The Surface of Light I 2017 280 x 346 cm Exhibition view: Last Tango, Zürich, 2017 Photo: Kilian Bannwart Schlatter is presenting a series of older and new works, using as a motif the idea of territorial boundaries. Her large-scale gestural drawings are built up through layers of pencil and take as a point of departure the fragile structures of living creatures, and their ongoing cycles. With a strong love for the natural world, she looks at the garden orchestrated toward human ends being confined to an area and planted so that wilderness is somewhat tamed. Schlatter seeks to understand mutualistic relationships. The artist states: Anxiety is part of our survival instinct. I m interested in getting connected with other humans and species. This in-between field where we can connect with our emotions, including feelings of anxiety. By becoming vulnerable you break down your walls. I think it is very interesting to let other species into your territory. There is a fear of putting down barriers. Schlatter s forms capture us in their membranous enigmatic depths, sometimes saturated with a fleshy quality other times lighter and luminous. The drawings, both inviting and at times slightly sinister, disorient our perspective: are we viewing from inside-out, where do the flowing underlying passages lead to? Pressrelease: Linda Jensen, Curator of Last Tango, 2017
The Surface of Light II 2017 194 x 197 cm Exhibition view: Last Tango, Zürich, 2017 Photo: Kilian Bannwart
Map of Violence II 2017 204 x 181 cm Exhibition view: Last Tango, Zürich, 2017 Photo: Kilian Bannwart
Map of Violence I 2015 194 x 170 cm
2017 285 x 260 cm
2017 168 x 150 cm
2017 165 x 150 cm
Model for Island of Anxiety 2015 light box, photo 84 x 63 x 15 cm Exhibition view: Last Tango, Zürich, 2017 Photo: Kilian Bannwart
2014 150 x 167 cm
2015 290 x 360 cm Exhibition view: What People do for Money, Historical Exhibition, Manifesta11 Kunsthalle Zürich, 2016 Photo: Wolfgang Traeger
2015 250 x 350 cm Exhibition view: Insel der Angst, Stiftung Binz39, Zürich, 2015 Photo: Dominik Hodel
2013 250 x 350 cm Photo: Patrick Hari
2014 260 x 240 cm
2013 240 x 294 cm Photo: Patrick Hari
2015 175 x 150 cm
2015 154 x 150 cm
2011 157 x 150 cm
2014 150 x 141 cm
2013 230 x 350 cm Photo: Patrick Hari
2014 154 x 150 cm
Napalmond 2016 silicone, thread, wire, mesh, neon pipe, paint, sand 68 x 66 x 17 cm Exhibition view: Grosse Regionale, Kunstzeughaus Rapperswil, 2017
Fence 2017 wire, wine corde, bio resin Dimensons Varable Exhibition view: Last Tango, Together with Hans Witschi, Zürich, 2017 Photo: Kilian Bannwart
Crook 2013 wood, latex, thread, wire Dimensons Varable Studio View
Model of a Body 2015 clay, latex, thread, chalk, sand, iron 163 x 20 x 19 cm Exhibition view: Candy Colored Clown, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zürich 2014
Sabine Schlatter *20.2.1977, lives and works in Zürich / mail@sabineschlatter.com / sabineschlatter.com Group Exhibitions 2017 Temenos (Revisited), Live In Your Head, Genf 2016 Kunstzeughaus Rapperswil, Grosse Regionale Atelier- und Werkstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus Manifesta11, What People do for Money, Historical Exhibition, Kunsthalle Zürich Counter Space, Sourcing Manifesta, Zürich Zementfabrik, Brunnen 2015 Swiss Art Awards, Basel Kunstraum Sihlquai55, Zürich Hold the line l halle.li, Schlieren, Zürich 2014 Candy Colored Clown, Herrmann Germann Contemporary, Zürich Art Ort Tat, Galerie am Leewasser, Brunnen, CH 2013 Atelier- und Werkstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus Catch of the Year, Dienstgebäude, Zürich 2012 Catch of the Year, Dienstgebäude, Zürich 2010 unterdessen, Museum Bärengasse, Zürich K 10, Oxyd, Winterthur Swiss Art Award l Basel ich tier! (du mensch), Perla Mode, Zürich Stiftung Binz39, Zürich 2009 Catch of the Year, Dienstgebäude, Zürich Atelier- und Werkstipendien der Stadt Zürich, Helmhaus, Zürich Übersetzungsparadoxien Teil 3, Schedhalle, Zürich Plattform 09, EWZ, Zürich 2008 12MinMax, Tanzhaus, Zürich Solo Exhibitions 2017 Last Tango, Zürich 2015 Insel der Angst, Stiftung Binz39, Zürich 2014 Island of Anxiety, Kunstschlager, Reykjavík, IS 2009 Stadtgalerie Loge, Bern Education 2004 2008 Studienbereich Bildende Kunst, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste Stipends/Prizes 2016 Freiraum-Beitrag, Kanton Zürich, Fachstelle Kultur 2009 2011 Atelierstipendium, Stiftung Binz39, Zürich 2009 Förderbeitrag der UBS Kulturstiftung Publications 2017 The Ambivalence of Black Holes and Green Moons, Published by Last Tango, Conceived by Arianna Gellini and Linda Jensen 2016 Manifesta 11 catalogue, Lars Müller Bublishers 2010 unterdessen, hsg. Annalies Walter, Zürich Die Grenzen der Wirklichkeit erweitern, Artcollector Nr. 3, Basel Themen aus dem aktuellen Zürcher Kunstschaffen, Visarte Zürich, K10 Ortungen 2009 Wie wichtig ist der Kick für dich? Die Ausstellungsreihe in der Stadtgalerie Bern, Boa Books, Genf