ART-TRIBUTE:UNIQUE

In the exhibition “UNIQUE” are on view some sixty editions made by artists for Parkett since 1984 with unique elements and variations, including works with hand-painted, drawn, or collaged features, entirely unique sculptural objects, experimentations with printmaking, and more. The works on display defy the traditional notion of editions, wherein all prints and multiples of one project are identical from the first to the last work.

By Efi Michalarou
Photo: Parkett Archive

The exhibition “UNIQUE” is a tribute to the ongoing innovations and imaginations with which artists keep pushing the boundaries of past and present, providing viewers and collectors with illuminating approaches and perspectives, with an ever-evolving diversity and range of artistic thoughts and ideas. The works “…offer a sense of what artists can do with the challenge of how to distil their practices into a single, compact object or image…” (Philip Tinari, director UCCA Beijing). Works on view include Kai Althoff’s hand-blown glass fragrance bottles, Francis Alÿs’ magnetic tin toy objects in 25 design variations (see image above). Nathalie Djurberg’s Eggs, hand-painted and unique stuffed canvas sculptures adorned with fruit and vegetable facial features, Tracey Emin’s partial self-portraits from a group of eighty Polaroid photographs taken over the course of one day, and the both iconic and ironic trompe l’oeil sculpted replicas of paint splattered buckets by Fischli/Weiss.  Also presented are Ellen Gallagher’s tribute to actor, author and activist Ruby Dee with hand placed plasticine elements, Adrian Ghenie’s The Lidless Eye, from a group of collaged works on paper, Liu Xiaodong’s unique and over-painted photographs from a visit to the Uighurs in Xinjiang, China, and Paulina Olowska’s Siatkarka, from a group of unique hand painted porcelain figures that pay tribute to a famous Polish volleyball champion, among many others.

Featuring works by: Kai Althoff, Francis Alÿs, John Armleder, Richard Artschwager, Matthew Barney, Ross Bleckner, John Bock, Louise Bourgeois, Carol Bove, Kerstin Brätsch, Daniel Buren, Jeremy Deller, Nathalie Djurberg, Nicole Eisenman, Tracey Emin, Omer Fast, Urs Fischer, Fischli/Weiss, Günther Förg, Tom Friedman, Bernard Frize, Ellen Gallagher, Theaster Gates, Adrian Ghenie, Robert Gober, Douglas Gordon, Thomas Hirschhorn, Isa Genzken, Katharina Grosse, Mark Grotjahn, Wade Guyton, Damien Hirst, Christian Jankowski, Martin Kippenberger, Ragnar Kjartansson, Wolfgang Laib, Liu Xiaodong, Paul McCarthy, Paulina Olowska, Damián Ortega, Jorge Pardo, Raymond Pettibon, Sigmar Polke, Charles Ray, Jason Rhoades, Pipilotti Rist, Ugo Rondinone, Mika Rottenberg, Wael Shawky, Josh Smith, Hiroshi Sugimoto James Turrell, Luc Tuymans, Keith Tyson, Adrian Villar Rojas, Danh Vo, Charline Von Heyl, Kelley Walker, Franz West, and Haegue Yang

Info: PARKETT Space, Löwenbräu Building, Limmatstrasse 268, Zürich, Duration: 11/9-18/12/20, Days & Hours: Wed-Fri 14:00-18:00, Sat 11:00-17:00, www.parkettart.com