Kunsthalle Basel

Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel

22 Sep - 12 Nov 2017

Installation view, Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 2017.
Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Detail view of selected archival material “Archeology of Rooms,” Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 2017. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Raoul Müller, installation view, Forget it, 2013-2017 (front) and selected archival material “Archeology of Rooms” (back), Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 2017. Foto: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Cécile Hummel, installation view, Distant Glance, 2017, Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 2017. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Installation view of selected archival material “Contac Sheets,” Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 2017. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Contact print of the exhibition Peter Fischli und David Weiss at Kunsthalle Basel, 1985.
Detail view of selected archival material “Archeology of Rooms,” Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 2017. Foto: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Werner von Mutzenbecher, installation view, Kunsthallefilm II / 2017, 2017, Exposed Exhibitions – Fotoarchiv der Kunsthalle Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, 2017. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
EXPOSED EXHIBITIONS – FOTOARCHIV DER KUNSTHALLE BASEL
22 September – 12 November 2017

The photo archive of Kunsthalle Basel testifies to more than 100 years of exhibition-making at the institution through nearly 25,000 photographs, a selection of which is exposed to the light again. With their newly commissioned artworks, Cécile Hummel, Esther Hunziker, Doris Lasch, Raoul Müller, and Werner von Mutzenbecher reflect on the complexity of the archive and the institution’s long history of exhibiting the now.