AC/E is collaborating on this project with the Kunsthaus Baselland to support the activities of the Spanish artist Lara Almarcegui, who has been invited to hold an exhibition at the Kunsthaus featuring part of her work as a retrospective and also including new work in a complex, very physical installation designed as a voyage of discovery.
The Lara Almarcegui exhibition at the Kunsthaus, scheduled to run from 22 May to 12 July 2015, will coincide with the ART Basel fair (15 to 21 June), in order to ensure it achieves international resonance. During ART Basel, the Kunsthaus is also teaming up with the fair to hold a lunch for prominent guests from the art world, which will further enhance the visibility of Almarcegui’s work.
In parallel with Lara’s exhibition, the Kunsthaus is staging another two solo shows: of Swiss artist Alexander Gutlke and German art Katharina Hinsberg.
The Almarcegui exhibition shows her works distributed throughout the rooms and architecture of the Kunsthaus in the manner of a tour. One of the most important installations occupies the whole main bay of the Kunsthaus and is the result of the artist’s very thorough research on Basel and Kunsthaus that questions the gallery’s relationship with the material world and with available resources. With this installation, Almarcegui sets out to raise the audience’s awareness of materials reclaimed from construction debris.
The exhibition is accompanied by a monograph on the artist, published by Christoph Merian, which will be launched to coincide with ART Basel. The monograph includes articles about Almarcegui’s work, an interview with Ines Goldbach, director of Kunsthaus Baselland, and a careful selection of photographs of the artist’s works. Kunsthaus Baselland is a leading contemporary art institution not only in the Basel region but also internationally. Its main purpose is to promote the art of young artists who normally produce new works specifically to be shown at the Kunsthaus.
The Lara Almarcegui exhibition at the Kunsthaus, scheduled to run from 22 May to 12 July 2015, will coincide with the ART Basel fair (15 to 21 June), in order to ensure it achieves international resonance. During ART Basel, the Kunsthaus is also teaming up with the fair to hold a lunch for prominent guests from the art world, which will further enhance the visibility of Almarcegui’s work.
In parallel with Lara’s exhibition, the Kunsthaus is staging another two solo shows: of Swiss artist Alexander Gutlke and German art Katharina Hinsberg.
The Almarcegui exhibition shows her works distributed throughout the rooms and architecture of the Kunsthaus in the manner of a tour. One of the most important installations occupies the whole main bay of the Kunsthaus and is the result of the artist’s very thorough research on Basel and Kunsthaus that questions the gallery’s relationship with the material world and with available resources. With this installation, Almarcegui sets out to raise the audience’s awareness of materials reclaimed from construction debris.
The exhibition is accompanied by a monograph on the artist, published by Christoph Merian, which will be launched to coincide with ART Basel. The monograph includes articles about Almarcegui’s work, an interview with Ines Goldbach, director of Kunsthaus Baselland, and a careful selection of photographs of the artist’s works. Kunsthaus Baselland is a leading contemporary art institution not only in the Basel region but also internationally. Its main purpose is to promote the art of young artists who normally produce new works specifically to be shown at the Kunsthaus.