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Nora Steiner «Totale »
Anna Witt «Die Suche nach dem letzten Grund »

5 March – 22 May 2016

Press preview: Friday, 4 March 2016, 11 a.m.
Opening: Friday, 4 March 2016, 6 p.m.

This double exhibition brings together under oneroof theworks oftwovery different artists.Nora Steiner (*1981, Zurich) is concerned with painting perceptual phenomena while making useof the basic principles of painting. Following recipes from the Renaissance she paints in thin, coloured layers using old masterglaze techniques on a chalk base. At Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen she is presenting a work cycle that she has worked on over the last five years. Itis made up of large-format canvases that the artist slowly intensified with coloured glazes intechnically elaborate processes. Starting from herinterest inblack holes, Nora Steiner approaches the unknown andthe invisible inapainterly manner. The result isspectacular pictures that develop astrong spatial presence despite their simplicity. An artist’sbooklet will be published on occasion of the exhibition.

Anna Witt’s (*1981, Wasserburg am Inn/DE) favoured tools are performance and video. The artist uses them to examine socio-political subjects and how the body, its sphere of action and its movements also always carry a message. In St.Gallen Witt is showing two of her most recent works, amongst them the project Durch Wände gehen (Going through Walls, 2015): On the basis of two individual experiences of fleeing she looks for analogies between current and historical events that have significantly changed the lives of the protagonists – one a Syrian who fled to Saxony, and one a German who fled from the former GDR. In the video work Gemeinschaft ohne Eigenschaften (Community without Properties, 2015) the artist observes a group who has coincidentally gathered in a room and the behaviour of the participants in this enforced community over time.For the exhibition at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen the artist is working on a site-specific film project. In collaboration with the debating club of the University of St. Gallen (HSG) she examines the sensitive question, "Why not talk about the truth?"

Nora Steiner (*1981, Zurich/CH) lives and works in Zurich. She studied Fine Arts at the Zurich University of the Arts (2003-2007), where she also graduated with a Master of Arts in Fine Arts (2013-2016). Solo exhibitions (selection): Sollbruchstelle 03, Zurich (2015); message salon, Perla Mode, Zurich (2013). Group exhibitions (selection): Museum Bärengasse, Zurich (2014), Cité des Arts, Paris, Zementfabrik Areal, Brunnen; Dienstgebäude, Zurich (2012); Freiraum Quartier 21 International, Vienna (with Küng-C apu t o ) (2011); Löwenbräu-Areal Zurich (2010).

Anna Witt (*1981, Wasserburg am Inn/DE) lives and works in Vienna. Until 2008 she studied with Asta Gröting , Magdalena Jetelova and Monica Bonvicini in Munich and Vienna. Solo exhibitions (selection): Kunstraum Lakeside, Klagenfurt; 8. Salon, Hamburg (2015); Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin; Stacion, Center for Contemporary Art, Prishtina, Kosovo (2014); Marabouparken, Sundbyberg (Stockholm/SE)(2013); Magazin 4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, AT (2011). Group exhibitions (selection):Galerie für Zeitgenössische  Kunst Leipzig; Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz; West Space, Melbourne; 1. Vienna Biennale, MAK, Wien; OFF-Biennale, Budapest; Visual Culture Research Center, Kiev, UA (2015); Kunstverein Wolfsburg, DE; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna (2014); Austrian Cultural Forum, New York; MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei; MoBy – Museums of Bat Yam, ISR; NGBK, Berlin (2013); Kunstmuseum St.Gallen, CH; Salzburger Kunstverein. AT (2012); 6thBerlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (2010); Manifesta 7(2008).

Events and Educational Program:

Opening
Friday, 4 March 2016, 6 p.m.

Guided Tour I/Introduction for Teachers
Tuesday, 8 March 2016, 6 p.m.

Episodes Culturels #3 – Artists from different genres present episodes from their artistic work
Sunday, 13 March, 5 p.m. (box office and bar from 4.30 p.m. on)
Admission: CHF 30; registration at [email protected]

Art for Young and Old – Inventing stories together
Sunday, 20 March 2016, 2 p.m.
Admission: Regular admission for adults/CHF 5 for children from 5 yearsold;
registration until 17 March: [email protected]

Art Lunch – Guided tour followed by lunch
Thursday, 7 April 2016, 12 noon
Admission: CHF 25/members CHF 22; registration at [email protected]

Drawing Afternoon – For children from 4 to 8 years-old
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 2 p.m.
Admission: CHF 5; registration until the previous day at: [email protected]

Art Snack – Short guided tour and a snack
Thursday, 12 May 2016, 12.30 p.m.
Admission: CHF 10/members CHF 7; no registration required

Public Guided Tour II
Sunday, 22 May 2016, 3 p.m.

Workshops for School Classes
From 9 March on we are offering workshops at the exhibition.
More information: www.k9000.ch (Art Education/Workshops for Schools)

High-resolution images can be found in the press kit on our website
(Information/Press). For further questions please contact Giovanni Carmine
([email protected]) or Maren Brauner ([email protected]).

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Davidstrasse 40     
CH-9000 St. Gallen     
+41 (0)71 222 10 14
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