Interdisciplinary work has been a central theme for Peter Bohn since his very first project — the “Kunstdisco” for the cultural program of the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul — and it operates on two levels: as a collector, who generously displays and continuously expands his collection within the office, and through a long-standing pursuit of collaboration with artists from the earliest phases of the firm’s projects.
There is no strict curatorial direction or defined trajectory in either collecting or collaboration — the selection is eclectic and often surprising, guided by a simple feeling: the artist or the work speaks to me. Over the years, this has led to the accumulation of a wide range of works: Painting (from Rupprecht Geiger, Michael Venezia, Jürgen Partenheimer, and David Hockney to Manuela Gernedel), Sculpture (from Max Ernst, Cosima von Bonin, Katharina Grosse, Pamela Rosenkranz, Lou Jaworski to Michael Sailstorfer), Photography and Graphics (from Roman Signer, Rupprecht Geiger, Thomas Demand, Toba Khedoori, Fischli Weiss to Hubertus Hamm), Collaborative works in public space (with Sophie Kaiser, Peter Kogler, Nico Joana Weber, Rainer Gittel, and Lou Jaworski). At times, Peter Bohn himself assumes the role of patron. During the office’s annual excursions, visits to museums — such as Hombroich, the Louisiana Museum, or the Dia Foundation — are a staple, intended to share and perhaps even ignite the team’s enthusiasm for art.
