Friday, February 26, 2016

Pipilotti Rist. Vernissage - Kunsthaus Zürich 25.2.1016

26 February – 8 May 2016
Pipilotti Rist (b. 1962) is a pioneering figure in video art and has achieved international fame for her sensual and audacious video installations that tackle conventions and taboos in an entertaining, ironic and self-confident way. The exhibition presents key works from the beginning of her international career, including the early single-channel videos with which she became known in the 1980s. Pipilotti Rist is creating a large-format installation in the expansive space of the Bührle gallery specially for the exhibition, in which she explores new artistic and technical avenues.
The show is more than just a retrospective: it is conceived to fill the designated space in its totality as one single installation, in which new and older works reveal surprising links between the various phases of her career and fields of activity. The catalogue, in German and English, is designed as a glossary illuminating the most important themes and concepts of Pipilotti Rist’s artistic universe through literary and visual materials.
The exhibition with Pipilotti Rist is an exclusive presentation at the Kunsthaus Zürich.















Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Heat Affected Zone. Muster-Meier Contemporary Fine Art. Bern

I first became aware of Muster-Meier Contemporary Fine Art, in Bern when I noticed that they represent Kinki Texas, someone I have liked and been following since we were "friends" on Myspace (ha-ha remember that?).

Finding my self in Bern for a couple of days I couldn't miss out on the chance to visit. The current show in what I thought was a great space is a very interesting painting show by three younger (than what?) artists. Christian Hans Albert Hoosen *1981 Berlin, Kevin Aeschbacher *1988 Zürich, Hannes Zulauf *1992 Wohlen.

Heat Affected Zone. Hoosen. Muster-Meier Contemporary Fine Art. Bern
Hoosen - Der gefreite Hausfrau
Hoosen - Beim Sabbern erwischt (detail)
Hannes Zulauf (L). Kevin Aeschbacher (R). Muster-Meier, Bern
Hannes Zulauf 
Hannes Zulauf - Die Türe zum Paradies
Kevin Aeschbacher - Pizza Alaska
Hoosen - Raffaello im Bett essen
Hoosen
Hoosen - Atomkraft
 
 Die «Heat-affected zone», deutsch die «Wärmeeinflusszone», beschreibt die lokale Umwandlung von Stoffen durch thermische Einwirkung. In der «Wärmeeinflusszone» verändert sich die physikalische Materialeigenschaft durch Kornwachstum, Phasenumwandlung und Ausscheidungsvorgänge.
Die Gruppenausstellung «HAZ» präsentiert mit den jungen Künstlern Christian Hans Albert Hoosen, Kevin Aschbecher und Hannes Zulauf eigenständige, ausdrucksstarke und unkonventionelle Malerei: Malerei 2.0. Die Leinwand wird dabei zur metaphorischen «Heat-affected zone»: Es wird umgewandelt, ausgeweitet, synthetisiert und weggelassen.
Ein hitziges Spiel von drei unterschiedlichen Positionen.




Sunday, February 7, 2016

DIENSTGEBÄUDE: CATCH OF THE YEAR 2015 (Finissage 6.2.2016).

CATCH OF THE YEAR 2015
100 Artists / 100 Works


 Ingo Giezendanneri
Gregory Hari
 

Jeroen Geel


Nicola Genovese. Heiko Blankenstein
 



 Ursula Palla
Markus Weggenmann





Denis Stoffner

Luc Mattenberger

Participating Artists:
Lena Amuat & Zoë Meyer, Stefan Banz, Jürgen Baumann, Selina Baumann, David Berweger, Heiko Blankenstein, Tashi Brauen, Maya Bringolf, Amélie Brisson-Darveau, Thierry Bröhm, Chloe Cheuk, Dionys Dammann & Adrian Germann, Brigitte Dätwyler, Bettina Diel, Christoph Eisenring, Ruth Erdt, Jon Etter, Jonas Etter, Michael Etzensperger, Quentin Euverte, René Fahrni, Marco Fedele di Catrano, Joëlle Flumet, Gina Folly, Gilles Fontolliet, Karim Forlin, Anne-Laure Franchette, Matthias Gabi, Marcel Gähler, Jeroen Geel, Nicola Genovese, Ingo Giezendanner GRRRR, Sarah Hablützel, Gregory Hari, Valentin Hauri, Pascal Häusermann, Tom Huber, huber.huber, Lauren Huret & Hunter Longe, Rémi Jaccard, Esther Kempf, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Claudia Kübler, Sandra Kühne, Milenko Lazic, Brigitte Lustenberger, Lutz & Guggisberg, Andreas Marti, Luc Mattenberger, Nicolas Micros, Thomas Moor, Severin Müller, Garrett Nelson, Ursula Palla, Pause ohne Ende, Valentina Pini, Kyung Roh Bannwart, Ilona Ruegg, Claudia Schmid, Jonas Schnyder, Christoph Schreiber, Jules Spinatsch, Jürg Stäuble, Robert Steinberger, Reto Steiner, Denis Stoffner, Peter Tillessen, Veli & Amos, Eva Vuillemin, Markus Weggenmann, Lawrence Weiner, Katharina Anna Wieser, Martina-Sofie Wildberger, Lydia Wilhelm, Ian Wooldridge, Jiajia Zhang 

DIENSTGEBÄUDE Töpferstrasse 26 8045 Zürich