Antoine Amadeus Wagner-Pasquier ( , ; 1982) is an American-French

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. He works between Woodstock, NY, and Paris, France. His work uses visual language drawn from nature, which refers to mythological narratives and the sublime.

Early life and education

Wagner was born in

Evanston, Illinois Evanston is a city in Cook County, Illinois, United States, situated on the North Shore (Chicago), North Shore along Lake Michigan. A suburb of Chicago, Evanston is north of Chicago Loop, downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skok ...

. He is the son of German opera manager Eva Wagner-Pasquier and is the great-great-grandson of the composer

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

. He graduated from

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

, Illinois, and

Sciences Po Sciences Po () or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (), is a public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of ''grande école'' and the legal status of . The university's unde ...

, Paris, with a double bachelor's degree in Theatre and Political Science in 2005. He continued his education in film at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

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in 2007.

Artwork

Wagner's mediums include video, sound, sculpture, performance and photography, which he exhibits through installations, site-specific projects, film, monumental photography and opera. Through the visual language of nature, his work references music, mythology and the romantic. Interference -1

Wagner's multifaceted practice has created an entire visual language to engage the audience in communicating with nature. Abstract unseen anthropomorphic shapes found in nature and minerals are the main actors of this world of mythologies and cyclical redundancies. Through different mediums and projects, the artist examines the themes of identity, geography and spirituality and offers the viewer an escape from traditional geographic and artistic boundaries. Through his exhibitions including ''Exil'' (

Museum am Rothenbaum The Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt (lit. ''Museum at the Rotherbaum, Rothenbaum – Cultures and Arts of the World'', abbr.: MARKK, former name: Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg, ), founded in 1879, is today one of the largest ...

, 2013), and ''Kundry'' (La Filature de Mulhouse 2015), Wagner applied his experience in the moving image to photography, exploring the possibilities of narrative in a silent and motionless environment through large-scale abstract photography. In 2018, Wagner directed Act II of the ''Opera Die Walkure'' at

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's New World Center in Miami. Wagner's site-specific multimedia installation ''Sentimental Analysis'' (April 2019) responds to the legend of ''Ara the Beautiful'' at the

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Early work

In 2006, Wagner assisted director

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on ''Funny Games''. After his first site-specific installation ''Lisz T:aumin'' in

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, in 2007, he directed videos and documentaries exploring visual inspiration in music. His film From a ''Mess to the Masses'' (2011) reveals the genesis of the visual creation of the band Phoenix. ''Wagner: A Genius in Exile'' (2013) is a documentary revealing the landscapes that influenced Richard Wagner during his Swiss exile. In 2013, VfmK Verlag für moderne Kunst published ''Wagner in der Schweiz'', a photographic essay exploring

's inspiration during his forced journey from Germany to Switzerland after the 1848 revolution. It was awarded the 2013 Prix de l'Académie Lyrique Pierre Bergé in Paris.

Exhibitions

*2009: ''The Open'', Group Show,

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, New York City. *2011: ''Landscapes Escaped'': Henn Gallerie, Munich, Germany. *2013–2016: ''Exil,'' The Opera Bastille, Paris, 2013; The

Bayreuth Festspielhaus The ''Bayreuth Festspielhaus'' or Bayreuth Festival Theatre (, ) is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, built by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner and dedicated solely to the performance of his stage works. It is the venue ...

, Germany, 2013; Palazzo Vendramin, Venice, Italy, 2013; Museum für Völkerkunde Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2015; Gertrude Salon, New York, 2016;

Stedelijk Museum Breda The Stedelijk Museum Breda, formerly the Museum of the Image (MOTI), is a national museum for visual culture in Breda in the Netherlands. The museum focuses on film, design, photography, fashion, visual arts, architecture, science, and gaming. ...

, Breda, Netherlands, 2016; *2015: ''Cadences'': La Filature, Mulhouse, France. *2015: ''Wagner in der Schweiz'' (screening),

Goethe-Institut The Goethe-Institut (; GI, ''Goethe Institute'') is a Nonprofit organization, nonprofit German culture, cultural organization operational worldwide with more than 150 cultural centres, promoting the study of the German language abroad and en ...

, California, United States. *2016: ''Un Musee Imaginaire'', Group Show, Collection Lambert (

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), Avignon, France. *2016: ''Common Denominator'', Theater St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland. *2016: Bredaphoto,

, Breda, Netherlands. *2016: ''Interference'', Galerie RM, Paris. *2017: ''Kundry'', La Filature de Mulhouse, France. *2017: ''Supersonic'', Deck, Singapore. *2017: ''Echo'', Julien David, Jinguamae, Tokyo. *2017: ''Silence'', Atelier Hermes Pantin, France. *2017: ''Wagner in der Schweiz'',

Society of the Four Arts The Society of the Four Arts is a non-profit charity organization that was founded in 1936. Its campus on the Intracoastal Waterway in Palm Beach is home to the Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery Building, which includes the Esther B. O’Keeffe Art Gal ...

, Palm Beach, Florida. *2017: Art Paris Art Fair,

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, Paris. *2017: ''Distortion'', Youngfu, Shanghai, China *2017: ''Antoine Wagner'', Phillips, Paris *2017: ''Julierpass'', Tait memorial Fund with Stuart Skelton, Saint Paul's Church, London *2018: ''Liquid La patinoire'', Royal Gallerie Valerie Bach, Bruxelles *2018: ''Looking at sound'': Symposium at the

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, Tokyo *2018: ''Studies Between Silence: Nancy Nasher'', Soluna Music and Arts Festival, Dallas, Texas *2018: ''ACT II - Die Walkure'', New World Center, Miami *2018: ''Orient Blue'', In Cadaques Festival, Cadaques, Spain *2018: Artist talk, Spring Place, New York *2018 ''Morceau Choisi'', (group show), Bubenberg Art Paris *2019: ''Conscience of Angel's Landing'', Art Paris, Grand Palais Paris, *2019: ''Sentimental Analysis'', site-specific multimedia exhibition at the

Collections

Wagner's work is held in the following permanent collections: *

Yvon Lambert Gallery Yvon Lambert Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Paris founded by Yvon Lambert in 1966. History In 1966, Yvon Lambert opened his first gallery on the rue de L'Échaudé in Paris, France where he began to exhibit American artists. He showed f ...

, Paris * Museum of Ethnology, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Filmography

Wagner assisted director

on his American remake of '' Funny Games'' in 2007. In 2011, Wagner directed the film ''From a Mess to the Masses'' featuring the band Phoenix.

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and first broadcast in 2011, commissioned the film. Wagner has directed videos featuring Julien David, Phoenix,

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, Maria Korchetkova, and

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. Wagner has also worked as a cinematographer.

Residencies

Wagner has completed residencies at Robert Wilson's Byrd Hoffman Watermill Center, NY (2005), and at The Villa Medici, Rome (2014).

Publications

*''Wagner: A Genius in Exile'' (2013) *''Antoine Wagner: Wagner in der Schweiz'' (2014). Nürnberg, Moderne Kunst Nürnberg. *''Antoine Wagner: Kundry'' (2015). Gourcuff Grandenigo, Montreuil. . With texts by Eric Mezil and Carole Blumenfeld. *''Patrice Chéreau: An Imaginary Museum'' (2016). Arles:

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. P. 71–74. *''You ''(2016). .

Ancestry

Wagner is the great-great-grandson of German composer

and great-great-great-grandson of

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

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