Artist: Ben Schumacher
Exhibition title: Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests
Venue: Weiss Falk, Basel, Switzerland
Date: September 7 – October 12, 2019
Photography: Flavio Karrer / images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Weiss Falk, Basel
Weiss Falk is delighted to announce their upcoming exhibition Ben Schumacher Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests. This is Schumacher‘s first exhibition with the gallery, showing new paintings, wall ob-jects and sculptures.
An idea in drunkenness, like most of the others: let’s do a music festival. It is possible to turn the drunken-thought process into one accessible without consuming any beer. This is good for productivity. All ideas should be realized at one point or another to see what you can do with them, how you can work your way out of them, and how you can live with the results. Art is spread through effects, you don’t know how, when, or who they’ll touch. A fachfest sounds more polite than a fuckfest – easier to put on a poster in the window of the bakery and the pizza place. Want to be respectable to the locals and par-ticipants. But what’s a fachfest? We asked some Germans – they said ‘com-partment’ – a Compartment Fest makes sense: Organized, scheduled, with representatives of different types. Sounds like a lot of responsibility. Seems like it’s related to taste. Roter heringe! Taste is for scared people who want to know what things are before the things even have effects. Some people are ashamed of their own activity, others can’t take a joke, and others still take the joke too seriously and then the joke becomes like a god to them. These peop-le make better farmers than artists. At some point we were told we had 5000 for the music fest but somehow we never got it.
Michael Pollard
Sept 1, 2019
New York
(FPBJPC’s The Wolfe Island Responsibility Fest took place in Wolfe Island, Ontario, Canada on July 26-28, 2019.)
Ben Schumacher, born 1985 in Kitchener, Canada, graduated from the New York University in 2011, had numerous museum and gallery exhibitions such as Short Stories, Sculpture Center, New York (2011); Rebirth of the Bath House , Musée d‘art contemporain de Lyon (2014); Privilege and Melancholy, Johan Berggren, Malmö (2016); The Testing Place, Croy Nielsen, Vienna (2017); Käsesakramentsystem, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig (2017); Almenrausch, with Veit Laurent Kurz, XYZcollective, Tokyo (2017); The China Chalet Group, Bortolami, New York (2018)
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Anatomy of a fachfest – Anatomie des Fachfests, 2019, exhibition view, Weiss Falk, Basel
Ben Schumacher, Grieving Friend Tour 2019, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 148 × 150 cm
Ben Schumacher, The Secret History of Indie, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 120 × 130 cm
Ben Schumacher, Subject Idiots, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 125 × 120 cm
Ben Schumacher, The Truth in Guitaring, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 125 × 125 cm
Ben Schumacher, Club Life Party, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 72 × 90 cm
Ben Schumacher, Nihilist Spasm Trio, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 136 × 130 cm
Ben Schumacher, Anti Stab Pro Truth Guitar Concert, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 90 × 130 cm
Ben Schumacher, Responsibility Fest, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 146 × 136 cm
Ben Schumacher, An Interest in Architecture and Design, 2019, Oil on aluminium, 66 × 96 cm
Ben Schumacher, Peak Puppet, 2019, Oil and UV print on canvas, 115 × 130 cm
Ben Schumacher, Volk Ding Zero, 2019, Acrylic on wood and aluminium, hardware, plastic and fabric foam, 154 × 100 × 80 cm
Ben Schumacher, Fachbühne, 2019, Aluminium, hardware, plastic and fabric foam, 86 × 114 × 22 cm
Ben Schumacher, Fachbühne, 2019, Aluminium, hardware, plastic and fabric foam, 86 × 114 × 22 cm
Ben Schumacher, Subject Theatre, 2019, Aluminium, hardware, plastic and fabric foam, 93 × 110 × 25 cm
Ben Schumacher, Subject Theatre, 2019, Aluminium, hardware, plastic and fabric foam, 93 × 110 × 25 cm
Ben Schumacher, Who the Fuck is Mick Jagger Stage, 2019, Aluminium, hardware, plastic and fabric foam, 95 × 100 × 20 cm
Ben Schumacher, Who the Fuck is Mick Jagger Stage, 2019, Aluminium, hardware, plastic and fabric foam, 95 × 100 × 20 cm
Ben Schumacher and Peter Friel, The unhappy Kinder of Harald and Jos, 2019, Aluminium, fabric, plastic and marker and pen on paper, 33 × 37 × 38 cm
Ben Schumacher and Peter Friel, The unhappy Kinder of Harald and Jos, 2019, Aluminium, fabric, plastic and marker and pen on paper, 33 × 37 × 38 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 1, 2019, Mixed media, 58 × 61 × 7 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 1, 2019, Mixed media, 58 × 61 × 7 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 2, 2019, Mixed media, 48 × 48 × 9 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 2, 2019, Mixed media, 48 × 48 × 9 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 3, 2019, Mixed media, 57 × 55 × 9 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 3, 2019, Mixed media, 57 × 55 × 9 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 4, 2019, Mixed media, 49 × 46 × 3,5 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 5, 2019, Mixed media, 57 × 41 × 3 cm
Ben Schumacher, Menu Picture 5, 2019, Mixed media, 57 × 41 × 3 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages, 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm
Ben Schumacher and Emmanuel Troy, Responsibility Stages (detail), 2019, Eight model stages, mixed media on aluminium, 67 × 196 × 85 cm