Samuel Haitz
magic 2gether (from “Having a coke with you”, 2019 - ongoing)
A melee of public and private objects—the memories and desires of artist Samuel Haitz, as well the latent traces of his methodology—conflates “micro-histories of the self with the universal,” yielding obfuscated glimpses into a personal and historic queer autobiography. Essential works of queer art, poetry, and prose are churned through Haitz’s process: rites of appropriation, reproduction, and repetition transform these components beyond their initial status as “readymades.” The overwhelming paradox of a highly produced yet quotidian approach reveals the ways Haitz manages the vast formal and conceptual historical significance of his materials.
text: Olamiju Fajemisin, photography: James Bantone, Annik Wetter
Samuel Haitz Biography
Samuel Haitz (*1997) is currently based in Zurich. He had solo and duo exhibitions at GROTTO, Berlin, DE (2024); Triangolo, Cremona, IT (2024); Espace Topic, Geneva, CH (2024, with Valentin Rilliet); Lokal-Int, Biel, CH (2024); HIT, Geneva, CH (2023, with Covey Gong); The Estate, Mesocco, CH (2023); All Stars, Lausanne, CH (2022, with Julie Beaufils); Sangt Hipolyt, Berlin, DE (2022); Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH (2021); Plymouth Rock, Zurich, CH (2019). Recent group exhibitions include Triangolo, Cremona, IT (2024); Etablissement d’en face, Brussels, BE (2024); Good or Trash, Paris, FR (2023); Galerie Lange Pult, Auvernier, CH (2023); Helmhaus, Zürich, CH (2022); Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, CH (2021); MASI, Lugano, CH (2021); Nevven, Gothenburg, SE (2021).