Jim Shaw: The past is never dead. It's not even past.

Jim Shaw: The past is never dead. It's not even past.
June 9–August 25, 2024
Since the late 1970s, Jim Shaw (b. 1952) has developed a complex and captivating oeuvre comprising photographs, drawings, sculptures, paintings, installations, films and musical performances. References to Pop culture, such as comics, Hollywood films and caricatures are as integral to his work as religion, entertainment culture and amateur artistic practices. His thorough investigation of the way we construct our values and convictions is accompanied by a seemingly inexhaustible visual language. Adapted from last winter’s show at the M HKA (Antwerp), the exhibition focuses primarily on the artist’s work of the last ten years. In addition to a dozen paintings, a selection of around 145 Study Drawings (2013-2023) offers an overview of the artist’s mental landscape. The Kunsthaus Biel has also participated in the production of the immersive installation The Electronic Monster and Thirteen Ghosts (2024).
Curators: Anne-Claire Schmitz (M HKA), Paul Bernard (Kunsthaus Biel)

The exhibition was created in collaboration with M HKA (Antwerp) and with the support of Gagosian.

Loretta Fahrenholz: Champagner Galopp
June 9–August 25, 2024
In her exhibition Champagner Galopp, Berlin-based artist Loretta Fahrenholz presents two new print series, a room installation, and the film Trash The Musical (2023). The objects, techniques and protagonists in the show perform their contextual self-awareness on different temporal levels. Historic dance groups, analog video effects, and replica jewelry rehearse and shift what was and what could be.
Curator: Selma Meuli

With the support of Galerie Buchholz.

Press inquiries: delphine.peyronnet@kbcb.ch

Next exhibitions
Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys
Olivier Mosset and Nathalie du Pasquier
September 15–November 24, 2024