pictorial writing
3rd expanded edition, 2023

Hugo Schaer SYMBOLS 2023.PDF

portrait painting
2nd expanded edition with a text by Urs Bugmann, 2023

“Chronologisch nach den Todesdaten geordnet, beginnt diese Porträtreihe 1510 mit Sandro Botticelli und reicht heute bis zu der 2023 verstorbenen Nina Matvienko. Je näher der Gegenwart, wird das Verhältnis des Künstlers zu den Porträtierten intensiver, sind es auch erlebte Begegnungen und Freundschaften, die ihre Bildnisse mitformen…”

Hugo Schaer MEMORIAL 2023.PDF

catalogue video art from Ukraine

The films of the Kyiv Trilogy and the Odessa Trilogy were made in the period of the still young, independent Ukraine from 1995 to 2008. These video works are now documented in a new catalogue.

PDF: Video art KYIV TRILOGY – ODESSA TRILOGY Hugo Schaer 2023

navi in legno e bronzo
sculptures of ships in wood and bronze

PDF : E LA NAVE VA Hugo Schaer 2022

A video against Putin´s war of aggression in Ukraine
3´23, video art Hugo Schaer, 2022

In the Kyiv Ballet Studio, the children, Taras and Nina, practise on the barre with touching seriousness and passion, dreaming of a future on the big stage. We must not allow Putin´s soldiers to trample on the future of countless Ukrainian children.

Music Yevhen Stankovych, vocal Nina Matviyenko, “Cradle song”.

Stand with Ukraine!

Der Mann, der den Namen LOISIUM erfand

The man who gave LOISIUM its name

PDF : ELYSIUM LOISIUM Hugo Schaer July 22 DE EN