PRESENT EXHIBITIONS
Robert Estermann – Announcements, Annonces, Ankündigungen
solo show
curated by Catherine Kohler
29 May – 22 August 2010
performance: 5 June, 3 July, 31 July 2010, 14.00h
download the invitation poster
( les halles ) espace d’art contemporain
Rue Pierre Péquignat 9
CH-2900 Porrentruy
leshalles@vtxnet.ch
phone +41 32 420 8402
eac-leshalles.ch 
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Voici un Dessin Suisse (1990-2010)
31 March – 15 August 2010
curated by Julie Enckell Julliard
with catalogue
conference with the curator: 7 April 2010, 12.30h
round table: 30 May 2010, 11.00h
download the complete program of this exhibition
Musee Rath
Place Neuve
CH-1204 Geneva
more information
Voici un dessin suisse – Swiss Drawings 1990-2010
exhibition catalogue
Julie Enckell Julliard (director)
format: 24 x 30 cm, 256 pages, full color
editors: Musée Jenisch Vevey et JRP/Ringier, Zurich
CHF 48 / EUR 32 / £ 27 / US 50
ISBN: 978-3-03764-100-2 (english edition)
ISBN: 978-3-03764-101-9 (french edition)
ISBN: 978-3-03764-102-6 (german edition)
errata (please note them if you already own the catalogue):
Of the drawings by Estermann published in the catalogue, there are some errors in the published titles.
These are the correct titles:
p. 129: Untitled (Left Hand Corner), 2005
p.
130: Untitled (From the Transparent Kindergartens Above Streets Series), 2005
p. 131:
Untitled (Making Small Circles), 2002
p. 132:
Untiled (Portrait), 2007 (measurements: 210 x 340 cm)
Unfortunately there are still more factual errors and mistakes in the bibiography as well as in the libretto, due to lack of proper editorial review.
Independent Model
Edition 5, Erstfeld
opening Saturday 12 June, 17.00h
12 June – 22 August 2010
with catalogue
download the invitation and the supporting programme
Haus für Kunt Uri
Herrengasse 2
CH-6460 Altdorf
hausfuerkunsturi.ch
SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Robert Estermann – Sissy Circus and other Singularities
solo show
30 January – 15 May 2010
Due to its success, the duration of this show has been extended until 29 May.
Agnès b.'s
1/F, 18 Wing Fung Street, Wan Chai
999077 Hong Kong
galerie@agnesb.com.hk
phone: 00852 2869 5505
asia.agnesb.fr
In this exhibition “Sissy Circus and Other Singularities”, a broad range of different works from the past three years of Robert Estermann were exhibited, which “singularities” was used as a description by himself. There are over 30 pieces of artworks including drawings, video, photos and installation are exhibited. The artist makes use of his drawing “Sissy Circus” to inspire the fantasy of a fictional circus. Integrated with a selection, mostly from the past three years, of different works which the artist refers to “Singularities”, the exhibition conveys a unique network of the surprising, the playful, the elegant, the minimal, and the seemingly child-like but also cunning. In his practice, the artist refuses a simple set of codes, but instead seeks to “explore, inhabit and celebrate the degrees of grey in reality“. |
Ateliergemeinschaft Spinnerei Wettingen (group show)
17 January – 14 February 2010
Galerie Gluri Suter Huus
Bifangstrasse 1
CH-
5430 Wettingen
glurisuterhuus.ch
If it works, it's out of date
curated by Kim Kim gallery
6 November – 29 November 2009
Gallery Shilla
Daebong 130-5
700-431 Daegu (South Korea)
kimkimgallery.blogspot.com
galleryshilla.com
Fans 2009
Bamboo, plastic, metal, octopus, paint, Japan paper, wood, glue, shipping box (wood, nails, glue) with padding material
diverse formats / 172 x 43 x 19.5 cm
Courtesy the artist und Hilfikerfoto
Modern Beach Design 2009
Fine art print on paper
6 pieces, 100 x 150 cm / 100 x 75 cm each
Edition 1 +1 E.A. Courtesy the artist und Hilfikerfoto
Fans in artist’s studio, Busan 2009
Lambdaprint on Fujitrans, LED-Sheet
17.6 x 23.5 x 1.2 cm
Edition 11/11 + 1. E.A. Courtesy the artist und Hilfikerfoto
Robert Estermann – Modern Beach Design
solo show
curated by Isabel Fluri
18 September – 23 October 2009
Hilfiker Kunstprojekte
Ledergasse 11
CH-6002 Lucerne
hilfikerkunstprojekte.ch
INVITATION (PDF)
Saaltext zur Ausstellung von Isabel Fluri (PDF)
Ausstellungsrezension Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 30. September 2009 (PDF)
Markus Hilfiker with drawings by Robert Estermann
Grosser Moderner Strand 2008
marker on paper
210 x 285 cm
Sammlung Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Sammeln verpflichtet
curated by Roswitha Schild
29 August – 8 November 2009
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Werkhofstrasse 30
CH-4500 Solothurn
kunstmuseum-so.ch
Fans (snowman version) 2009
balsawood, bamboo, paper, wire, polyester, paint
132 x 72 x 5 cm
Moving Seashore
21 August – 6 September 2009
Space Bandee
169-44 Kangan Suyoungku
613-804 Busan (South Korea)
spacebandee.com
Seafood Restaurant 2009
installation; cellular concrete, mortar, digital C print on aluminium, slot car racing track, dispersion paint
252 x 456 x 236 cm
In «Seafood Restaurant» beschäftigen mich wie generell in meiner Arbeit gesellschaftliche (kulturelle und subkulturelle)
Mechanismen der Codierung. «Seafood Restaurant» ist dabei nicht Imitation oder illustrierender Kommentar (und erst recht
keine "innere Welt"), sondern künstliche Realität.
Robert Estermann
Swiss Art Awards
9 June – 14 June 2009
Messezentrum Basel / Basel Fair, Hall 3.2, everyday 10–19h, free entrance
Press conference: Monday, 8 June 2009, 11.30h
Prize giving ceremony:
Monday, 8 June 2009, 16.30h
Opening: Monday, 8 June 2009, 18.00h
Free brunch for gallerists and collectors (with the presence of the artists): Thursday, 11 June 2009, 10.00h
Messezentrum Basel, Halle 3.2
Basel, Switzerland
organized by Swiss Federal Office of Culture
more information
MadridFoto
with Galerie du Jour agnès b.
10 – 11 May 2009
Feria de Madrid
Almirante
ES 28004 Madrid
madridfoto.es
Zeigen
after a concept by Karin Sander
23 February – 3 April 2009
ETH Zürich Hönggerberg, HIL F 46-48
Wolfgang-Pauli-Str. 15
CH-8093 Zurich
Chair for Architecture and Art, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
Brnd mrror kds srrnd accdnt
A performance with 40 young people within the installation Modern Day and The Bigger Picture 2008
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Medienberichte
Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 9. Februar 2009
Radio DRS1, 7. Februar 2009
PRESS RELEASE (deusch)
Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art Lucerne
Europaplatz 1 (KKL Level K)
CH-6002 Luzern
kunstmuseumluzern.ch
Modern Day and The Bigger Picture 2008
Jahresausstellung zum Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen
6 December 2008 – 15 February 2009
Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art Lucerne
Europaplatz 1 (KKL Level K)
CH-6002 Luzern
kunstmuseumluzern.ch
more information
from left to right:
Alex in Town 2008 (left), Modern Beach Design 2008
Alex in Town 2008 (detail)
Modern Beach Design 2008
24. Kantonale Jahresausstellung
22 November 2008 – 4 January 2009
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Werkhofstrasse 30
CH-4500 Solothurn
kunstmuseum-so.ch
from left to right:
Remote
Son, mother (Portrait of the Artist as a Child)
Alex in Town (Centro), Alex in Town (Yellow Bridge)
IMPRESSION 2008
12 December 2008 – 8 February 2009
Kunsthaus Grenchen
Bahnhofstrasse 53, vis-à-vis Südbahnhof
CH-2540 Grenchen
kunsthausgrenchen.ch
Independent Model
[Click to view larger images]
Unabhängiges Modell 2008
Object (multiple) for Edition 5, CH-6472 Erstfeld
edition5.org
more information
New Sundays
5 February – 22 March 2008
solo show
Galerie du Jour agnès b.
44, rue Quinquampoix
F-75004 Paris
galeriedujour.com
PRESS RELEASE french (original) | deutsch / english (text only)
| My works in this exhibition, my drawings in particular, are prophecies, little crystals, savant points. They read the clouds, almost classical alphabets and then the clouds again. They believe that matter is information and that it exceeds all prophecies. They change matter through information. They have bodies of all ages, colors and sexes. They believe that miracles are the ordinary of the possible, and that if art is punk it is because its happening is ordinary and miraculous, everywhere and specific at the exact same time. They like too to trick in order to survive, to fight exclusion, to play. They read the angles of the waves and surf their tunnels. They play in shapes, the ocean and the optimism of the modern. They say: The waters of the ocean got new tastes. |
New Sundays – Exhibition views: (click to enlarge, larger version opens in new window)
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 Walking Boy II Doors for Towelie |
 from left to right: Alex in Town (video projection) Untitled (Left Hand Corner) Walking Boy II |
 Alex in Town (video projection) Alex in Town (photographs) |
 Untitled (From the Elephant Man Series) |
 Untitled (Portrait II) |
 Pillars for the Bay of Shanghai Untitled (Portrait II) (wall behind) |
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 from left to right: Riding Center Four Spaces (2007 version) Two Boys (Rehearsal) |
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 from left to right: Moving through Space (The Great Divide) Proximity |
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Exhibition walk:
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No Title (Portrait) 2007
Top of Central Switzerland
Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Zentralschweiz
15 December 2007 – 17 February 2008
(with catalogue)
Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art Lucerne
Europaplatz 1 (KKL Level K)
CH-6002 Luzern
kunstmuseumluzern.ch
more information
Untitled (Portrait) 2007
Werkbeitrag Bildende Kunst 2007
11 – 17 October 2007
F+F
Flurstrasse 89
CH-8047 Zürich
more information
Distant Riders 2007
Swiss Art Awards
12 June – 17 June 2007
Messe Basel
Swiss Federal Office of Culture
more information
Robert Estermann. Manor Kunstpreis Luzern 2007
2 March – 20 May 2007
solo show
curated by Susanne Neubauer
Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art LucerneEuropaplatz 1 (KKL Level K)
CH-6002 Luzern
kunstmuseumluzern.ch
more information
PRESS RELEASE deutsch / english
"Eine dichte, intelligente Ausstellung, voll von visuellen und narrativen Hindernissen." Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Exhibition Catalogue / Ausstellungskatalog
Robert Estermann. Manor Kunstpreis Luzern 2007 – Exhibition views:
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 Untitled (Viele Angestellte) Calligraphy of a Young Westener Lucy |
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 from the Series Transparent Kindergartens Above Streets |
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 from left to right: Untitled (Left Hand Corner) Flat Signature (Signature without End) Walking Boy |
 from left to right: Wind Black Boy Licks Xsomes Ice Lolly Untitled (Penguin) Untitled (Ladder to the Moon) |
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 Four Spaces (2007 version) |
 Untitled (Two Sticks) |
 Distant Riders |
 Distant Riders (detail) |
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 Two Boys (Rehearsal) |
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Ausstellungsrezensionen (Auswahl)
Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 21. März 2007
Neue Zürcher Zeitung 31. März 2007
Kunstbulletin, Mai 2007
Untitled (Self Picture on a Playground) 2002
Prix Spécial Noël
16 December 2006 – 24 January 2007
Galerie du Jour agnès b.
44, rue Quinquampoix
F-75004 Paris
galeriedujour.com
Transparent Kindergartens Above Streets (Translated Research Samples) 2005
2-channel video installation
Was macht die Kunst - Ankäufe der Stadt Zürich 2001-2006
8 December 2006 – 14 January 2007 (with catalogue)
Helmhaus, Zürich
Limmatquai 31
CH-8001 Zürich
helmhaus.org
Walking Boy 2006
Heimatflimmmern
5 November – 6 December 2006
(with catalogue)
participating artists: Raphael Egli, Christian Herter, Robert Estermann, Susanne Hofer, Marianne Halter, Lilli Kuschel (and others)
Brandenburgischer Kunstverein
Luisenforum
Brandenburger Strasse 5
D-14467 Potsdam
brandenburgischerkunstverein.de
Nacht 1997
La Luna. La Diva
22 October – 18 November 2006
participating artists: Luigi Archetti, Stefan Banz, Jennifer Bennett, Chris Bünter, Teresa Chen, David Chieppo, Marianne Engel, Klodin Erb, Robert Estermann, Thomas Galler, Federica Gärtner, Tatjana Gerhard, Michael Günzburger, Elmar Haardt, Dimitri Horta, huber.huber, Melli Ink, Centrik Isler, Anna Kanai, Kesang Lamdark, Eleonora Meier, Christa Michel, Victorine Müller, Cat Tuong Nguyen, Eliane Rutishauser, Anina Schenker & Selina Willemse, Katja Schenker, Karin Schwarzbek, Alexandra Vogt, Margot Zanni, Christa Ziegler
Likeyou.projects
Lavaterstrasse 75
CH-8002 Zurich
more information
Performances et Projections
11 February – 2 April 2006
Galerie du Jour agnès b.
44, rue Quinquampoix
F-75004 Paris
galeriedujour.com
A Mouth Full of Water from
the Ocean 2005
(left)
Transparent Kindergartens Above Streets 2004–2005 (right)
Zentralschweizer Kunstschaffen - Jahresausstellung 2005
10 December 2005 – 29 January 2006
Preis der Jury / Award of the jury (Preis der Innerschweizer Kantone)Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art Lucerne
Europaplatz 1 (KKL Level K)
CH-6002 Luzern
kunstmuseumluzern.ch
more information
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