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Ian Kiaer

Ian Kiaer, Professor of Fine Art at the Ruskin; he is a Fellow of Brasenose College.

Ian Kiaer makes fragile installations involving groupings of architectural models, untouched or slightly modified found objects, and two-dimensional work to create fragmented narratives. These works are prompted by the ideas of utopian thinkers, architects, and artists from various periods of history whose common concern has been their resistance and critique of dominant ideologies – while providing possible alternatives for thought. Kiaer’s installations often operate as projects or proposals and continue to employ the fragment as a means of questioning notions of totality and permanence.

Ian’s doctoral thesis was entitled Endless House: Models of Thought for Dwelling. He researched the question of the house as model of thought, looking in particular at Curzio Malaparte’s Casa Malaparte, Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Kundmangasse, Konstantin Melnikov’s Cylindrical House Studio, and Frederick Kiesler’s unbuilt notion of the ‘Endless House’. Since then, he has become interested in thinking about how the model can inform an understanding of painting as a ‘minor form’, where notions such as tone and timbre operate on the fringes of a potentially redundant practice.

Ian has exhibited internationally since 2000, with solo exhibitions at institutions including Tate Britain, London; Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Turin; Kunstverein München, Munich; and Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. He has also exhibited at the Venice Biennale (50th), Istanbul Biennale (10th), Berlin Biennale (4th), Lyon Bienniale (10th) and Manifesta 3.  

Ian joined the Ruskin having previously taught at the Royal College of Art.

Further information can be found below.

Email ian.kiaer@rsa.ox.ac.uk

www.alisonjacques.com

www.marcellealix.com

www.barbarawien.de

Ian Kiaer Installation view
Ian Kiaer Installation view / Ian Kiaer
Ian Kiaer Installation view
Ian Kiaer Installation view / Ian Kiaer
Ian Kiaer Installation view
Ian Kiaer Installation view / Ian Kiaer