MIRIAM CAHN

This exhibition, curated by Vincent Honoré, is the first solo presentation of Cahn's work in London. It includes new works and installations together with a selection of paintings, drawings and photographs spanning her career from 1978 to 2011.

Miriam Cahn's work emerged from a compelling physical experience instilled by the performative happenings of the 70s and is heavily influenced by the feminist movement of the 1960s. First structured around performances, large black charcoal drawings and interventions in the street, her practice grew to include films, music, photography and the medium for which she is perhaps best known: painting. An extraordinary colorist, Cahn uses vivid pink, violet and blue to represent ghostly silhouettes, faces and animals and she often works in series.

The exhibition comprises the room installations Schlafen (1997) and RAUMICH räumlichich (2010-2011), each consisting of a series of portrait paintings. In a third room there's an installation made of various existing works including some notebooks with drawings Cahn has never shown, alongside some of her latest paintings and photographs.

Miriam Cahn (b. 1949, Switzerland) lives and works in Basel and Stampa, Switzerland.

The exhibition is supported by Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia.