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Bas Jan Ader

 

16 March – 20 May, 2022
Opening: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 6pm
gta exhibitions, ETH Zurich, Hönggerberg

Life, Without Buildings

With Andreas Angelidakis, Aristide Antonas, Peter Friedl, David Harding, Edi Hila, Doruntina Kastrati, Ibrahim Mahama, Anna Molska, Ahlam Shibli, Tercerunquinto, and Allyson Vieira.

Also including works by Bas Jan Ader (1942 – disappeared 1975); Yannis Tsarouchis (1905 – 1989); John Berger’s book on migrant work "A Seventh Man" (1975) with photographs by Jean Mohr; and drawings by Miriam Cahn for a model of the Parthenon (Athens, 5th century BCE) built in Basel in 1979.
Proposals by students of the 2021 seminar "Life Without Buildings" will be presented at Alumni Lounge, adjoining the gallery.

Curated by Adam Szymczyk, Verein by Association.
Assisted by Elena Bally and Daniel Sommer, gta exhibitions.
With a curatorial contribution by Salvatore Lacagnina.



A conversation with artists moderated by Barbara Casavecchia will take place at Alumni Lounge during the opening on Tuesday, March 15, 6pm.



Photo: Bas Jan Ader, "All my clothes," black and white photograph, 28 x 35.5 cm, 1970. Copyright The Estate of Bas Jan Ader / Mary Sue Ader Andersen, 2022 / The Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York / ProLitteris, Zurich. Courtesy of Meliksetian | Briggs, Los Angeles.