26th Contemporary Art Fair
11 - 13 October 2024 | Zurich Convention Center, Switzerland | art-zurich.com
The artist Carlo Zoli's actual series, entitled 'Stillness and Storm', evinces a poetic output derived from the concepts of struggles, challenges, energy, strength, but also stillness and serenity.
This series investigates the duality of existence, as exemplified by the heroic actions of the creatures and figures he has crafted, including deities. The passions and feelings of these figures, which remain unchanged to this day, are revealed by Carlo Zoli.
Carlo Zoli, a highly esteemed artist, is the fourth generation of his family to engage in the craft of Faenza ceramics. His artistic practice is centred on the utilisation of clay, with a particular emphasis on the creation of figurative and narrative compositions in polychrome terracotta. The artist's oeuvre draws inspiration from a multitude of sources, including mythological traditions, historical events and legendary narratives. Carlo Zoli is represented by INES Forme d'Arte, Faenza (RA), Italy.
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Image: Carlo Zoli: Holy Brothers / Polychrome terracotta, plaster, metal, resins, gold leaf / H.106 x L.47 x P.35 cm / 2022 / Photo: Camilla Valli / Courtesy of INES Forme d'Arte, Faenza (RA), Italy
Schang Hutter (1934-2021) was a prominent Swiss sculptor whose oeuvre is characterised by striking and emotive sculptures.
Hutter is particularly renowned for his large-format sculptures, which frequently portray human figures and faces. The artist's oeuvre is distinguished by a pronounced emotional expressiveness and an in-depth examination of existential concerns. These concerns are addressed through the exploration of themes related to the human condition, including the fundamental questions of existence, suffering, and transience. Consequently, his oeuvre is characterised not only by aesthetic elegance but also by a profound and thought-provoking impact.
Schang Hutter is presented by the Swiss gallery Art Momentum (Biel/Bienne), an important platform for an innovative approach to art.
Image: Ausstellung 80 Jahre Schang Hutter im Tramdepot Burgernziel Bern: 'Himmelsgras und Schlachtfeldbühne' - ein Projekt von Ute Winselmann Adatte, 2014 / Courtesy of Art Momentum City Gallery, Biel/Bienne CH
The Harang Gallery offers an unparalleled opportunity to experience and explore the nuances and trends of contemporary Korean art.
It serves as a source of inspiration for collectors and facilitates artistic exchange between Korea and the wider international community. Each year, new emerging artists are showcased in thematic group and solo exhibitions in Korea and abroad, including overseas locations.
Harang's two primary objectives are to facilitate the international promotion of both emerging and established Korean artists, and to introduce international artists to the local art scene.
Image (detail): Jungmin Kim: Present / Wood and mixed media on Hanji, 115x112cm, 2023 / Courtesy of Harang Gallery, Seoul
The creation of Buddhist artefacts is regarded as a karmic process, whereby the work itself is seen as a means of accumulating positive or negative karma. The creation of such objects is dependent on intricate manufacturing processes, which align with the iconometric and iconographic specifications for Tibetan Buddhist artefacts that are still produced today.
The traditional craft of statue makers and thangka painters in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal represents a cultural asset of significant value. The Tibetan Lama Art Gallery is dedicated to the preservation of this ancient tradition, and thus the commitment to the survival of this craft.
Image (detail): Bodhisattva 4-Armed Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezig), ca. 1979 / Courtesy of Tibetan Lama Art, Zurich
Presented by ADM PHOTO Gallery London, Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints' Zero F*cks Given project explores how far you can get by simply looking up.
Her photographs offer a path to healing, a moment of calm and a way out of the global chaos that manifests itself in the noise of digital information overload.The images turn our gaze away from the violence that humans inflict on each other and towards the cosmos. Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mint's aesthetic approach to digital photography challenges the conventional boundaries between the medium, the image and its components. In doing so, she enables a comprehensible and consistent orientation in a context characterised by ambiguity and confusion.
Image (detail): Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints: Jupiter in Switzerland / Photography, 2024 / Courtesy of ADM PHOTO Gallery, London
Geology is an important part of sculptor Claudia von Boch's work. The artist creates geological frescoes, reproductions of a time abbreviated compared to nature, in which fusions, deformations, colours, drops and cracks are created through partially controlled firing processes.
Claudia von Boch's figures and objects bear witness to the connection between man and the earth. Like a skin, the layers preserve the stages of life and time within them and tell their story. Each layer represents a fragile and intimate connection with the earthly world.
Born in Canada, Claudia von Boch began her ceramic career in Argentina. Today her sculptures are exhibited across the world.
Image (detail): Claudia von Boch: All together / sculpture, 20x46cm, 2023
Lebanese artist Ribal Molaeb's intense oil paintings are a nostalgic testament to the colours of a childhood spent in Lebanon.
Ribal Molaeb was inspired by the Lebanese abstract expressionists of the 20th century, such as Etel Adnan, Aref el Rayes and Shafic Abboud.
As a renowned musician, his musical training in Vienna has strongly influenced his painting. The compositional, harmonic and melodic aspects of his work are musically inspired. Molaeb uses the power of colour and harmony to create energetic paintings characterised by a fine distribution of colour and form.
Molaeb's understanding of the harmony of classical music enables him to create paintings in sophisticated abstract compositions.
Image (detail): Ribal Molaeb: Sunset / oil on canvas, 70x100cm, 2024 / Courtesy Agénor, Zurich
Image: Variation 03 by Jean-François Reveillard (JfR) / Yoorart.com
Multimedia artist Jean-François Réveillard creates visionary artworks, philosophical performances and ambitious projects at the intersection of art and science.
Réveillard uses 3D printing, augmented reality and artificial intelligence to create astonishing works. He combines digital painting, original graphics, photography, video, animation and interactive elements to create multimedia artworks that can be experienced across AR platforms and media.
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Image: 3D sculpture, cross media installation COLORS by Jean-François Reveillard
Image (detail): Robert Luca: sculpture / Courtesy of Petro Art Production, Kranj SLO
At first glance, Petro Art Production from Kranj in Slovenia, with branches in Venlo (NL) and Berlin (D), is not a typical gallery. However, the basic idea is deeply rooted in history, namely in landscape architecture, in the tradition of Baroque gardens and orangeries, but above all in the landscape parks of Classicism and Romanticism.
Commissioned works have been part of artistic creation for centuries. They have made some of the greatest masterpieces possible. Collaboration between artists and platforms operating outside the art world creates space for change in the artistic process.
Due to the great potential of the artists involved, Petro Art has started to collect and present the works of the artists it collaborates with to the public. The exhibition features artists working in various media such as sculpture, graphics, painting and digital design.
In this exhibition Petro Art presents Biljana Bakaluca, Master of Fine Arts from Germany, the internationally renowned sculptor Julien Beaucourt from France, the Dutch multimedia artist Sanne van Bussel, Darius Ilisei, Master of Fine Arts from Romania, the Serbian academic sculptor Predrag Inić, the multi-award winning Romanian painter and sculptor Robert Luca and the Serbian artist Zvonimir Vidić, a well-known painter, ceramicist and award-winning artist of graphic novelist.
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The work of Jocelyn Akwaba Matignon from Guadeloupe is a powerful exploration of identity and the collective human condition through indigenous themes such as the myths of Mesoamerica and the cosmogony of the Maya.
In his search for being, he creates layers of imagery with deep symbolic meaning. In a deliberate process, figuration and abstraction are blended to capture the "invisible" and build a bridge between different realities.
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Image (detail): Akwaba Matignon: Pok Ta Pok (Ball Game, 776) / Acrylic on canvas, 81x100cm
Image (detail): Akwaba Matignon: Akabal_W (13) / Acrylique sur toile, 104 x 93 cm
Danielle Creme's work is a blend of realism and abstraction that visualises the deep need to connect. In oil portraits, paintings and stone sculptures, Creme explores relationships in a deeply emotional oeuvre that captures the emotions and challenges that arise from these intimate exchanges. Themes of femininity, duality and identity are explored, as well as loss, loneliness and indecision, the strength and vulnerability that people strive for and struggle with.
read moreImage (detail): Danielle Creme: You are Enough / Courtesy Creme Art, CH
AZ ART from Warsaw, Poland, a group of art consultants, presents two remarkable artists: Marek Sułek is a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been exhibited in urban spaces in Europe and the USA. Since the 1990s, Marek Sułek has been active in the European art scene. Dobiesław Gala is a sculptor, Doctor of Fine Arts and Assistant Professor who has received numerous prestigious awards for his artistic work. His work has been shown in over 90 individual and group exhibitions.
read moreImage (detail): Dobieslaw Gala: 'Poles of Inaccessibility' / Courtesy AZ ART Warsaw
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