Rewilding

With Monira Al Qadiri, El Anatsui, Thérèse Bolliger, Andrea Bowers, Renate Buser, Tony Cokes, Anne-Lise Coste, Rochelle Feinstein, Simone Forti, Gabrielle Goliath, Joan Jonas, Daniela Keiser, Anna Maria Maiolino, Laura Mietrup, Alexandra Navratil, Jacob Ott, Marine Pagès, Pipilotti Rist, Leonor Serrano Rivas, Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger, Tatiana Trouvé, Naama Tsabar, Anna Winteler.

Opening contributions by Piero Golia, Monica Klingler, Dirk Koy & Ben Kaczor, Les Reines Prochaines, Ott Orchester & Mariana Murcia.

The time has finally come: the new Kunsthaus Baselland is now complete. Designed by Buchner Bründler Architekten, the former champagne warehouse has been transformed into a venue for contemporary art. After 25 years at its site in Muttenz (CH), the Kunstverein Baselland has found a new home in Münchenstein/Basel at the Dreispitz area, in a vibrant neighborhood of art and cultural institutions, as Schaulager, the Academy of Art and Design, HEK, and artists’ studios, as well as manufacturing businesses and a diverse community of residents.

However, an art center only becomes what it is through the artists who use and enrich it, together with the people who support and visit it. “Rewilding” here refers to the former vibrant life of the warehouse and its immediate surroundings, symbolizing a great “rebirth” and renewed activation of creative and inspiring ideas by the invited artists. It is our wish that the new Kunsthaus will continue to serve as a starting point for new, as yet unseen and daring ideas by participating artists from near and far.

In line with Kunsthaus Baselland’s curatorial program of recent years, numerous artists from the region, Switzerland and abroad have been invited to take part in the grand opening exhibition. We already have wonderful experiences with many of them from previous exhibitions, solo and group shows such as with Anne-Lise Coste, Rochelle Feinstein, Simone Forti, Gabrielle Goliath, Anna Maria Maiolino, Naama Tsabar, Anna Winteler amongst others. With the opening exhibition, the invited artists have created numerous new productions and works for the new building as well as contributions for the opening celebrations to mark the start of the Kunsthaus Baselland’s new era. 

The exhibition is curated by Ines Goldbach together with the invited artists and made possible by the entire Kunsthaus team at all levels.

For further events, upcoming publications, and the special program during Art Basel please visit kunsthausbaselland.ch.

Many thanks to the partners and sponsors of the exhibition: Amt für Kultur Kanton Basel-Landschaft, Gemeinde Münchenstein, Gemeinde Muttenz, Christoph Merian Stiftung, Novartis, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank BLKB, Aargauer Kuratorium, Institut Français, Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung, Hans und Renée Müller Meylan Stiftung, Dr. Georg und Josi Guggenheim Stiftung, Artis, Acción Cultural Española, Bildlabor Brügger, Radio X, Burckhardt, Habasit, Jenzer, Steck Tapeten AG, printkonzept gmbh and thoses who wish to remain unnamed.

Director/Curator: Ines Goldbach / Director’s Assistant: Martina Stähli / Communications, Publications, Assistant Curator: Ines Tondar / Organization Office: Salome Tramèr / Education: Meret Glausen / Intern: Meryl Kureekal.