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4/12/2014

Two Exhibitions

Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau

curated by Thomas Schmutz

On the Border

18 Nov 2014 – 12 Apr 2015

It is part of the tradition of the Aargauer Kunsthaus to also and, indeed, especially draw attention to artists who pursue their creative visions far from the avant-gardes or the art market. The works of such artists are often characterized by a certain «inwardness,» as art serves to express an individual’s psychic life, thereby linking the inner and outer worlds, the unconscious and the conscious. These artistic practices are the subject of the collection presentation titled On the Border, which shows works of artists from various generations that operate in the field of tension between those opposite poles, including a. o. Silvia Bächli, Emma Kunz, Louis Soutter, Ilse Weber, Adolf Wölfli and Annelies Štrba.

The little-known oeuvre of Gertrud Debrunner (1902 – 2000) serves as the pivot of this show. Included are a number of works from her estate that are invariably expressive of a spiritual experience. Her images position themselves exactly on the border between inside and outside evoked by the show’s title. In her drawings, collages, and paintings Debrunner managed to make this membrane vibrate.

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Auswahl 14
Aargau Artists
Guest: René Fahrni

6 Dec 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

The annual exhibition of Aargau artists has its firm place in the exhibition programme of the Aargauer Kunsthaus. A collaboration of the Aargauer Kunsthaus and the Aargauer Kuratorium, this year’s edition will again open with a festive reception in early December.

For ten years now this annual exhibition has been providing an opportunity for local artists to present their work and at the same time apply for work grants. Any artist with a demonstrable connection to the Canton of Aargau is eligible to participate.

In October, two expert juries, one on behalf of the Aargauer Kunsthaus and the other on behalf of the Aargauer Kuratorium, have independently judged the submitted works.

191 artists have submitted their files for Auswahl 14. Out of these, a total of 56 artists have been selected by the jury for inclusion in Auswahl 14. The resulting exhibition offers a wide-ranging and stimulating survey of current artistic practices in the Canton of Aargau. At the exhibition opening on 5 December, the Aargauer Kuratorium will award its grants for work in the visual arts. At the same time the Neue Aargauer Bank will present its annual advancement award to a young artist.

Guest: René Fahrni
René Fahrni (b. 1977) ist the guest artist of the Auswahl 14. He recreates petrol pumps, sailing ships, or the wheels of a car, he adapts an office furniture set made of Lego pieces to the size of children’s furniture, or he develops a wind tunnel in which small objects are made to vibrate and then photographed. The materials used are quite plain: wood, plaster, glue, chicken wire. With great skill and a fine sense of material, Fahrni manufactures them into objects and groups of objects that, somewhere between model and dummy, serve as the protagonists of a fantasy world. His fuel pump, for instance, is reduced to its characteristic features. Almost like a caricature, the full-size object stands in the exhibition, opening up space for speculations: who is tapping what here?

Image: René Fahrni, No distance is too far

Press Contact:
Filomena Colecchia, filomena.colecchia@ag.ch

Opening: 5 Dec 2014 6.00 pm

Aargauer Kunsthaus
Aargauerplatz
5001 Aarau
Tue – Sun 10 am – 5 pm
Thur 10 am – 8 pm
Monday closed

Holiday Opening Hours:
Christmas Eve 24 December 2014
St Stephen's Day 26 December 2014
New Year's Eve 31 December 2014
New Year's Day 1 January 2015
Berchtoldstag 2 January 2015
open 10 am – 5 pm

closed:
Christmas 25 December 2014
Monday 29 December 2014

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