The programmatic title of the exhibition Is likewise a tongue-in-cheek comment on the return of wilderness to the lower Engadin, as an invitation and challenge to join Nic’s captivating artistic universe. 

Nic Hess (*1968 lives in Zurich) got widely known for his expansive installations and wall collages made of tapes and foils. Since the late 1990s, the artist has been deconstructing elements such as logos and signs from the present and art history to create astonishing new visual worlds. His installations have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, the USA and Mexico, including at the Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, the Casa del Lago, Mexico City, the Haus der Kunst in Munich, the Kunsthalle Münster, the Kunstmuseum Winterthur, the Städtische Galerie in Wolfsburg and the Museo de Zapopan in Zapopan, Mexico. 

His works can be found in many leading Museums and collections. 

For more information visit: www.nichess.ch

at the role of pixels as building blocks of digital canvases.

An analog and digital presentation including NFT.

Presented by Roehrs & Boetsch https://www.roehrsboetsch.com/.

Samstag 9. Oktober 

Auftakt „Engadiner Architekturtage“ Podiumsgespräch in der CURUNA ARDEZ

«BUILDING IDENTITY» moderiert von Men Duri Arquint, Architekt Chur-Ardez

Podiumsteilnehmer*innen: Roger Boltshauser, Architekt Zürich-Tarasp / Mayo Bucher, Künstler Zürich-Ardez

Karin Seiz, Partnerin Galerie Urs Meile Ardez-Luzern-Beijing / Aita Sulser, freie Kuratorin Hong Kong-Zürich-Ramosch 

UAWG (da nur beschränkte Platzzahl vorhanden) an info@curuna-ardez.com

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Donnerstag / Freitag / Samstag 21.-23. Oktober  

Symposium „Engadiner Architekturtage“ im Vortragssaal der Fundaziun Nairs, Tarasp

Der dreitägige Anlass findet zu aktuellen Entwicklungen der Architektur und Kultur im Engadin statt.  

Ein detailliertes Programm mit ausgesuchten Podiumsteilnehmer*innen und Beiträgen wird zeitnah publiziert.

CURUNA ARDEZ - Pramuvel 102 - Via Maistra - 7546 Ardez 

Under the programmatic title THE HUMAN CACTUS, the positions unite to form a thematic debate on proximity and distance, materials and their aesthetics as well as nature, landscape and architecture. Against the background of our current reality, proximity and distance have become a central component of our own everyday lives. The selection of works sheds light on our handling of these issues in a humorous, poetic and direct way. The role that physicality plays in this, how it challenges and defines us, are central themes of the works that can be experienced at the CURUNA ARDEZ. The artists are using the building on 3 floors for this year's summer exhibition.    

Johann Feuerstein is considered as one of the most important photographers of his generation in the Engadin. With his photographic legacy he has left posterity a unique artistic work and a fascinating contemporary document about the first half of the 20th century. Curated by Seraina Feuerstein and Romeo Bucher in collaboration with Fundaziun Fotografia Feuerstein, Scuol and Mayo Bucher 

Madlaina Demarmels poetic and haunting sculpture project “Quellas da Russonch” (thouse from Russonch) 1982-84 refers to the legend of the brave, wise and independent women, who where persecuted and outlawed as witches in the early days. According to the tradition, they gathered in Russonch - an ancient “hot spot” for rituals and ceremonies near the village of Scuol, Engadin. 

The exhibition brings together seven artists of diverse generations and origins. Yet all artistic positions have an explicit reference to the Exhibition themes. As different as the protagonists, so are their expressive means. These range from sculptures and objects, photography and painting to conceptual and video installation. Individual works have been specially created for the place and will be shown for the first time publicly. Simultaneously, as a friendly collaboration the solo-presentation Heidi Bucher “Ahnenhaus” will be exhibited at the Fundaziun Not Vital, Ardez

Studio exhibition of the imaginary PLAYBOY SERIES. What is the deeper meaning of "Playboy" Homo ludens? Mixed-media collages framed in iron. In addition pictures from the Curuna collection . 

Please note, that this will be the first exhibition of the two swiss artists re-united after their separation in 1973. Celebrating and remembering some fulminous collaborations and work - like their last solo exhibition as partners,  held at LACMA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA 1972