HA Schult's value giant makes a stop in Vienna at Karlsplatz from 27.9. 2022

Art Calendar, 21 September 2022

HA Schult's Wertgigant makes a stop in Vienna at Karlsplatz

From 27.9. 2022

HA Schult ©Ansgar M. van Treeck

Düsseldorf, 1.9. 2022: The Wertgigant, art object by HA Schult, makes a stop in Vienna at Karlsplatz, and can be seen there from 27 September. The sculpture, which weighs over 1 tonne, is a projection screen that symbolises the electronic waste that German households produce in 72 seconds.

The German insurance company Wertgarantie developed a study with the result: German households produce 436,548 tons of electronic waste annually by not having defective appliances repaired but by disposing of them. The study also shows that about half of all appliances are defective within the first ten years. 78 percent of those surveyed then decide against repairing them, even if this would be possible. 84 percent then dispose of the broken appliance - which leads to large amounts of electronic waste. Theoretically, this creates an army of 1,000 value giants each time within 20 hours - comparable to the 1,000 Trash People, the rubbish people of the artist HA Schult.

Why do the majority of consumers decide against repairing defective appliances? One in three said that the repair costs were too high, 43 percent said that new purchases were the reason for not repairing an appliance. (Source Wertgarantie).

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Düsseldorf, 1.9. 2022: Der Wertgigant, Kunstobjekt von HA Schult, macht Halt in Wien am Karlsplatz, und ist dort zu sehen ab dem 27. September. Die Skulptur, die über 1 Tonne wiegt, ist eine Projektionsfläche, die den Elektroschrott symbolisiert, den deutsche Haushalte in 72 Sekunden produzieren.

Die deutsche Versicherung Wertgarantie entwickelte eine Studie mit dem Ergebnis: Jährlich 436.548 Tonnen Elektroschrott verursachen deutsche Haushalte, indem sie defekte Geräte nicht reparieren lassen, sondern entsorgen. Die Studie zeigt außerdem, dass ca. die Hälfte aller Geräte innerhalb der ersten zehn Jahre defekt sind. 78 Prozent der Befragten entscheiden sich dann gegen eine Reparatur, auch wenn diese möglich wäre. 84 Prozent entsorgen anschließend das kaputte Gerät – was zu großen Mengen an Elektroschrott führt. So entsteht theoretisch innerhalb von 20 Stunden jedesmal eine Armee von 1.000 Wertgiganten – vergleichbar mit den 1.000 Trash People, den Müllmenschen des Künstlers HA Schult.

Weshalb entscheiden sich Verbraucher mehrheitlich gegen eine Reparatur defekter Geräte? Jeder Dritte bezeichnet zu hohe Reparaturkosten als ausschlaggebend, 43 Prozent nennen Neuanschaffungen als Grund gegen eine Reparatur. (Quelle Wertgarantie).

Artist Biography:

Born in 1939, HA Schult grew up in the ruins of Berlin. From 1958 to 1961 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under K.O. Götz. Other students were Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke and Franz Erhard Walther. In 2009, together with Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, he founded the ÖkoGlobe Institute at the University of Duisburg-Essen.

HA Schult's art has been exhibited on all continents and is represented in numerous public collections: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NYC, MoMA Museum of Modern Art NYC, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation NYC, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., Tate Gallery London, Centre Pompidou Paris, CCCB Barcelona, ZKM Karlsruhe, State Russian Museum St. Petersburg, CAFA Art Museum Beijing, DAHUA Museum Xi'an, Zendai Museum Shanghai, Neue Galerie im Joanneum Graz, Museum Ludwig Cologne, DHM Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, HDG Haus der Geschichte Bonn, Haus der Europäischen Geschichte Brussels and Getty Research Center Los Angeles.

In 1972 and 1977 he participated in the documenta. Since 1996, the "Trash People" have stood in Xanten, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Cairo, Zermatt, Kilkenny, Gorleben, Brussels, Cologne, Graz, Rome, Barcelona, Washington D.C., Syracuse, Fabriano, Telgte, Monschau, in the Arctic, Tel Aviv, Munich, Luxembourg, Berlin, Matera, Salerno, Pescara and Düsseldorf. Milan is in preparation.

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Künstler Biografie:

Geboren 1939, wuchs HA Schult in den Ruinen von Berlin auf. Von 1958 bis 1961 studiert er an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf bei K.O. Götz. Weitere Schüler waren Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke und Franz Erhard Walther. Im Jahr 2009 gründete er zusammen mit Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer das ÖkoGlobe Institut an der Universität Duisburg-Essen.

Die Kunst von HA Schult wurde auf allen Kontinenten ausgestellt und ist in zahlreichen öffentlichen Sammlungen vertreten: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum NYC, MoMA Museum of Modern Art NYC, Roy Lichtenstein Foundation NYC, National Gallery of Art Washington D.C., Tate Gallery London, Centre Pompidou Paris, CCCB Barcelona, ZKM Karlsruhe, Staatliches Russisches Museum St. Petersburg, CAFA Art Museum Beijing, DAHUA Museum Xi'an, Zendai Museum Shanghai, Neue Galerie im Joanneum Graz, Museum Ludwig Köln, DHM Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, HDG Haus der Geschichte Bonn, Haus der Europäischen Geschichte Brüssel und Getty Research Center Los Angeles.

In den Jahren 1972 und 1977 nahm er an der documenta teil. Seit 1996 standen die "Trash People" in Xanten, Paris, Moskau, Peking, Kairo, Zermatt, Kilkenny, Gorleben, Brüssel, Köln, Graz, Rom, Barcelona, Washington D.C., Syracuse, Fabriano, Telgte, Monschau, in der Arktis, Tel Aviv, München, Luxemburg, Berlin, Matera, Salerno, Pescara und Düsseldorf. Mailand ist in Vorbereitung.

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Der Krieg

28 October 1994, HA Schult staged this action in St. Petersburg - ©HA Schult

HA Schult has been on a mission to protect the environment for over 50 years. He is the first signatory of the „Offenen Briefs an Kanzler Olaf Scholz“ (Open Letter to Chancellor Olaf Scholz) of 29 April 2022, opposing arms deliveries to Ukraine out of concern for a Third World War in the context of the Ukraine conflict.

War

On 28 October 1994, HA Schult staged an action dedicated to peace on Schlossplatz in St. Petersburg. In the city, which had been besieged and starved for years during the Second World War, point two tanks ripped apart the words "The War". The letters, between six and eight metres high, were strung together with illuminated chains. The war machine hired by the Russian army was painted in white, the other in black, according to the principle of good and evil. HA Schult: "By tearing apart the German word DER KRIEG on historical Russian soil, a call is made worldwide, in the language of art, for new thinking in economics, culture and politics." (source HA Schult museum)

HA Schult 's Wall of Freedom in Düsseldorf ©Ansgar van Treeck

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HA Schult Wall of Freedom -

Freedom in the words of Drew Hammond

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Documenta Six, 1977 ©HA Schult

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HA Schult - war - Krieg

HA Schult has been on a mission to protect the environment for over 50 years. He is the first signatory of the „Offenen Briefs an Kanzler Olaf Scholz“ of 29 April 2022, opposing arms deliveries to Ukraine out of concern for a Third World War in the context of the Ukraine conflict. Impressions of his works since 1972.

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Art, Vision and Investment - "Art is Life" - HA Schult's Plans for the Zeughaus Köln and the City of Cologne

"Art is Life Building" and "Art is Life Cologne". His latest project is to transform the Zeughaus Köln, the former Cologne City Museum into an art museum - to be called the Art is Life Building. HA Schult has offered the city of Cologne to purchase the Zeughaus for a symbolic euro and to work with investors to renovate it.

Documenta Five, 1972 ©HA Schult

Konrad Adenauer Portrait by HA Schult ©HA Schult

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