marywo is thrilled to offer unlimited edition, artist-designed magnets by Claudia Bitrán as part of her exhibition, Broken over the top. These affordable, unnumbered, editioned works are intended to provide the public, even the youngest of collectors, an opportunity to acquire a small piece of Bitrán’s practice. These may be seen in the lineage of artists creating low-cost souvenirs, from Keith Haring’s 1980s Pop Shop to Takashi Murakami’s small toys. They also connect to centuries of history where miniature souvenirs have served as memories of cultural sites and journeys.
Two variations of the magnets are on offer. Both depict images of Britney Spears, shown in action, taken from her erratic IG videos. An almost daily feed shows Spears dancing in her house, often scantily clad, to an online audience of millions. They serve as complementary to the drawings in the exhibition Broken over the top, which centres on the idea of dance and choreography and its connection to pop culture.
In one work, we see the pop icon with her hands in the air and her blonde hair swinging as if in motion. Bitrán draws the star wearing a white tank top with snakes on it—a wry reference to her Slave 4U performance—and her trademark super low-slung shorts. In another variation, Spears is seen from behind with her arms outstretched, mid-twirl, during one of her dizzying, Sufi like dances. The manic energy and enthusiasm that exudes dominated discussions of pop culture.
Both magnets continue Bitrán’s ongoing investigation of female representation in popular culture. Questioning the accepted norms of the male gaze that has dominated the history of art for centuries, Bitrán uses both humour and excitement to traverse these themes.
Claudia Bitrán’s solo exhibition Broken over the top, curated by Kathy Battista, is currently on view at marytwo through 09 December, 2023.
Claudia Bitrán
Britney Spears Magnet 1 & 2, 2023
Plastified Print mounted on board and magnet
5 × 3 cm / 4 × 3.5 cm
Unlimited magnet edition
Britney Spears Magnet 17 SOLD OUT
Britney Spears Magnet 26 3 available – CHF 30
“Published in collaboration with Istituto Svizzero this artist’s book provides a comprehensive insight into the artistic cosmos of Klodin Erb, one of the most renowned contemporary artists in Switzerland. Starting with painting and drawing on art and cultural history or pop culture, she has been developing large-format and smaller paintings, installations and videos since the 1990s. The publication includes text contributions by 11 different authors from very diverse perspectives and shows how the themes and motifs of Klodin Erb’s works are interconnected in a rhizome-like manner, allowing us to immerse ourselves in her fantastic world.” Mousse Publishing
Edited by Gioia Dal Molin (Istituto Svizzero) and Sabina Kohler
Texts by Yasmin Afschar, Jacqueline Burckhardt, Gioia Dal Molin, Kadiatou Diallo, Dorothee Elmiger, Hayat Erdoğan, Tobi Müller, Filipa Ramos, Michele Robecchi, Adam Szymczyk, and Julian Zigerli
Design by Teo Schifferli
Klodin Erb’s solo exhibition Elf Hauben was on view at marytwo from 19 August through 30 September, 2023
2023
English
286 pages
Hardcover, 20 x 28 cm
ISBN 97888674957576 2 copies left – CHF 40
Vera Marke often makes artist editions and has done so for her show RENTABLE KEIME at marytwo.
The above pictured is an artist edition produced using the same technique and process featured in works in the exhibition.
The edition of 3 each measure 23 × 20 cm, feature oil and silver leaf on canvas and come with there own slip case.
Please contact us for more information and high res images ℹ️
Vera Marke: “edition marke”
Invn° 2814-1, 2022
Oil and silver leaf on canvas
23 × 20 cmEdition 1/3, CHF800
Edition 2/3, CHF800 (pictured)
“Image Making / Παραγωγή Εικόνων” is a visual atlas of image making made by Anastasia Pavlou in 2020. Within it, images and image-making are explored porously, interlacing photographs, scans, digital collages, and drawings in varied non hierarchical configurations. This book can also be seen as a map and a record of personal experience – one that is about looking, and one that looks.
It includes contributions from Hugo Canoilas, Vasilis Chamam, Julia Gardener, Panos Giannikopoulos, Danai Giannoglou, Alix Janta, Stellios Kalinikou, Aris Mochloulis, NMR, Margot Norton, Eleni Odisseos, Eva Papamargariti, Yorgos Prinos, Sebastian Lloyd Rees, David Sampethai, Laurentiu Sarjan, Erica Scourti, Kiriakos Spyrou, Jesper List Thomsen, Maria Toumazou, Arnisa Zeqo. With kind support from Nicholas Konstantinidis, Amalia Mytilineou, Leopold Thun, and those who wish to remain anonymous.
“Image Making / Παραγωγή Εικόνων” was designed by Korina Gallika
See Anastasia’s work in the group show Taurus at marytwo.
ISBN 978-618-00-3264-2
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Ramon Hungerbühler: Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of Ramon Hungerbühler: Solo at marytwo and Kunstmuseum Luzern. With texts by Laura Breitschmid, Elvira Bättig and Jack Pryce; designed by Fabian Fretz in close collaboration with the artist.
See Ramon Hungerbühler’s work in his solo exhibition Solo at marytwo.
2023
marytwo and Kunstmuseum Luzern
Design by Fabian Fretz
64 pages, d/e
CHF25 – Buy here
Ramon Hungerbühler has produced hoodies on numerous occasions. Be it for a residency, a launch, an exhibition. This edition of 50, all numbered with a red patch in bottom corner, was designed and produced by Ramon for his exhibition Solo at marytwo and Kunstmuseum Luzern. The silkscreen prints feature locations and dates as well as a flame on each sleeve.
See Ramon Hungerbühler’s work in his solo exhibition Solo at marytwo.
A limited number of hoodies are still available in sizes S/M/L/XL for CHF69
‘SCHMIDTI CITY’ is an artist book by Kristina Schmidt and provides an inventory of 128 paintings, painted in New York City in the years 2018-2021, accompanied by a poem by Kyrill Constantinides Tank and a text by Scott Roben.
Kristina Schmidt’s practice oscillates between making paintings and exploring time-based sculptural forms, materials, symbols and relations. With a focus on the history and presence of painting, Kristina Schmidt echoes concepts such as the artist’s subjectivity and the artwork’s autonomy. Kristina Schmidt’s first solo show was titled SCHMIDTI CITY and took place at Galerie Christine Mayer in Munich in 2020.
See Kristina Schmidt’s work in the exhibition Youth Hostel at marytwo.
Graphic Design: Jan Erbelding, Benjamin Zaminer
Cover Design: Maria VMier
Cover Drawing: Kristina Schmidt
Cover Photo: G M D Three, Kristina Schmidt
Photography: Benjamin Zaminer, Galerie Christine Mayer
Texts: Kyrill Constantinides Tank, Scott Roben
Translation: Gegensatz Translation Collective, Berlin
Proofread: Lena Tilk
Print: Eberl & Koesel, Altusried-Krugzell
Artworks Courtesy: Kristina Schmidt, Galerie Christine Mayer
17 x 24 cm, hardcover (linen + photo)
4/4 offset
272 pages
ISBN: 978-3-947250-42-4
1st Edition of 500 (Deutsch/English) – CHF30