by Dr. Barbara Aust-Wegemund, Art Critic

Celebrating 17 years in Zurich, Art International Zurich returns to its pioneering location at Zurich Congress Hall, main entry Claridenstrasse. A wellspring of cultural development for Zurich, the art event is the initiator of extraordinary happenings centered in the City District. Dealing with innovative concepts for integrating successful arts precincts, museums and institutions, as well as established collector-focussed program, the art fair promises that 2015 continues a successful story.

Long-established as the original incubator for emerging work, Zurich’s art event celebrates its seventeen’s year of introducing new galleries to the contemporary market, a remarkable opportunity for exposure Galerie Zum Harnisch. The Gallery’s Director and Swiss Chiefcurator Priska Medam is featuring emerging and mid-career artists in Zurich: Eva-Maria Bättig, Chris Delgado, Oliver Fauser, Markus Mesmer and Thomas Thüring.

Regarding the selection of artists’ positions the gallery director Priska Medam explains the concept of her curated show: “Techniques and artistique signatures are different and for each artist unique. The selected works at my booth are showing how various approaches and how dynamism, movement and perception experiments have entered the artistic topography. The eye as the human organ of sight became an artistic tool for investigating reality and learning about perception as well as investigating illusion and disillusion.”

Art International Zurich is an important event for all serious collectors, curators, museum directors and interior designers, providing an intimate look at some of the most important works at the forefront of the international contemporary art movement.

The art fair opens to VIPs and Press on Thursday, October 15, 6 – 10 pm and runs from October 16 – 18, 2015 at Congress Hall Zurich, Switzerland. Disvover an introduction of dynamising artistic strategies.

LOCATION

Art International Zurich
October 16 - 18, 2015
Kongresshaus Zürich (Congress Hall)
Main Entry: Claridenstrasse 5 (Entry K)
8002 Zurich, Switzerland

CONTACT ART FAIR

Email: info@art-zurich.com
www.art-zurich.com
Phone: +41 (0)55 52 58 437

OPENING, VIP First View
Thursday, October 15, 6pm – 10pm

OPENING HOURS
Friday, October 16 – Sunday, October 18, 11 am – 8 pm

CONTACT GALLERY
Galerie Zum Harnisch
Booth K 14
Chiefcurator
Priska Medam
priska@medam.ch
www.galeriezumharnisch.com

CONTACT ARTISTS

Eva-Maria Bättig
www.evabaettig.ch

Chris Delgado
www.galeriezumharnisch.collectrium.com

Oliver Fauser
www.fauserpaints.com

Priska Medam
www.priskamedam.com

Markus Mesmer
www.galeriezumharnisch.collectrium.com

Thomas Thüring
www.thomas-thuering.com

CONTACT AUTHOR

Dr. Barbara Aust-Wegemund
Barbara@arthistoryconsulting.de
www.arthistoryconsulting.de

About the Author

Dr. Barbara Aust-Wegemund, born in Zurich/ Switzerland, is an Art Historian and Managing Director at Art History Consulting (AHC). She studied Art History at Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (Germany), University for Foreigners Perugia (Italy) and London Guildhall University (UK). The art historian and art critic has written widely on modern and contemporary art. Her essays have been featured in monographs, exhibition catalogues, e-zines, journals and the online editorial department of Goethe Institute Inter Nationes.