The exhibition focuses on three artists with a connection to the Central Switzerland region.
The exhibition focuses on three artists with a connection to the Central Switzerland region.
Sara Masüger, Half Sentence on Gravity, 2023, Photo: Sara Masüger, © Sara Masüger
Turning Tide signifies a tipping point: When the tide turns, the water flows in the opposite direction. The exhibition Turning Tide presents three artists who all have a connection to the region of Zug: Jonas Burkhalter (*1983, Zug), Claudia Kübler (*1983, Zurich) and Sara Masüger (*1978, Baar). Despite their different approaches, they are united by an interest in situations in which perception switches or is subjected to an irritant. They play with the fragmentary, the fragile and unstable and create surprising new constellations in different media. The unusual thematisation of body, time and space in these artists’ oeuvres challenges the viewer’s imagination. The sculptures by Sara Masüger point to inner, psychological states. She combines her interest in the human body with questions about the materiality of sculpture and its relationship to space. Familiar elements such as faces or hands are linked with unfamiliar forms, creating a sense of alienation. Claudia Kübler’s material is time. She engages with this fourth dimension in various media. What is our notion of time? How is it defined? And above all: where do fissures exist in its laws? Kübler is especially interested in the margins of understanding and knowledge. The works of Jonas Burkhalter seem poetic and yet also play with moments of irritation. Such as in his photographs of Manhattan during lockdown: suddenly, the city that never sleeps stands still. The surreal situations that Burkhalter found in New York can be read as a narrative about the state of our world. This is why fragmentary bodies, clocks out of step and deserted metropolises are more than just disconcerting. In a subtle way, these three artists succeed in questioning a rapidly shifting present.
Curated by Jana Bruggmann
Turning Tide signifies a tipping point: When the tide turns, the water flows in the opposite direction. The exhibition Turning Tide presents three artists who all have a connection to the region of Zug: Jonas Burkhalter (*1983, Zug), Claudia Kübler (*1983, Zurich) and Sara Masüger (*1978, Baar). Despite their different approaches, they are united by an interest in situations in which perception switches or is subjected to an irritant. They play with the fragmentary, the fragile and unstable and create surprising new constellations in different media. The unusual thematisation of body, time and space in these artists’ oeuvres challenges the viewer’s imagination. The sculptures by Sara Masüger point to inner, psychological states. She combines her interest in the human body with questions about the materiality of sculpture and its relationship to space. Familiar elements such as faces or hands are linked with unfamiliar forms, creating a sense of alienation. Claudia Kübler’s material is time. She engages with this fourth dimension in various media. What is our notion of time? How is it defined? And above all: where do fissures exist in its laws? Kübler is especially interested in the margins of understanding and knowledge. The works of Jonas Burkhalter seem poetic and yet also play with moments of irritation. Such as in his photographs of Manhattan during lockdown: suddenly, the city that never sleeps stands still. The surreal situations that Burkhalter found in New York can be read as a narrative about the state of our world. This is why fragmentary bodies, clocks out of step and deserted metropolises are more than just disconcerting. In a subtle way, these three artists succeed in questioning a rapidly shifting present.
Curated by Jana Bruggmann
Event dates
Weekly on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 12:00 - 6:00pm until Sun, Jan 5 2025
Weekly on Saturday and Sunday at 10:00am - 5:00pm until Sun, Jan 5 2025