Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Raffi Kalenderian Albanie
"Eighteen with a Bullet"
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Travis Boyer
"Twoness"
Raffi Kalenderian, Mojito, 2023, Oil, colored pencil on linen, 45.7 x 61 cm (18 x 24 in.). Courtesy de l’artiste et de la Galerie Peter Kilchmann Zurich/Paris.
The Galerie Peter Kilchmann is pleased to present “Eighteen With a Bullet,” the seventh solo exhibition and the first in its Parisian space by Raffi Kalenderian (born in 1981 in Los Angeles, where he lives and works). For the occasion, Kalenderian creates fifteen new vibrant works continuing his series of portraits dedicated to friends and fellow artists captured in moments of intimacy.
Solo show of Raffi Kalenderian
From May 24th to July 6th, 2024
The Galerie Peter Kilchmann is delighted to present “Twoness,” the first European solo exhibition by American artist Travis Boyer (born in 1979 in Fort Worth, Texas. Lives and works in New York) in the gallery’s project space. Under the title “Twoness,” Boyer aims to explore how we possess a deep and vast vocabulary that includes binaries, twins, connections, couples, echoes, but also how there are many tender states of duality that we experience which lack a name. On each of the nine panels of silk velvet, combining in many ways approaches of painting and craftsmanship through the tools he employs, the subjects engage in crucial moments of collision, self-definition, or reconciliation in sensual compositions that prompt reflection on these dual instances.
Solo show of Travis Boyer
From May 24th to July 6th, 2024
Rendez-Vous
Friday 24 May 2024 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Opening of the exhibition with the artists
Saturday 25 May 2024 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Meeting and performance
Sunday 26 May 2024 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Meeting and performance
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The gallery
Peter Kilchmann opened his first gallery in 1992 in a former factory in the west of Zurich. A small group of galleries ventured into this industrial quarter, which had yet to acquire its current allure. This revolutionary movement, driven by curiosity and a pioneering spirit, contributed to the flourishing of the contemporary art scene in Zurich. The gallery's programming focused on photography and video art; mediums that were still relatively new and rarely exhibited. During the first four years, the origins of the current program began to take shape. The gallery reached maturity and entered a new phase by relocating to the Löwenbräu Areal in 1996. Between 1996 and 2010, it became a successful international enterprise. With the move to Zahnradstrasse in 2011 and the opening of new premises on Rämistrasse in 2021, the gallery continued to evolve. Each of these stages was marked by curiosity, euphoria, and, of course, taking certain risks. The opening in Paris, at 11-13 rue des Arquebusiers in the Marais in October 2022, marks another chapter. Initially, Peter Kilchmann mainly exhibited artists from his own generation and has since been committed to paving the way for a generation of emerging artists. Over the past thirty years, the gallery has continued to develop a coherent program representing artists from Latin America, Europe, and the United States. A conceptual approach to the creative process and socio-political circumstances - sometimes in surprising language - distinguishes his program, whose artists cover all areas of creative expression: painting, video, film, photography, installation, or sculpture. All the artists share a firm stance through which they know how to convey their viewpoints and engage the viewer with the subject at hand.
Gallery artists
Francis Alÿs, Maja Bajević, Hernan Bas, Marc Bauer, Armin Boehm, Monica Bonvicini, works by Vlassis Caniaris, Andy Denzler, Andriu Deplazes, Willie Doherty, Valérie Favre, Fernanda Gomes, Christoph Hänsli, Leiko Ikemura, Bruno Jakob, Raffi Kalenderian, Zilla Leutenegger, Jorge Macchi, Teresa Margolles, Fabian Marti, Kenrick McFarlane, João Modé, Eva Nielsen, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Adrian Paci, Bernd Ribbeck, Dagoberto Rodriguez, Grace Shwindt, Shirana Shahbazi, Melanie Smith, Javier Téllez, Uwe Wittwer, Artur Zmijewski
