KATE SHEPHERD / DANIEL GÖTTIN – A Collaborative Installation, 2018
Wood construction
Me and the Crs., 2018, UV ink on exposed chromogenic paper
9. Juni bis 4. August 2018
Hebel_121, Basel/CH

Hebel_121 is presenting a collaborative installation by Kate Shepherd und Daniel Goettin. For Kate Shepherd it is the second exhibition at Hebel_121 after almost 20 years. For Daniel Goettin it is the first collaboration with Kate Shepherd hav‎ing known her and her work over 20 years. On view in the front space is a new installative work executed by both artists after a long conceptual discourse. Familiar from Shepherd’s earlier wallpainting at Hebel_121 is the industrial enamel with a glossy, mirror-like finish that registers and reflects the space around.

Shepherd takes the paintings off the wall, moves them around her studio and photographs the reflections that appear on them. She then uses these photographs to make large-format silkscreens and, with enamel inks, renders permanently a fleeting reflection onto the surface on which it first appeared. In this way, the hazy white images conspire to suggest architectonic forms in perspectival space.

Daniel Goettin is known for his interventions in space drawing lines with different tapes, transforming architectural space with minimal interventions. At Hebel_121, both artists are transforming the art of looking into the art of seeing and perceiving.