ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Karin Wälchli and Guido Reichlin began working together in 1995 in Zurich, since then they have produced a diverse oeuvre in a wide range of media. Since 2018 they live and work in Göschenen. Their observations of natural phenomena and investigations of scientific archives result in diverse and complex paintings and groups of work. Their numerous residencies in Cairo as well as a longer travel residency in India have enabled them to investigate and discover the power of ornamental manifestations in everyday life of urban landscapes. They are absolute masters in capturing the commonplace and transforming this into art. The name Chalet5 stands for the superior, the third element, which emerges out of the cooperation between two artists.
Karin Wälchli und Guido Reichlin begannen ihre Zusammenarbeit 1995 in Zürich, seither ist ein vielfältiges Werk in ganz unterschiedlichen Medien entstanden. Seit 2018 leben und arbeiten sie in Göschenen. Aus Beobachtungen von Phänomenen der Natur und Erforschungen von wissenschaftlichen Archiven entstehen vielschichtige und komplexe Malereien und Werkgruppen. Bei ihren zahlreichen Residenzaufenthalten in Kairo und bei einem längeren Reisestipendium in Indien untersuchten sie die Kraft von ornamentalen Manifestationen im Alltag urbaner Landschaften. Alltägliches zu transformieren und in Kunst überzuführen, beherrschen sie virtuos. Der Name Chalet5 steht für das Übergeordnete, Dritte, das aus der Zusammenarbeit von zwei Kunstschaffenden entsteht.
ZUHAUSE IST AUSWÄRTS UND AUSWÄRTS IST ZUHAUSE, Monografie/Monograph, Wolfsberg Verlag, Zürich, 2018
SIKART Lexikon und Datenbank: www.sikart.ch
A SELECTION OF WORKS IN A TIMELINE, 2021-1995
2021
installation and painting
VOR ORT 1.0
2020
installation
Hey-hey-hey
paintings
ENTANGLED BANK
video
KOLKATA TRILOGY
Urban stories, group show, Video Window at Galerie Walcheturm, Zurich, February 6 and 7
2019
object
HAHN I-V
Edition 5 Erstfeld
sculpture
THE HAVES AND THE HAVE-NOTS
NATUR - Zwischen Sehnsucht und Wirklichkeit, Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf, 14. September - 24. November 2019
paintings/collages
trophy room
Silent Green, Villa Renata, Basel, 13. Juni - 6. Juli 2019
2018
lithography
ALLES IN ALLEM
Solo Exhibition
ZUHAUSE IST AUSWÄRTS UND AUSWÄRTS IST ZUHAUSE / home is abroad and abroad is home
EXHIBITION
ARTIST'S MONOGRAPH
new works
NEW PAINTINGS, paintings
LARGER THAN LIFE, collages
HAUSWURZEL, sculpture
BLOOMING LATE, video and photographic prints
LOVE AND SUPPORT, pictorial objects
RIGI, wall painting
DAS SCHRUMPFENDE KÖNIGREICH, ready made
RICHTSTOLLENTÜR, objet trouvé
transformed retrospective works
NOT MUCH TO LOOK AT, photography
GATEKEEPER ARCHIVE, installation
SHERIF BOOKSHOP, installation
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT / NOW WITH YOU, WITH YOU NOW!, video
KARIN STEHT DAZU, THE VIDEO SLIDE SHOW, video
WHITEOUT, video
PATTERN, prints
OPEN OTHER END, sculpture
BLOCK I, installation
2017
paintings
EVIDENCE FOR EVOLUTION
lithography
MISCELLANEA
paintings and lithography
champions of disguisE (MISCELLANEA)
painting
PROFOUNDLY SELF
2016
paintings
An Eye on Two worlds
publication / contribution
GREEN WAVELENGTH
residency
GÖschenen
artist's book
CHALET5 POCKET
multimedia installation
TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
paintings
BITZIBALM
NEARBY GALAXIES
ENDANGERED UNDERGROWTH
collages
WILDE STEINE
RUINS AND FIGURES
2014–2015
video
NOW WITH YOU! / BON VOYAGE
object
TRANSFORMER
video
WITH YOU NOW!
WHERE HEARTS BEAT
NOT MY BUSINESS
PAINTING BY NUMBERS
ALL BY ITSELF
NOW WITH YOU!
INTERSECTING TERRITORIES
sculpture
ABLAGE
art and architecture
UR (EX ORIENT LUX)
performance / video
WHITE SPACE / WHITEOUT
2011-2013
research
A WALK WITH HAMDY
art and architecture
IN ALLE WELT
artist's book
MANISCH DEKORATIV
performance
WHITE SPACE
residency
INDIA
2010
offset-/screenprints
IT'S LIKE DÉJÀ-VU ALL OVER AGAIN
artist's book
ORNAMENTAL ANGEFRESSEN
installation / sculpture
OPEN OTHER END
2006-2009
research project (-2013)
KARIN STEHT DAZU / KARIN TAKES A STAND
installation / photography
KARIN TAKES A STAND (Cabinet)
sculpture
SHERIF
sculpture
ANNE
installation / photography
KARIN STEHT DAZU (Kabinett)
installation, sculptures
PALACE OF LIGHT
research and installation
GATEKEEPERS
residency
CAIRO
1995-2005
installation
BLOCK I
screenprints / installation
ABSTRACT
LANDSCAPE
PORTAL
screenprints / installation
PATTERN
screenprints / editions
EARLY PATTERN
