PRESENT SHOWS
Clay Collection and Speculative Plane 2011
ready made clay sculptures with polyester coating, furniture, fence
We have to go over the building. 2011
drawing
Clay Collection and Speculative Plane
solo show
curated by Isabel Fluri
9 November – 23 December 2011
opening Saturday, 5 November 2011, 13:00 – 17:00
Hilfiker Kunstprojekte
Ledergasse 11
CH-6002 Lucerne
hilfikerkunstprojekte.ch 
Appearance in Super System
a project by Robert Estermann during Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach, Florida, USA
1 – 4 December 2011
Appearance in Super System Official Blog
appearanceinsupersystem.info
Art Basel Miami Beach
artbaselmiamibeach.com
Announcements & Distractions
a live mix by Nakion with a projection of drawings by Robert Estermann
presented by Kim Kim Gallery
11.11.11
11 November 2011
19 Performance Relay
Gallery Loop
Seoul – S-Korea
+82 (0)62 670 7497
galleryloop.com
kimkimgallery.com
more information
SELECTED RECENT SHOWS
from the series Announcements 2010
art:gwangju:11
Gwangju, South Korea
with Kim Kim Gallery
press release
31 August – 4 September 2011
Gwangju Cultural Foundation
4F, 338-7 Cheonbyunjwaro, Nam-gu
Gwangju, 503-030 – S-Korea
+82 (0)62 670 7497
artgwangju.com
Kim Kim Gallery
864-11, 4F, Daerim-dong, Youngdeungpo-gu
Seoul, 150-071 – S-Korea
+82 (0)10 9829 3199
kimkimgallery.com
Môtiers 2011 - Art en plein air
curated by Pierre-André Delachaux (with catalogue)
18 June – 18 September 2011
art en plein air / open air exhibition
CH-2112 Môtiers
artmotiers.ch
Door to the Clay Class 2011
environmental installation, including house, door, furniture, clay, air humidifiers
About "Door to the Clay Class"
A door inside a public building announcing access to a clay class. Inside, the humidity is stifling. The place is both specific and interchangeable. The figurines have been made by architects. The character of the visitor, his visit to the site (coming from the street, opening the door, entering the room, …), and the promise of the site are part of the work's semantic system. This work has been deliberately conceived as a work within a so-called open air exhibition.
Robert Estermann
works shown: Love, Serendipity, Passion, Drama, 2010, ink on wall Modern Beach Design as Projected by the Beach, 2010, 12 slides, slide-projector, polka-dots, tripod Sissy Circus Announcement, 2010, wood, plexiglas, paper, metal
Max von Moos – gesehen von Peter Roesch, Christian Kathriner & Robert Estermann
curated by Christoph Lichtin
19 March – 31 July 2011
Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art Lucerne
Europaplatz 1 (KKL Level K)
CH-6002 Luzern
kunstmuseumluzern.ch
more information
untitled (Portrait l) 2007
ink on paper, 210 x 340 cm
Voici un Dessin Suisse (1990-2010)
curated by Julie Enckell-Julliard
29 January – 25 April 2011
Aargauer Kunsthaus
Aargauer Platz
CH-5001 Aarau
phone +41 62 835 23 30
aargauerkunsthaus.ch
In erster Linie
Zeitgenössische Zeichnungen aus der Sammlung des Kunstmuseums Solothurn
curated by Christoph Vögele
15 January – 25 April 2011
Kunstmuseum Solothurn
Werkhofstrasse 30
CH-4500 Solothurn
kunstmuseum-so.ch
Zentralschweizer Kunstszenen
curated by Lynn Kost
with two brand new installations and a wall drawing by Robert Estermann
11 December 2010 – 28 February 2011
Kunstmuseum Luzern Museum of Art Lucerne
Europaplatz 1 (KKL Level K)
CH-6002 Luzern
phone +41 41 226 78 00
kunstmuseumluzern.ch
more information
works shown:
Love, Serendipity, Passion, Drama, 2010, ink on wall
Modern Beach Design as Projected by the Beach, 2010, 12 slides, slide-projector, polka-dots, tripod
Sissy Circus Announcement, 2010, wood, plexiglas, paper, metal
Where in this world could I go
curated by Jörg Kohnen-May
3 December 2010 – 22 January 2011
von cirne
Lütticher Strasse 8
D-50674 Cologne
phone +49 0221 27728747
von-cirne.de
more information
Parallel Discipline
riding videos by Robert Estermann selected and presented by Kim Kim Gallery
performance evening "19 Performance Relay"
30 November 2010, 19.00h – 23.00h
Space Hamilton
683-142 Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu
Seoul, 437-712 – S-Korea
+82 (0)31 420 1863
podopodo.net
kimkimgallery.com
more information
Exile Parliament
work as a parliamentarian on invitation by San Keller in "For Real!"
20 November 2010 - 23 January 2011
Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen
Davidstrasse 40
CH-9000 St.Gallen
+41(0)71 222 10 14
k9000.ch
more information
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
Main installation of the exhibition:
Announcements 2010
Large-scale installation: wood, 100 ink-jet prints on paper, metal, bleach
1200 x 1200 x 240 cm
Other works shown in the exhibition are Untitled (installation, 2010) and Double Calling (photograph, 2010).
A young man performs cleaning of the floor with bleach, 3 times during the exhibition.
About "Announcements"
A structure consisting of twelve wooden boards on stilts zigzagging throughout the whole exhibition space, forming a "U". The visitor can walk all around this "U".
About 100 prints are (permanently) pasted up on both sides of the boards. These prints are 1:1 reproductions of a series of about 50 drawings especially made for this installation, which means that most of them appear multiplied two ore more times.
The setting reminds
the announcement boards in the entry area of city halls, with the posters of the political candidates of a forthcoming election, announcements of events and so on. But if one tries to develop this analogy in greater detail, one gets stuck. And whoever begins this to read as an exhibition of drawings (objects of art being displayed on a movable display not being part of the work of art) will get stuck very soon, too. In fact, the multiplied copies and the missing of any "original", and the "improper" way of "hanging", the missing of any first- and (especially) second-degree storyline or "artistic will of expression", demands some refocusing by the visitor based on his self-awareness, wants he further penetrate the work.
"Announcements" as a whole is a display-machine, a medium as the message if you will, not as some self-sufficient statement, but as just one amongst many other (sociological, linguistic ...) findings and interests within this work (the operating of the installation as a whole and in its parts, and also of the individual drawings). Announcements are already before they become occupied by official language. With regard to the city hall analogy, I realized that (even abstract) mimesis of official language was not enough. I felt the necessity for using "minor", "unofficial" language.
Robert Estermann
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)
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
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
"Often crossing different media (photography, video, drawing, and poetics), Robert Estermann is able to tease out the subtle nuances inherent in his subject matter, to produce work of extraordinary beauty, simplicity, and sensuality. Moreover, he is able to do this in a rather unique way, combining a certain kind of modesty with forceful insight."
Sue Golding, Philosopher and artist
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“.
External links of this exhibition:
agnesb.com
likeyou.com
kimkimgallery.com
pinkmessage.com
pixelbread.com
artinasia.com
elle.com.hk
HK-magazine.com
Yat Lok Press
TravelUSB.com
Starstreet.com
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 Hilfiker Kunstprojekte
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 Hilfiker Kunstprojekte
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 Hilfiker Kunstprojekte
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 Coastline
21 August – 6 September 2009
Space Bandee
169-44 Kangan Suyoungku
613-804 Busan (South Korea)
spacebandee.com
more information
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
Son, mother (Portrait of the Artist as a Child)
IMPRESSION 2008
12 December 2008 – 8 February 2009
Kunsthaus Grenchen
Bahnhofstrasse 53, vis-à-vis Südbahnhof
CH-2540 Grenchen
kunsthausgrenchen.ch
Independent Model
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.
Robert Estermann
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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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
Ausstellungsrezensionen (Auswahl)
Neue Luzerner Zeitung, 21. März 2007
Neue Zürcher Zeitung 31. März 2007
Kunstbulletin, Mai 2007
Exhibition Catalogue / Ausstellungskatalog
Robert Estermann. Manor Kunstpreis Luzern 2007 – Exhibition views:
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 from left to right: Wind Black Boy Licks Xsomes Ice Lolly Untitled (Penguin) Untitled (Ladder to the Moon) |
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 Untitled (Two Sticks) |
 Distant Riders |
 Distant Riders (detail) |
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 Two Boys (Rehearsal) |
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