ist der text der text der ausbleibt

Gio­vanna Belossi, Cate­rina De Nicola, Daniel Kurth and Alan Schmalz.

28.08.–23.11.25

The exhi­bi­tion brings together cur­rent works by four artists who share an inter­est in lan­guage and writ­ing as mate­r­ial. Here, writ­ing and lan­guage mostly appear as found objects that are varied and placed in new con­texts. This also involves the re-appro­pri­a­tion of words, sen­tences and (writ­ten) images that have become com­mod­i­fied as brands, slo­gans or sales pitches. Let­ters (and there­fore the world) can always be rearranged. New text or non-text is cre­ated, or the text is omit­ted. The title quotes a visual poem by Claus Bremer from the 1960s, which refers to empty spaces and the unspeak­able, to the medi­ated and the imme­di­ate, just as the works in the exhi­bi­tion do.

With Gio­vanna Belossi, Cate­rina De Nicola, Daniel Kurth and Alan Schmalz.

Curated by Raf­fael Dörig, Direc­tor Kun­sthaus Lan­gen­thal and Marius Quib­lier, Assis­tant Cura­tor Kun­sthaus Langenthal.

The exhi­bi­tion is gen­er­ously sup­ported by:

Kultur jetzt
pro­hel­ve­tia
Fon­da­tion Oertli Stiftung
SWISSLOS
Canton de Vaud
Abteilung Kultur Basel-Stadt

 

Photo: Giovanna Belossi, Le désir de garder est aussi inséparable du désir de détruire, carton, riveting, detail, Karton, Nieten, variable dimensions, 2021.
23.08.25
10:00 am
–12:00 pm
26.08.25
05:30 pm
–06:30 pm
27.08.25
06:00 pm
–10:00 pm
05.09.25
09:30 am
–11:00 am