Robert Breer
©image: Peter Moore
1926 - 2011
Born in Detroit, Michigan (United States).
Robert Breer was not only a sculptor; he gained fame as an experimental filmmaker as well. In fact he is best known for his film work, where he combines figurative paintings with drawings. In contrast to his almost imperceptively slow moving sculptures, his films are quite speedy, even explosive. He is also the author of several flipbooks. It was with one of these that he took part in the groundbreaking 1955 exhibition Le Mouvement in the Galérie Denise René, which became the launch pad for the kinetic art movement.
“In all my work I tried to amaze myself with something, and the only way you can amaze yourself is to create a situation in which an accident can happen.” (Robert Breer)
>Robert Breer, Recréation I, 1856-1957.Film, 16 mm film , 00:02:00.
>Robert Breer, Form Phases II , 1953.Film, 16 mm film , 00:03:30.
>Robert Breer, Form Phases IV , 1954.Film, 16 mm film , 00:03:30.
>Robert Breer, A Man and his Dog Out for Air, 1957.Drawing, paper.
>Robert Breer, Eyewash, 1958-1959.Film, 16 mm film transferred to dvd, black & white, 00:06:00 .
>Daniel Spoerri, Robert Breer, Pol Bury, Yves Klein, Heinz Mack, Bruno Munari, Dieter Roth, Jesús Rafael Soto, Jean Tinguely, Paul Van Hoeydonck, Vision in Motion / Motion in Vision, 1959.Book, 42pp. illustraties in zwart wit en kleur., 21 x 21 cm.
>Robert Breer, Form Phases I, 1959.Film, 16 mm film, 00:02:00.
>Robert Breer, Floats, 1965-2009.Installation, variable dimensions.
>Robert Breer, Recreation, 1977.Mixed Media, kodachrome 35 mm film, plexi, 97 x 192 cm.
>Robert Breer, Panorama 1, 2005.Object, mixed media, 700 x 40 x 20 cm.
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>Robert Breer, Form Phases .Film, 16mm film.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: El Hotel Eléctrico – Rooms available . 21 February 2014 - 11 May 2014.
> Exhibition: LATT: new art in Antwerp 1958-1962 #3 creating totally new media. 24 May 2012 - 02 September 2012.