wiedemann/mettler: Stage
We are very pleased to present the fourth solo exhibition by the Swiss artist couple wiedemann/mettler in our gallery. Since 2002 Pascale Wiedemann and Daniel Mettler work together on a thoughtful oeuvre, in which they relate photographs, films, sculptures and objects to each other. In their exhibition they surprise again and again with inventive images and scenic sets.
The title of the show Stage is programmatic: The exhibition turns into a stage and the stage into an exhibition. Regarding this observation wiedemann/mettler comment the following: 鈥濱n the early 20th century the illusionistic stage started to be regarded by many directors as outworn. Therefore trials started to integrate the auditorium into the scenic conception. This lead to new to new forms regarding the stage and new emanation of the space.鈥� These considerations for the play had during Modernism a certain impact on the visual arts. wiedemann/mettler follow this route and devise their exhibition as a walk-in installation to which each spectator reacts differently. The first space is defined by a large curtain stretching across the complete opposite wall of the shopping windows. On the curtain two sunsets at the sea are depicted. This doubling is striking and requires from the public a constant reorientation. The curtain covers nearly completely the opening to the main gallery space only on the far left a passage is kept open. In front of the curtain stands an over two meters high shape, knotted into a metallic system. The multi-legged structure lends to the black work an organic, slightly scary but at the same time humorous character.
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We are very pleased to present the fourth solo exhibition by the Swiss artist couple wiedemann/mettler in our gallery. Since 2002 Pascale Wiedemann and Daniel Mettler work together on a thoughtful oeuvre, in which they relate photographs, films, sculptures and objects to each other. In their exhibition they surprise again and again with inventive images and scenic sets.
The title of the show Stage is programmatic: The exhibition turns into a stage and the stage into an exhibition. Regarding this observation wiedemann/mettler comment the following: 鈥濱n the early 20th century the illusionistic stage started to be regarded by many directors as outworn. Therefore trials started to integrate the auditorium into the scenic conception. This lead to new to new forms regarding the stage and new emanation of the space.鈥� These considerations for the play had during Modernism a certain impact on the visual arts. wiedemann/mettler follow this route and devise their exhibition as a walk-in installation to which each spectator reacts differently. The first space is defined by a large curtain stretching across the complete opposite wall of the shopping windows. On the curtain two sunsets at the sea are depicted. This doubling is striking and requires from the public a constant reorientation. The curtain covers nearly completely the opening to the main gallery space only on the far left a passage is kept open. In front of the curtain stands an over two meters high shape, knotted into a metallic system. The multi-legged structure lends to the black work an organic, slightly scary but at the same time humorous character.
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