Fresh Window. The Art of Display & Display of Art
For decades, there have been close links between the histories of art and shop window display. Besides Jean Tinguely, many other artists have designed pioneering window displays. Conversely, window displays frequently feature as a motif in artworks or serve as a stage for performances and actions. The exhibition will explore this eventful relationship from its beginnings to the present day, while artistic interventions in shop windows in Basel extend the show into public space.
Art and shop windows may seem like unusual partners, but if one takes a look at their shared history of shop window displays, one finds a long tradition. In the late nineteenth century, when window displays developed into a central element of modern consumer culture, people soon began to think about the potential for presenting commodities in aesthetic ways. With surprising and creative displays, such windows were the store鈥檚 street-facing calling card, inviting people to stop and look, around the clock, as well as informing passersby about special offers, always with the aim of generating sales.
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For decades, there have been close links between the histories of art and shop window display. Besides Jean Tinguely, many other artists have designed pioneering window displays. Conversely, window displays frequently feature as a motif in artworks or serve as a stage for performances and actions. The exhibition will explore this eventful relationship from its beginnings to the present day, while artistic interventions in shop windows in Basel extend the show into public space.
Art and shop windows may seem like unusual partners, but if one takes a look at their shared history of shop window displays, one finds a long tradition. In the late nineteenth century, when window displays developed into a central element of modern consumer culture, people soon began to think about the potential for presenting commodities in aesthetic ways. With surprising and creative displays, such windows were the store鈥檚 street-facing calling card, inviting people to stop and look, around the clock, as well as informing passersby about special offers, always with the aim of generating sales.
Artists on show
- Andy Warhol
- Anna Franceschini
- Atelier E.B
- Berenice Abbott
- Bertrand Lavier
- Christo
- Elmgreen/Dragset
- Eugène Atget
- François-Xavier Lalanne
- Giorgio Sadotti
- Goran Trbuljak
- Gregory Crewdson
- Ion Grigorescu
- Iren Stehli
- Jasper Johns
- Jean Tinguely
- Jiajia Zhang
- John Kasmin
- Johnnie Shand Kydd
- Kit Galloway
- Lynn Hershman Leeson
- Marcel Duchamp
- María Teresa Hincapié de Zuloaga
- Marina Abramovi膰
- Martha Rosler
- Martina Morger
- Nigel Henderson
- Pascale Marthine Tayou
- Peter Blake
- R.I.P Germain
- Richard Estes
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Sarah Staton
- Sari Dienes
- Sayre Gomez
- Sherrie Rabinowitz
- Tschabalala Self
- Vlasta Delimar
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