Maja Rieder
15 Sep - 12 Nov 2017
Maja Rieder, Juxtapose No. 7, 2007 / 2016
Grafit, Tusche und Gouache auf Papier, 150 x 214 cm
Grafit, Tusche und Gouache auf Papier, 150 x 214 cm
Maja Rieder, X gelb (Detail), 60 parts, 2013
ink and gouache on paper, each 54 × 40 cm
ink and gouache on paper, each 54 × 40 cm
MAJA RIEDER
15 September – 12 November 2017
Maja Rieder (b.1979, CH, lives in Basel) has consistently engaged with the question of how drawing can create a connection to space since she started making art. Rieder’s drawing is not a countour or a descriptive line, but the creation of concrete formulations, such as geometric basic forms in graphite – mostly in powder form –, through overlappings or folds of sheets of paper or long paper rolls. By overlaying, folding, as well as what is left out, uncovered and the paper fields that are thus left free, positive and negative forms and figures are created, some of which are installed across broad spaces by the artist, to effect the architectural space. This will be Maja Rieder’s largest exhibition to date; the artist will exhibit across the whole lower floor of the Kunsthaus Baselland.
15 September – 12 November 2017
Maja Rieder (b.1979, CH, lives in Basel) has consistently engaged with the question of how drawing can create a connection to space since she started making art. Rieder’s drawing is not a countour or a descriptive line, but the creation of concrete formulations, such as geometric basic forms in graphite – mostly in powder form –, through overlappings or folds of sheets of paper or long paper rolls. By overlaying, folding, as well as what is left out, uncovered and the paper fields that are thus left free, positive and negative forms and figures are created, some of which are installed across broad spaces by the artist, to effect the architectural space. This will be Maja Rieder’s largest exhibition to date; the artist will exhibit across the whole lower floor of the Kunsthaus Baselland.