ARCOlisboa 2023
ARCOlisboa 2023
Booth OP14
Ralph Bürgin | Talia Golchin
We are looking forward to participating for the first time at ARCOlisboa from May 25 to 28, 2023 as part of Opening Lisboa, a special section of the fair curated by Chus Martínez and Luiza Teixeira de Freitas.
Our presentation features a dialogue of works by the Basel based Ralph Bürgin and by the British/Iranian artist Talia Golchin. For this occasion, Ralph Bürgin created a new series of paintings, and Talia Golchin presents a new sculpture within her Umbilics series.
Chuz Martinez writes regarding Ralph Bürgin’s (*1980 Basel, lives and works in Basel, Switzerland) recent show at Livie Gallery: “The work of Ralph Bürgin desires a change. Can painting as a medium still surprise us with new orders? His answer is yes, it can. But in order to do so, one needs to precisely inquire into what would we love to alter and when did painting have a chance to act upon this subject matter. If we wish, for example, for an elastic, fluid, open, differently social role of masculinity painting would not only be the perpetrator but also could, homeopathically, provide some paths towards the masculine. Style, for example, has been the tool art has used to create certain images and to perpetuate certain topics: force, energy, power, dynamism. Returning though to certain styles one could alter those images, reconsider these traits and help our brains to remember the images we have absorbed historically under a different light….”
The practice of British/Iranian artist Talia Golchin (*1986 Tehran, lives and works in London) explores the multifaceted qualities of human nature: purity and innocence collide with the raw and primal urges inhabiting our unconscious. Bodies, sex, rage, fear, desperation, and greed interspersed with moments of levity are the source of her Umbilics series, which the artist describes as the ‘human zoo’.
In her inflatable latex sculptures from her recent Umbilics and Belly series, she replicates the softness of human skin whilst the inflatable element of the sculptures share similarity to a balloon, suggesting playfulness, as well as provoking desire. These contradictions throughout Golchin’s practice embody her personal experience remaining sensitive to the peculiarities and contradictions of human nature.
ARCOlisboa
May 25-28, 2023
Cordoaria Nacional, Lisbon
For inquiries and questions please contact us at marie@liviegallery.com or caspar@liviegallery.com.
Ralph Bürgin
Blauwald, 2023
oil on canvas
67.5 x 48 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
La Fête, 2023
oil on canvas
67.5 x 48 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Nocturnal Scene I, 2023
oil on canvas
67.5 x 48 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Nocturnal Scene II, 2023
oil on canvas
67.5 x 48 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Der Graben, 2023
oil on canvas
56.3 x 52 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Undiscovered, 2023
oil on canvas
50 x 35 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Entrance, 2023
oil on canvas
50.2 x 35 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Endless Speech, 2023
oil on canvas
65 x 52 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Steps, 2023
oil on canvas
33 x 24 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Salon rouge, 2022
oil on canvas
40 x 34 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Wanderer II, 2022
oil on canvas
34 x 30 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Le retour, 2022
oil on canvas
40 x 30 cm
signed and dated verso
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Ralph Bürgin
Tal, 2022
oil on canvas
35 x 30 cm
signed and dated verso
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Talia Golchin
Belly / Vo.1 black smoke, 2023
inflatable latex
50 x 35 cm
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Talia Golchin
Umbilics 1 and 2, 2021
inflatable latex
50 x 35 cm
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RALPH BÜRGIN
Ralph Bürgin’s paintings reflect upon the representation of the human body, the human condition in general and with the coexistence of man and nature. His chosen media of painting and sculpture stand in contrast to this contemporary content, while his works are informed by art historical sources from the Middle Ages to classical modernism.
Ralph Bürgin (*1980 Basel, lives in Basel, Switzerland) studied at the Academy of Art and Design in Zurich and Basel, where he graduated in 2018 with a Master in Fine Arts. The painter and sculptor lives in Basel and works in his studio in France (Alsace). Recent solo exhibitions include The Great Escape at Livie Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2023; Watching a Peaceful River at Galerie Barbara Seiler, Zurich, Switzerland, 2020, La place at Centre culturel suisse, Paris, France, 2019; and Pieces and Shadows at Kunstverein Diessenhofen, Switzerland, 2017. Ralph Bürgin’s work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including 2022 at Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, at Space 25, Basel, and Livie Gallery, Zurich; 2021 at Wilde Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland; 2018 at Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz, Switzerland; 2016 at Ping/Pong, Basel/Miami, Los Angeles, USA; 2014 in “Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt, Werkbeiträge 2013” at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. In 2019, a publication was dedicated to the artist as part of the Cahier d’Artistes series published by the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, with a text by Felicity Lunn. The artist has also realized several projects in public spaces, including Gasträume 2020 in Zurich, curated by Christoph Doswald, and a sculpture project initiated by Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt in collaboration with the Department of Construction and Transport, which was presented at the Heuwaage in Basel in 2022. Ralph Bürgin will be awarded with the Kulturförderpreis 2023 by Alexander Clavel Stiftung in June 2023, and his work will be shown as part of the award exhibition at Villa Wenkenhof, Basel.
TALIA GOLCHIN
Talia Golchin (*1986 Tehran) is a British/Iranian artist who lives and works in London. Her practice explores the multifaceted qualities of human nature: purity and innocence collide with the raw and primal urges inhabiting our unconscious.
She has earned her MA Fine Art from Central Saint Martins in 2021, following her studies in Fashion Design at UCLAN. Her artistic practice includes painting, sculpture, and digital media. Talia Golchin’s work has been on view in the solo presentation Umbilics at Livie Gallery in 2023 and was included in group shows at the Barbican Arts Group Trust, London; Tate Modern, London; Saatchi Gallery, London; and most recently at The Bomb Factory, London. In 2021, the artist was invited to take part in the Women Bauhaus Collective project and residency organized by La Prairie. In that context, her work has been presented at Art Basel and Frieze London in 2022.