Two terms that are frequently used to describe contemporary art guided us in the selection of works for our exhibition. Yet they did not serve to limit this selection as the illustration of a given theme. On the contrary, they became an inspiration to look at works – created between 1900 and 2019 – from a broader perspective.
The numerous works on loan enable an often unexpected coincidence of the forms of expression and artists’ names. Special qualities and similarities are on vivid display. The exhibition primarily features small formats, mostly consisting of works on paper.
All artists in this exhibition:
René Victor Auberjonois (1872–1957), James Bishop (*1927), Alighiero Boetti (1940–1994), Antonio Calderara (1903–1978), Joseph Egan (*1952), Dan Flavin (1933–1996), Lucio Fontana (1899–1968), Richard Francisco (*1942), Eva Hesse (1936–1970), Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918), Will Insley (1929–2011), Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), Robert Mangold (*1937), Agnes Martin (1912–2004), Otto Meyer–Amden (1885–1933), Henri Michaux (1899–1984), Giorgio Morandi (1890–1964), Sylvia Plimack Mangold (*1938), David Rabinowitch (*1943), Fred Sandback (1943–2003), Jan Schoonhoven (1914–1994), Louis Soutter (1871–1942), Richard Tuttle (1941), Georges Vantongerloo (1886–1965), Jacques Villon (1875–1963)
October 26th , 2019, at 1 pm
Manfred Werder: “ein(e) ausführende(r) seiten 1 – 4000 (1999 – 2015)”
Update: Manfred Werder
The composer Manfred Werder updates some pages from his score
“ein(e) ausführende(r) seiten 1 – 4000 (1999 – 2015)”.
The score consists of 4000 pages with a total duration of 533 hours 20 minutes and is played on the whole just once, page after page and intermittently.
Each time unit in the score updates in this way a specific place and a certain time and is basically unrepeatable.
Andreas Christen (1936–2006)
Andreas Christen
RAPPAZMuseum Basel
Nov. 8, 2019 – Jan. 19, 2020
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007)
A Wall Drawing Retrospective
Yale University Art Gallery and Williams College Museum of Art
November 16, 2008 – 2033
James Bishop
Paintings and Paintings on Paper
April 16 to July 10, 2026
Richard Tuttle
Complete Interviews 1970–2022
Edited and with a Preface Interview by Dieter Schwarz
Glen Rubsamen
The Petrified Forest
Publisher: Glen Rubsamen
INSIGHT – ARTWORKS IN THE SPOTLIGHT #2, Paintings on Paper by James Bishop presents four works on paper by James Bishop. Created between 1956 and around 1993 they provide valid perspectives on an artistic oeuvre defined by an insistence on painting.
Antonio Calderara Riti di passaggio. Dalla figurazione all'arte concreta, Fondazione Marcello Morandini, Varese, through April 26, 2026
Donald Judd, Judd|Marfa, The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, through June 7, 2026
Rita McBride, Five Centuries of Works on Paper: The Grunwald Centre at 70, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, through May 17, 2026
Abstract Constructions, Nassos Daphnis - Rita McBride, Fondation CAB, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, FR, through October 25, 2026
Richard Tuttle | Giulio Paolini | Marisa Merz | Mario Merz
Long Story Short, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, through January 2027
Fred Sandback Cuts into Spaces (group show), Hall Art Foundation, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, ongoing
Sculpture, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, October 12, 2025 through July 2026
Sol LeWitt (1928–2007)
A Wall Drawing Retrospective
Yale University Art Gallery and Williams College Museum of Art
November 16, 2008 – 2033