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Don't you worry (2007), Oil on canvas, 55x50cm
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studio1.1

studio1-1.gallery@virgin.net 57a Redchurch St, London E2 7DJ
www.studio1-1.co.uk Open 12 – 6 pm Thurs – Sun or tel. 07952986696

ALEXANDER BÜHLER
‘London, Berlin 2005 -7’
SEPTEMBER 26 - OCTOBER 26 2008
private view Thursday 25 Sept 6 - 9pm

We have worked with Alexander Bühler over the past three years, building up to this, his first solo show of paintings in the UK.

Alexander’s work is very much a meditative process, an internal enquiry which nevertheless takes his encounter with the outside world as its starting point. In trying to understand, bumping into the physical world, as it were, he gradually becomes aware of cognitive processes which then evolve within the making of the work itself. Traces of thought seep into the canvas, as figures from the real world transmute into a pure painterly geometry, uniting the rigour of Mondrian and the delicacy of Klee in works of a confident simplicity.

The exhibition is planned as an overview of his artistic activity so far, in an attempt to illuminate some of the influences and echoes suggested by his itinerary: born in Zurich but studying in London, and now living and working in Berlin. The show will therefore include paintings begun here, taken and sometimes reworked in Germany, and now returning to London. Unknown as his work is in the UK as yet, we believe that the precision and clarity of his work gives him the potential to be, ultimately, a significant presence on the international
scene.

An important feature of the show is the limited edition artist’s book that Alex is proposing to make: not a catalogue of one particular exhibition but, for the spectator, a guide to his creative processes, and for Alex himself a valuable record of this stage in his professional development; just as the exhibition itself is a carefully considered presentation of his recent artistic activity amounting to an installation recording the subtle narrative of his journey.

For more information or images contact Michael Keenan 07952 986 696

Alexander Bühler

1977 born in Zürich, Switzerland

Lives and works in Corcapolo (ch) And Berlin (d), Germany

Education

2003........BA (Hons) Painting, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK
1999........Foundation Course, Chelsea College of Art, London, UK

Solo Exhibitions

2008........London, Berlin (2005-7), Studio 1.1, London, UK
2005........Wagdas, London, UK

Group Exhibitions

2007........Abstract Continuous, Studio 1.1, London, UK
2005........Zoo Art Fair, with Studio 1.1, London, UK
...............The Flag Project, 254, London, UK
2004........On the Move, Bethnal Green Road, London, UK
2003........Play and Direct, Century Gallery, London, UK

Projects

2008........"In the light of", Collaboration with Schalter, Berlin, D
..............."Schnitzeljagt - Paper Chase", Curated Project by Lisa Bosse, Berlin, D
Participating Galleries: Gillian Morris, Goff & Rosenthal, Pitrowski, Curators without borders, Klemm's, Marc Berville Prospects, Metro, Birgit Ostermeier, Foto Shop, Nice + Fit, Invaliden 1, Artnews projects, Filiale / Römerapotheke, Jan Winkelmann, En Passant, Komet, Martin Mertens, Peter Herrmann, JJ Heckenhauer

2007........Daniel Shand, Residency project, London, UK

Bibliography

2008
"Spur Magazine" (Japan), p. 69, April 2008
"Darwins Sell-Out", Issue-One Magazine (Uk), Fall 07/08 Nr.004, March 2008
"Artnet.de Digest", Artnet, 14 February 2008
"Die Karawane zieht nach", Der Tagesspiegel, 25 January 2008
"Schnitzeljagd" mit Kunst durch die Brunnenstraße, Berliner Morgenpost,
15 January 2008

Links

www.danielshand.co.uk
www.studio1.1.co.uk
www.schalter-berlin.com

Alexander Bühler

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info@alexanderbuhler.ch
www.alexanderbuhler.com