Alex Hanimann
Alex Hanimann was born in Mörschwill, Switzerland, in 1955. He lives and works in St. Gallen.
Alex Hanimann is a collector and encyclopedist. On one hand, he exposes himself to the flood of images and texts that comes over us daily. On the other hand, he tries to grasp this abundance of references analytically and to bring a structure into it. To do this, he draws or redraws, sketches and copies whatever images he can find in our diverse media world. This transformation is often associated with simplification or abstraction.
In doing so, Hanimann places his work at the interface between existential cipher and anonymous sign, between representation and reality. Consequently, Hanimann has gathered together a huge fund of visual material, a personal archive that has grown since into an almost unmanageable continent.
— Courtesy Hilar Stadler
Available Works
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![1960 [A bout de souffle], 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710594510595-LMN6H8MZFE9N5S8C8TND/image-asset.jpeg)
![1966 [Masculin Féminin, The Strip], 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710594624052-DQHVAZLX5SL8JENNF6RT/image-asset.jpeg)
![Untitled [From the series: We do not promise anything here], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1732707428872-ZFZT5LKF5HMQ6SK2Y6Y3/AHA-24-13.jpg)
![1965 [Alphaville, das Phantom], 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710595440008-FF30A521F1IRZTTNVEXA/image-asset.jpeg)
![1963 [Brigitte Bardot & Jean-Luc Godard on the set of Le Mépris], 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710601039760-R6JX2EX0Y2N6MTNB4QGU/image-asset.jpeg)
![Untitled [From the series: We do not promise anything here], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1732707433441-48O49ZSWB0VYLZH4FTVG/AHA-24-14.jpg)
![Untitled [From the series: We do not promise anything here], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1732707457161-HNZ3M27ZE03L1DD89UL3/AHA-24-18.jpg)
![Untitled [From the series: We do not promise anything here], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1732707460671-E3AQXW23SYC85APZ0K7P/AHA-24-19.jpg)
![1974 [Teheran 3], 2019](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710603141073-TCJ7EGQFF6PLCVMUIP5C/image-asset.jpeg)
![1965 [Jean-Luc Godard], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710601128489-VGB1EQFO06JPBDXIR472/image-asset.jpeg)
![Untitled [From the series: We do not promise anything here], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1732707439124-OGMRQSHW3TRLR5GTURM3/AHA-24-15.jpg)
Archives
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![1960 [ A bout de souffle], 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710594773691-GOZ1VP5B9EVZYC91JUXD/image-asset.jpeg)
![1964 [Bande à part/Band of Outsiders], 2023](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710596838221-47DGPPG0LXH9B79OEOZG/image-asset.jpeg)
![1985 [Je vous salue, Marie/Hail Mary, sleeping], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710601289134-DN7KN8KJ086I2LPYL6F4/image-asset.jpeg)
![1965 [Alphaville, the Eye], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710601394898-QD3YPI776UA3B3245E72/image-asset.jpeg)
![1985 [Pierrot le Fou], 2023-2024](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d9f099cd158fb78d071e855/1710602927073-VLPY5PH4WOY7FY8DVMRX/image-asset.jpeg)
Documentation about Alex Hanimann
Biography
Texts & press
Lorenzo Benedetti, “Imago Mundi”, 2019 (English)
Patrick Frey, “Hasengeister, Hirschgesichte, Fuchsphantasmen”, 2019 (German)
Interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist, 2018 (English)
Hans Rudolf Reust, « In Animal’s Eyes – Approaches to a trap », 2018 (English)
Hans Rudolf Reust, “Im Blick von Tieren – Annäherungen an eine Falle”, 2018 (German)
Albena Yaneva, « Birds Make Cages for Humans », 2004 (English)
Albena Yaneva, « Vögel stellen Menschen Fallen », 2004 (German)
Selected Publications
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