Regina Marxer (* 1951) explores the conditions of painting in her pictures.

The group of works known as Der Grund (The Ground) dates to 2011–2013. In the traditional style, the artist applied a ground to square canvases (160 x 160 cm), the usual base for oil painting. However, instead of using the ground as a base on which to paint, she made the ground itself visible by means of pencil hatching, thus bringing what is in itself insignificant to the fore. Her installation Wir (We) dates to 2005. The starting point on variously coloured canvases is in each case a black and a white dot, followed by multi-coloured, individually painted dots. Marxer cultivated the dots to create her own "democratic" visual idiom, giving rise to a tremendous variety. Language plays a pivotal role in her work, a fact already reflected by her titles.

This collection display affords an insight into the artist's main bodies of work.

More pictures to this exhibition

  • Regina Marxer
    Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich
  • Regina Marxer
    Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich
  • Regina Marxer
    Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich
  • Regina Marxer
    Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich
  • Regina Marxer
    Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich
  • Regina Marxer
    Photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich
  • Guided tours
  • Thu, 11.3.2021
    18.00
  • Sun, 9.5.2021
    11.00
  • Thu 11.3.

    Guided tour

    From the collection: Regina Marxer.
    You do not know whether what you invent also invents you
    with Christiane Meyer-Stoll
  • Wed 28.4.

    Active together

    Wednesday afternoon at the Kunstmuseum
    with Beate Frommelt
  • Thu 29.4.

    Take Away

    From the collection: Regina Marxer.
    You do not know whether what you invent also invents you
    Short guided tour with Klara Frick
  • Sun 2.5.

    One Hour

    From the collection: Regina Marxer.
    You do not know whether what you invent also invents you ***FULLY BOOKED***
    with Klara Frick
    In cooperation with Liechtensteinische Kunstgesellschaft.
  • Sun 9.5.

    Guided tour

    From the collection: Regina Marxer
    You do not know whether what you invent also invents you
    with Klara Frick