When Andrew Bick goes about his painting, then it is not only in the spirit of creativity, but also in a rich actualization of art history. Influenced above all by English Constructivism and System Art, Bick has found his own style. The starting point of each work is the grid. It structures the ground upon which Bick makes his shapes dance. Some lines define boundaries in the painting process, others are painted over, and sometimes the brush completely departs from the drawing's guidelines and fills the pictorial space with the voluminous quality of its color. This creates a multifaceted interplay between order and freedom, painting and drawing, past and present. The transitions are hardly noticeable, bringing the extremes together and captivating the viewer. Languages: English and German

The Swiss artist Heidi Bucher was a major feminist figure on the international neoavantgarde art scene, whose work is characterized by a unique performative, yet material concept of sculpture. As early as the 1970s Bucher was experimenting with unusual materials such as latex, breathing life into them. She would pour liquid rubber onto surfaces and then pull it off again with great physical force, literally coming to grips with the world of things she experienced and pressing forward into psychological border zones. By transforming materials in ways that were as radical as they were sensual, she explored forms of human existence and how they are embedded in societal and private power structures. This monograph presents Bucher's oeuvre from her early days as a student in Zurich in the 1940s, to her experimental phase in New York and Los Angeles of the 1960s and 1970s, to her major works of "skinning" architecture and people, all the way to the pieces she created during her final years on Lanzarote.

From today's perspective, Leon Polk Smith's artistic position can be understood as a "missing link" in art history. His work connects the European avant-garde with the American abstraction of the 1940s/1950s via references to the paintings of Piet Mondrian. Smith's pioneering role in the Hard-Edge style and his Shaped Canvases are in turn achievements that spread from the US to Europe. With his unique Constellations, Smith became known beyond the borders of the US. In recent years, his work has gained new visibility thanks to numerous exhibitions in the US. The solo show at Museum Haus Konstruktiv in Zurich and the accompanying publication are intended to contribute to the long overdue new reception in Europe.