Yabane

The Galerie Bob Gysin is delighted to host the exhibition Yabane showing new works by Matthias Bosshart.

In his current creations, the artist remains loyal to the medium of film. The experimental film forms the starting point of his creative work. However, he is not interested in the simple rendition of moving pictures. His panels reveal that for quite some time his focus has been on the materiality of the film as a carrier of information.

At the outset, Matthias Bosshart presents the endless loop Nach Session Shukei: Acht Ansichten von Xiao and Xiang, which is not a movie in the classical sense of a narrative medium. Rather it should be perceived and comprehended as a picture in motion.

The artist's earlier large-format works had an ornamental touch while expressing regular structures. His more recent small-size creations are marked by a mosaic-like composition. In retrospective comparison, this comes across as much more free and casual. By using various laquers as a substrate in his creations, Matthias Bosshart merges the medium of film with that of painting. For structural segmentation, Matthias Bosshart uses 16- and 35mm film strips meticulously mounted on composite boards. The artist further applies some of the varnish on the punched film corners. This is to connect them with the subsurface and to lightly camouflage their origin. The pictoral aspect is once again clearer, like in earlier works from the 80s which use acrylic and laquer on canvas, then without film strips. Alongside the primary colors, diverse nuances have enhanced the color palette. Color generally increases in importance. During previous phases of his work, the artist often resorted to black and white or two high-contrast colors. The wider choice of colors diverts the eye from the black film strips. We primarly see lines or snippets. Brighter or darker sections in the film strips influenced by lighting design are less obvisous.

The large works are marked by recurring, regular geometric arrays. The eye switches between close and distant, between microcosm and macrocosm. Matthias Bosshart narrates hidden stories. The film is stripped of its narrative quality. The artist only works with the material. Motion as the primary element of the (played) film is no longer significant. The narration is instead transported into an abstract language.

The creations are dense, multifaceted and full of movement reminiscent of the aesthetics of Mannerism in Italy around the year 1600. Matthias Bosshart has been artistically engaged with this phase of Italian painting for quite some time.


Biography Matthias Bosshart

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Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Die blinde Eule - 2013, 35mm Film and varnish paint on composite panel, 122 x 298 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Nach Giulio Romano: design for a coffered ceiling in the Palazzo del The, Mantova - 2012, 35mm Film, synthetic resin varnish and alluminium bronze on composite panel, 122 x 298 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Zen Landschaft - 2013, 35- und 16 mm Film, varnish paint und alluminium bronze on composite panel, 122 x 250 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Nach Jacopo Tintoretto: Die Entstehung der Milchstrasse - 2012, 35mm Film, varnish paint and alluminium bronze on composite plate, 122 x 250 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

... eine halbleere Teetasse stand auf einem Tisch, ein Transistorradio auf einem Regal, und an der Wand zerhackte eine Uhr mit ihrem trockenen Ticktack die Zeit - 2007/2013, 16mm Film, alluminium bronze and synthetic resin varnish on composite plate, 177 x 122 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Nach Juan Gris: Stilleben mit rotem Buch und Gitarre - 2013, 35mm Film, alluminum bronze on synthetic resin varnish on composite plate, 36,5 x 122 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Nach Tizian: Die Frau im Spiegel - 2012, 35mm Film, varnish paint and alluminium bronze on composite plate, 45 x 122 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Bodenfliesen mit geometrischem Flechtdekor, 16. Jh., Andalusien - 2013, 35mm Film, synthetic resin varnish and alluminium bronze on composite panel, 36 x 122 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Farbfilm Test - 2013, 35mm Film, synthetic resin varnish and paper on composite panel, 40 x 30 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Nach Adolf Wölfli: Männliche Blume des imperialen Pflaumenbaumes von Salamanca - 2012, 16mm Film and synthetic resin varnish on composite plate, 40 x 30 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Nach Caspar David Friedrich: Das Eismeer - 2012, 35mm Film and synthetic resin varnish on composite plate, 40 x 30 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Nach Hokusai: Portrait einer Frau mit Fächer - 2003/2012, 9,5mm Film and articial resin on composite plate, 40 x 30 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Different Kinds of Windows - 2004/2012, 35mm Film and synthetic resin varnish on wood, 40 x 30 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Matthias Bosshart - Yabane - Installation view Bob Gysin gallery

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Filmstill aus: Nach Sesson Shukei: Eight views of Xiao and Xiang - 2013, infinite Loop, 16mm Film

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Filmstill aus: Nach Sesson Shukei: eight views of Xiao and Xiang - 2013, infinite Loop, 16mm Film

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Red Ghost - 2012, 35mm Film, duct tape and paint color on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Nach Hokusai: Abschied im Mondschein - 2012, duct tape, paper, paint color, acrylic paint and felt-tip pen on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Red Suede Shoes - 2012, 35mm Film, acrylic paint,paint color and alluminiumbronze on carton, 29,7 x 21 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Seewege zwischen den Andamanen und Nikobaren - 2013, duct tape and felt-tip pen on paper, 29,5 x 21cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - After Hokusai: Bath-House by a Lake (Fujiwara no Yoshitaka) - 2013, duct tape, paint color and carton on paper, 29,7 x 21cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Mapping the Red - 2012, duct tape, paint color, acrylic paint, paper and carton on paper, 29,7 x 21 cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Nach Gino Severini: Blaue Tänzerin - 2012, duct tape and paint color on colored paper, 20,4 x 21,5cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Nach Georges Vantongerloo: Komposition mit Orange Nr. 58 - 2013, duct tape, color paint and acrylic paint on carton, 29,7 x 21cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Pegasus - 2013, duct tape, paint color and acrylic paint on carton, 29,7 x 21cm

Matthias Bosshart: Yabane

Special edition - Nach Anna Leporskaja: Frau mit Vase - 2013, duct tape, paint color and acrylic paint on carton, 29,7 x 21cm