Daiga Grantina: Notes on Kim Lim
until May 4, 2025
Kunstmuseum
The exhibition traces the work of the Singaporean-British artist Kim Lim (1936–97) in a contemporary and associative exploration and places her oeuvre in dialogue with the sculptures of the Latvian artist Daiga Grantina (*1985). There are remarkable similarities and parallels between Daiga Grantina’s sculptures and Kim Lim’s works, particularly in terms of their mutability and elasticity, which are constitutive for both artists. At the same time, the differences between the works become clear, creating an effective tension.
Being the first presentation of Kim Lim’s work in Switzerland, the exhibition is not intended to be a retrospective, but rather looks at her work from an artistic perspective. The “notes” on Lim’s work are complemented by the views of the photographer Katalin Déer and the poet Ilma Rakusa in an artist publication designed by Toan Vu-Huu, as well as by a sound performance by Anna Zaradny. Curated by Daiga Grantina and Stefanie Gschwend.
Sound of the Earth: Ceramics in Contemporary Art
May 25–September 14, 2025
Opening May 24
Kunstmuseum
The international group exhibition on ceramics in contemporary art is the first exhibition in Switzerland to explore current approaches to this medium. It focuses on artists for whom ceramics has become a core element of their practice, whether as the sole medium or in parallel with painting, sculpture or other media. The exhibition brings together works that experiment with the sculptural potential of ceramics, blurring the boundaries between high art and craft.
With Caroline Achaintre, Christian Andersen, Nicole Cherubini, Woody De Othello, Martin Chramosta, Edmund De Waal, Clare Goodwin, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Isa Melsheimer, Lindsay Mendick, Shahpour Pouyan und Paloma Proudfoot.
Curated by Stefanie Gschwend and Felicity Lunn
Roman Signer: Super-8
May 25–September 14, 2025
Opening May 24
Kunsthalle
From the very beginning, the work of Roman Signer (*1938, Switzerland) has been concerned with ephemeral events and the release of provoked and existing energies. His materials are natural forces such as water, wind, fire or gravity, which he relates to everyday objects such as chairs, buckets, red kayaks, blue barrels, remote-controlled flying objects, umbrellas or fans and which repeatedly appear as leitmotifs in the artist’s work. He forms grotesquely comical situations into images and unfolds a subtle poetry of humour. Signer documents the precisely planned actions, which are composed of the potential of the situation, the transformation of energy and the trace of the process, in photographic series, on film or later on video. The Super 8 films that Roman Signer shot from the mid-1970s onwards play a special role. They go far beyond a filmic documentation of his actions and become an independent medium in his oeuvre. At the centre of the exhibition are the Super 8 films made in Signer’s hometown of Appenzell and the surrounding area. This is Roman Signer’s first solo exhibition in Appenzell, CH, which extends over three floors of the Kunsthalle and parts of the former brickworks.
On the occasion of the exhibition, a Catalogue raisonné of all the Super 8 films will be published by Verlag Walther König, edited by Peter Zimmermann, with texts by Stefanie Gschwend (Director of the Kunstmuseum / Kunsthalle Appenzell) and Stephan Kunz (Director of the Bündner Kunstmuseum).
Wishlist/collection
October 5, 2025–April 19, 2026
Opening October 4
Kunstmuseum
The relationships we cultivate with works of art can touch us both personally and socially. Art stimulates thought and critical reflection, can serve as a repository for stories, as a mirror of society or of our own feelings and experiences, and helps us to connect with others. This exhibition is about the connections that exist between the works of art and the people who engage with them in their own way: be it in everyday interaction, at work or in more casual encounters. Selected individuals who are connected with the Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung’s collection or who help to shape public life in Appenzell and the surrounding area through their social and cultural commitment are invited to choose a work from the collection. This lively selection forms the starting point for an exhibition of the collection and connects people directly with the works.
Agata Ingarden
October 5, 2025–April 19, 2026
Opening October 4
Kunsthalle
Agata Ingarden’s (*1994, Poland) solo exhibition at the Kunsthalle is the first comprehensive presentation of her work in Switzerland. Her works develop proposals for imaginary worlds as active possibilities for speculative future scenarios. The visual vocabulary surprises with unexpected connections between everyday objects and natural materials, industrial processes and organic forms. Nevertheless, a sense of familiarity pervades the works, reminiscent of ancient cultures and techniques. The works, which are often produced on a clearly non-human scale, have a disconcerting effect and convey a new, non-anthropocentric perspective.
Appenzell Now and Then
Ongoing
Kunsthalle
The project Appenzell Now and Then at the Kunsthalle was initiated with local and regional artists. The works of Carl Walter and Carl August Liner, which marked the starting point of the institution, are continually supplemented with contemporary works by local artists and placed in dialogue with each other. The result is a changing presentation and a different view of the present and past. With Christian Meier and Ueli Alder.
Kunstmuseum Appenzell
Unterrainstrasse 5
9050 Appenzell
Switzerland
+41 71 788 18 00
info [at] kunstmuseumappenzell.ch
Kunsthalle Appenzell
Ziegeleistrasse 14
9050 Appenzell
Switzerland
+41 71 788 18 60
info [at] kunsthalleappenzell.ch
