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September 28 – November 24, 2024
Opening: September 27, 2024, 6 pm

Daniel Dawson, Stefano Faoro, Gritli Faulhaber, Peter Fend, Ada Friedman, Dani Leder, Maggie Lee, Megan Plunkett, Kate Sansom, Jen Shear, Richard Sides, Lise Soskolne, Adelhyd van Bender

Some artists use the ring binder as a format more closely associated with office work than with work in the studio. The few examples illustrate an artistic potential that exerts its appeal despite — or perhaps precisely because of — the limitations of the ring binder format. Due to their bureaucratic rigidity, ring binders encourage a critical engagement with their connotation of normative systems, while at the same time being particularly accessible, as our society is so familiar with their use. Contrary to their supposed austerity, they can, due to their ease of handling, quick binding and various sleeves and forms also offer a playful field or encourage the adaptation of repetitive patterns for personal sorting methods and entirely individual logics. The exhibition sheds light on various materialisations of artistic thinking by presenting objects that emerge from studio practice and operate within the ring binder format, inspired by the contemplative act of collecting and leafing through, as a source for artistic work.

Venue:
Kunsthalle Zürich, basement

After the opening, the space will be open by appointment only. For visits after September 27, we ask for a timely request via backrooms [​at​] kunsthallezurich.ch