„every once in a while, with a basket in hand, (…), there is that moment when the mind and spirit open to all the connections, to all the lives and our responsibility to use them well."
-robin wall kimmerer, braiding sweetgrass
the exhibition reflects on the idea of the basket and associated forms of gathering. drawings, ceramics and quilts are in a conversation with one another; even intimately connected with each other. the basket enters as a symbol of our responsibility and also of our capacity to nourish and be nourished in earthly connection. nourishing, mothering and growing happen in interdependency with all forms of the living. on a small scale, there are children filling their baskets with experience. on another, mothering is here as an attribute to any being living in attunement with its surroundings, gathering and caring, but also, mothering the earth. in between lays the exhaustion of the mother and the earth alike.
chantal küng lives and works in zürich. her work has been shown at kunsthalle basel, kunstmuseum bern, kunstmuseum liechtenstein, kunstraum niederösterreich, and centre culturel suisse paris, amongst various other locations. she was awarded the werkbeitrag of the kunstkredit basel-stadt two times as well as a werkbeitrag by pro helvetia, the cristina spoerri prize and several residencies. her work is in the collections of the ricola foundation and the kunstmuseum liechtenstein.