by Robert Estermann

Installation: metal racks, monitor with 4K video loop, sound, 212 min- utes (106 sequences, each two minutes), props (boots, whips, spurs, riding gear, riding pads, horse tack, harnesses, clothes, wigs, masks, video camera, etc.), dimensions variable

Courtesy Last Tango, Zurich, Switzerland.
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shown in:
“Robert Estermann & Oz Oderbolz”, Last Tango, Zurich, Switzerland (duo show), 17.03.23 – 13.05.23

Photos by Kilian Bannwart Courtesy of Last Tango

Robert Estermann

Robert Estermann (born 1970, Lucerne, Switzerland) lives and works in Zurich and Berlin. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris from 1992 to 1997 and was a fellow at the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht from 1999 to 2001. Estermann has exhibited extensively both in Switzerland and internationally. His most recent solo exhibitions include: Galleria Di Berna, Stadtgalerie Bern, Bern, Switzerland (2021); Kosmos Lem, Rechenzentrum, Potsdam, Germany (2021); World Drawing Class, Hilfiker Kunstprojekte, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo, 2019); Wild Youths Riot School, Museum Jajaknamusoup, Hoengseong-gun, South Korea (2018); They Printed It, Kunsthalle Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (2015); Eco-Echo-Echo, Corriente Alterna, Lima, Peru (2015). Prizes and scholarships include: Manor Art Prize, Lucerne (2007); Swiss Art Awards (2005, 2007, 2009); Werkbeitrag des Kantons Zürich (2005, 2007, 2012); Jury Prize (Preis der Zentralschweizer Kantone) (2005); Artist-in-Residence, Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (1999-2001). His work is held in collections such as Canton of Zurich, City of Zurich, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Fondation CMC Agnès B., Paris, Sammlung Hoffmann La-Roche, Metropolitan Museum, New York, FRAC Franche-Comté, Besançon, FRAC PACA, Marseille as well as The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC.
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"Bareback or with a saddle, we enter a world of equestrian stunts, perversely elegant lines, and a plethora of morphed props.
Excerpt from the exhibition text “Robert Estermann & Oz Oderbolz”, Last Tango, Zurich, Switzerland (duo show)