Daiga Grantina Notes on Kim Lim

The exhibition Daiga Grantina. Notes on Kim Lim traces the work of the Singaporean-British artist Kim Lim (1936-1997) in a contemporary and associative investigation and places her oeuvre in a dialog with the sculptures of the Latvian artist Daiga Grantina (*1985).

Kim Lim's oeuvre includes abstract sculptures made of wood and stone as well as works on paper that reflect the interplay between art and nature. Daiga Grantina uses a wide range of everyday materials in her practice, from the synthetic to the organic, often reversing or transcending the boundaries of their traditional use to create associative formations. There are remarkable similarities and parallels between Daiga Grantina's sculptures and Kim Lim's works, particularly in terms of their mutability and elasticity, which are constitutive for both artists. The differences between the works also become clear, from which an effective tension arises.

This is the first presentation of Kim Lim's work in Switzerland, which is not intended to be a retrospective, but rather a look at her work from an artistic perspective. The "notes" on Lim's work are expanded by the views of photographer Katalin Deér and poet Ilma Rakusa in an artist's publication designed by Toan Vu-Huu, and selectively supplemented by the voice of sound artist and composer Anna Zaradny.

Curated by Daiga Grantina (artist) and Stefanie Gschwend (Director Kunstmuseum / Kunsthalle Appenzell)


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