time: A Dieter Roth Retrospective". The Brooklyn Rail.
  33. ^ Buhmann, Stephanie (November 1, 2003). "Nancy Spero". The Brooklyn Rail.
  34. ^ "Stephanie Buhmann". theartsection.
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