Elisabeth Kaufmann and Christiane Büntgen founded SCHAU ORT gallery in December 2009. To begin with, the program was identical with the artist list of Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery because the start-up of the gallery derived from the former business of Elisabeth Kaufmann.
The "original" gallery was founded by Elisabeth Kaufmann in the year 1974 in the small Swiss city of Olten under the name of ELISABETH KAUFMANN GALLERY. After moving the gallery to Basel and later on to Zurich, Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery became established in the 1980s and 1990s as one of Switzerland's prominent internationally acting galleries, working with artists such as Martin Disler, Walter Dahn, Anselm Stalder, Klaudia Schifferle, Helmut Federle, Guiseppe Penone, Christian Boltanski, Annette Messager, Hanne Darboven, Gerhard Merz, Reiner Ruthenbeck, and later also with Rebecca Horn, Silvie and Chérif Defraoui, Georges Adéagbo, Jan Fabre, Ryan Gander, and others. In the new millenium, young artists were continuously added to the program, such as: Keren Cytter, Shahryar Nashat, Pavel Pepperstein, Marc Bauer, Lucy Skaer, Claudia Wieser, Yesim Akdeniz Graf.
Sadly, only a few months after the first opening under the new gallery name of SCHAU ORT, Elisabeth Kaufmann passed away in the spring of 2010. After the subsequent transfer of the complete gallery business to Christiane Büntgen, most of the artists formerly represented by Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery at first declared to stay with the new gallery. Nevertheless, such a change of directorship always brings a wind of change to existing structures and thus, the gallery program has been changing continuously in the past months to reflect the concepts of the new management.
We strive for a heterogeneous compilation of established artists to support the gallery director with their longtime experience (such as Walter Dahn, James Hyde, Anselm Stalder), of mid-career artists in their prime (such as Keren Cytter and Claudia Wieser) and of promising young and/or little known talents still to be positioned in the market (such as Michiel Ceulers and Seline Baumgartner). The selection of artists for SCHAU ORT is characterized by an intense interest in a conceptual approach.
Further gallery activities include:
SCHAU FENSTER: (literally = shop window) A showcase only to be regarded from the street (outside the gallery) is used to present other venues – like looking through a window into another gallery, institution, project space, or atelier. Open 24/7 at Rotwandstr. corner of Müllerstrasse.
Have a look!
SCHAU PLATZ: Young unknown artists working in Zurich are invited to show their works for the very first time in a gallery and thus make first experiences with the art market. Annual group exhibition.
CURATED EXHIBITIONS: At least once a year, we cooperate with an international curator to realize collaborative projects at SCHAU ORT, giving us a chance to meet new artists, broaden our horizon, stay up to date with international viewpoints - and work with nice people.
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SCHAU ORT. Christiane Büntgen
(Formerly Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery)
T/F
Opening hours:
Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 6 pm
And by appointment
(Formerly Elisabeth Kaufmann Gallery)
T/F
Opening hours:
Wednesday - Saturday 12 - 6 pm
And by appointment
Staff:
Christiane Büntgen von Gilsa, owner
Dr. Ulf Büntgen, muse
Andreas Wagner, assistant
Tieni Burkhalter, technical assistant
Lucy, gallery dog
Beryll Art, gallery brain (database)
Photo above: Thomas Schlup
Christiane Büntgen von Gilsa, owner
Dr. Ulf Büntgen, muse
Andreas Wagner, assistant
Tieni Burkhalter, technical assistant
Lucy, gallery dog
Beryll Art, gallery brain (database)
Photo above: Thomas Schlup