ARTACHMENT
Hochbergerstr. 160, 4057 Basel
Vernissage : 26.10.19 – 6pm
Ich mag Salz – Tashi Brauen
Tashi Brauen’s objects and pictures aren’t meant for all eternity. Back in the studio from an exhibition, cardboard might get a second coat of paint. Then the previous shade might announce itself on the surface in soft shadows, or mix itself with the temperature of the new layer of acrylic. Tashi Brauen delights in materials and enjoys a nearly intimate relationship with paper. He tests its narrative potential by treating it with paint or damaging it just slightly. A crease, split or tear draws light, irregular veins into the red or blue ground. Cardboard jumps off the wall three times, forms half drums and, with cracked edges, evokes a notion of columns, lanterns, lampshades. And that’s where it happens: painting flirting with design and delivering a commentary on the environment and architecture. A piece of paper glued to the surface becomes a threshold, its micro-edge casts a dark, narrow shadow onto a monochrome surface. Doesn’t a landscape have its beginnings in such a minimal gradation?
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Artachment
Artachment is an exhibition space for contemporary art for young, active artists. The room is an 8 square meter former customs house. It is located in the outskirts of Basel, Switzerland, in Kleinhünigen, which is on the Swiss border to Germany and France.
