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Accompanying the first exhibition of outstanding British artist
Mark Wallinger's paintings in Switzerland, this catalogue focuses
on his large-scale Action Paintings, complemented by a series of
new, polychrome small-scale paintings. Despite their many
differences from the works of French Impressionism the collection
of the Museum Langmatt is centered around, light and movement
remain the central elements here as there. A homage to the term
coined by Harold Rosenberg who claimed that for action painters the
canvas was not a representation but an extension of the mind
itself, these performative works move from image to action. Created
by sweeping paint-laden hands across the canvas in active freeform
gestures, they make intense reference to the body, intensified by
the use of plasticine which creates soft, relief-like effects.
It is interdisciplinary teams with complex compositions that
develop and realise exhibitions. Groenlandbasel directs a network
of specialists and with Spaces and Stories enables an insight into
the cooperation and the dedicated efforts of a wide range of
involved parties. Exhibition thinkers and exhibition makers express
themselves alongside each other in essays, shorter highlights and
interviews. The texts are accompanied by a diverse selection of
projects by Groenlandbasel: museum developments, special and
permanent exhibitions, architecture, as well as indoor and outdoor
installations. With text contributions from: Dominic Huber,
Director Rimini Protokoll, Zurich; Nina Gorgus, Curator Historical
Museum Frankfurt; Ramon De Marco, Sound Designer Idee und Klang,
Basel; Daniel Tyradellis, freelance curator, Berlin; Beat Hachler,
Director Alpine Museum of Switzerland, Bern; Sibylle
Lichtensteiger, Director Stapferhaus Lenzburg. Text in English and
German.
Eric Hattan is known for his canny interventions in public places
and causing surprise by thwarting the familiar order. This is also
the case at the Museum Langmatt, which invited the Swiss artist to
playfully intervene on its premises. The historic villa with its
mahogany parquet flooring, fine carpets, chandeliers, and manicured
garden provides a contrasting foil for Hattan's installations,
composed of worn clothing, metal parts, and other less exquisite
materials. Five o'clock Shadow documents the ensuing dialogue that
spans from the rich contrast between the present and the Belle
Epoque, and shows how the venerable building is being tangibly
enlivened.
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