Klaudia Schifferle — Die Tiere Die Türe

Galerie Mueller and Weiss Falk are pleased to announce Klaudia Schifferle Die Tiere Die Türe, curated by Reto Thüring, taking place across both galleries in Basel.

Influenced by the feminist ideas of the post-punk, new wave and indie scene of the 1970s, Klaudia Schifferle has always moved intuitively and uncompromisingly between different media, techniques and stylistic concepts. Schifferle‘s (visual) language knows hardly any boundaries and yet is clearly delineated; firmly held together by an artist who has had her finger on the pulse of time for 50 years, exploring the human condition in her own language.

The exhibition Die Tiere Die Türe is divided into two chapters. At Galerie Mueller, works on paper from the late 1970s to the early 1990s will be on display. Weiss Falk is showing works from the past five years. The overarching theme is metamorphosis as a symbol of an understanding of the world and art in which man and nature, self and environment are inextricably intertwined and in constant exchange. Die Tiere Die Türe is the first major juxtaposition of new and older works by Klaudia Schifferle.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a monographic book published by Hacienda Books, providing insight into her work from its beginnings to the present.

Klaudia Schifferle was born in Zurich in 1955. She was a founding member of the avant-garde women‘s band Kleenex (later LiLiPUT) in 1977 and is internationally known as a musician, songwriter and author. After spending time in Milan and Ticino, she has lived and worked in Zurich again since 2002.

She has had solo exhibitions at at INK (Zurich), Aargauer Kunsthaus (in collaboration with Kunstverein München and Bonner Kunstverein), Kunsthaus Zurich, Museum zu Allerheiligen (Schaffhausen), Centre Pasqu‘Art (Biel), Helmhaus (Zurich), Kunstplattform AKKU (Emmenbrücke), Kunsthalle Winterthur, as well as gallery exhibitions with Konrad Fischer (Zurich), Gugu Ernesto (Cologne), Elisabeth Kaufmann (Zurich), Brinkmann (Amsterdam), Pfefferle (Munich), Rigassi (Bern), Abbt Projects (Zurich), Thomas Amman Fine Arts (Zurich) and Stephan Witschi (Zurich).

Her work has been shown internationally in important group exhibitions, including „Saus und Braus“ (Städtische Galerie Strauhof, Zurich), „Bilder“ (Kunstmuseum Winterthur), „documenta 7“ (Kassel), „aktuell 83“ (Lenbachhaus Munich), Biennale of Sydney, „tekenen 87“ (Museum Boymans von Beuningen Rotterdam), „Ny Kunst 12 Kunstnere fra Schweiz“ (Louisana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek), „des dessins pour les élèves“ (Museum für Gegenwartskunst Basel), „Schnittstellen“ (Heidelberger Kunstverein), „Freie Sicht aufs Mittelmeer“ (Kunsthaus Zürich), „Von Menschen und Tieren“ (Kunstmuseum Solothurn), „Tour d‘Horizon, Werke aus der Sammlung“ (Migros Museum, Zürich), „Kill All Monsters“ (Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel), „Sommer des Zögerns“ (Kunsthalle Zürich), „Ausbruch und Rausch 1975-1980“ (Strauhof Zürich) and „Gina Fischli, Klaudia Schifferle: Kiosk Magic“ (Tunnel Tunnel, Lausanne).

Schifferle‘s work is represented in numerous private and public collections, including Kunsthaus Zürich, Aargauer Kunsthaus, MCBA Lausanne, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen, Centre Pasqu‘Art Biel, Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich, Migros Museum Zürich, Bank Julius Bär, Nationalbank, UBS, City of Zurich, Canton of Zurich, BAK Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Fondo Carlo Cotti Lugano, Museo d‘Arte Moderna Trento, Italy. She was awarded the Vordemberge Gildewart Foundation Prize (1983), the Zurich Art Society Prize (1988) and the Art Prize of the City of Zurich (2012).