Joachim Bandau
Die Nichtschönen: Works, 1967–1974
02 Mar - 06 Jun 2021
Joachim Bandau, installation view, Die Nichtschönen: Works, 1967–1974, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Joachim Bandau, installation view, Die Nichtschönen: Works, 1967–1974, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021, view on, Zwei graue Sesselfiguren, 1971. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Joachim Bandau, installation view, Die Nichtschönen: Works, 1967–1974, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021, view on Georgische Tänzer, 1971. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Joachim Bandau, installation view, Die Nichtschönen: Works, 1967–1974, Kunsthalle Basel, 2021, view front to back on Wasserwerfer, 1974, Weißer Sarkophag, 1972, 30.06.1972, 1972 (drawing). Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
At once technoid and bodily, minimal and monstrous, often with spouts or hoses that resemble weirdly organic orifices and tentacles, the early sculptural works by Joachim Bandau (* 1936) remain as strange and singular today as when he first made them. An overview of the artist’s still relatively little-known sculptures and drawings from the period 1967–1974 will be on view.