small is beautiful: (A)rtschwager to (Z)augg
Zürich
small is beautiful: (A)rtschwager to (Z)auggMai 36 Galerie presents the exhibition “small is beautiful: (A)rtschwager to (Z)augg” on the 1st floor of the Mai 36 townhouse at Rämistrasse 37.
Artworks
Eau de Vie, 1996
Glass devil's head, hand-blown bottle
34 x 9 cm (13 3/8 x 3 1/2 in.) ø
Edition of 120, ed. 19/100, signed on label
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Freight and cargo II, 2015
Watercolor on paper sheet
66.5 x 102 cm (26 1/8 x 40 1/8 in.) framed 69.5 x 105 cm (27 3/8 x 41 3/8 in.)
Signed and dated verso
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Fractal, 1987
Formica on wood
43.2 x 43.2 x 14.6 cm (17 x 17 x 5 3/4 in.)
Edition of 25 + 5 AP, ed. 21/25
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ABER ICH DIE WELT ICH SEHE DICH, 1994
Silkscreen print
sheet 75.5 x 66 cm (29 3/4 x 26 in.) framed 76.8 x 67.5 x 3.5 cm (30 1/4 x 26 5/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Edition of 100 + 5 AP, AP 5/5, signed and dated verso
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Untitled (AIDS with Cockroaches #2), 1993
Gouache on offset on paper
sheet 81 x 81 cm (31 7/8 x 31 7/8 in.) framed 88 x 88 x 5 cm (34 5/8 x 34 5/8 x 2 in.)
Unique, signed and dated recto
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fahnenbild e1, 2012
Oil, screenprint on wood
70 x 50 x 4.8 cm (27 1/2 x 19 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Signed and dated verso
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In contrast to the “bigger is better” concept of western economics, the phrase “small is beautiful” is taken from one of the first books on politics, by economist E.F. Schumacher. The book “Small is beautiful” was a radical challenge to the 20th century’s way of thinking economically – with what the author described as “gigantism”. The exhibition champions a selection of exquisite small and beautiful artworks made by four generation of artists over the course of the last decades. In the three rooms on the 1st floor of the Mai 36 townhouse we group the various works in three sections: Talking Heads (Portraits), Abstract Thinking and Artist’s Artist.
Künstler*innen:
Franz Ackermann
Ian Anüll
Richard Artschwager
John Baldessari
Stephan Balkenhol
Matthias Bitzer
Ernst Caramelle
Vija Celmins
Koenraad Dedobbeleer
Jürgen Drescher
Pia Fries
General Idea
Barbara Kasten
Matt Mullican
Eileen Quinlan
Bernd Ribbeck
Gerhard Richter
Christoph Rütimann
Markus Saile
Bojan Šarčević
Albrecht Schnider
Thomas Schütte
Vincent Tavenne
Imogen Taylor
Paloma Varga Weisz
Irving Vera
Lawrence Weiner
Rémy Zaugg
Matthias Zinn
Courtesy of the artists and Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
