Marion Baruch: Quel che rimane del cielo
Rämistrasse 33
Zurich
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, in collaboration with Sommer Contemporary Art, is pleased to present Quel che rimane del cielo, a solo exhibition of new works by Marion Baruch (b. 1929, Timișoara, Romania).
Working across more than six decades and multiple geographies, Baruch has developed a singular practice in which textile functions as both medium and language—“a living, pulsating material” through which social, economic and historical processes become visible.
The exhibition focuses on a wide selection of her recent works, developed since 2012 from discarded textile cut-offs remnants sourced from clothing manufacturers in northern Italy. Rather than altering the material, Baruch responds to forms already shaped by industrial cutting, suspending and composing them in space. These fragments—once destined for disposal—become delicate, evocative structures that oscillate between painting and sculpture, presence and absence.
The title Quel che rimane del cielo (“What Remains of the Sky”) evokes both the celestial and the human. As in the central installation, openings in the fabric appear like suspended fragments of the sky, inviting viewers to move through shifting perspectives of void and form.
Additional works, including early Piccolo teatro pieces and later works such as Eingang and Déchiqueté – Squarciato, trace Baruch’s ongoing exploration of space, language, and material, where meaning emerges in the interplay between fragments, gaps, and gestures.
The exhibition runs through May 30.
Viewing Room: Andriu Deplazes
Bringing together recent works on paper by Andriu Deplazes, the presentation highlights the artist's distinctive approach to figuration and landscape. His compositions unfold in atmospheres that are at once luminous and disquieting, where solitary figures—often androgynous and suspended—appear both embedded within and estranged from their surroundings.
Balancing precise renderings of nature with more fluid, fragmented depictions of the body, the works explore a space between presence and disappearance. Saturated color, subtle distortions, and shifting perspectives create scenes that resist fixed narratives, oscillating between intimacy and distance, beauty and unease.
Installed on the lower floor, the showroom presentation offers a focused encounter with the artist’s evolving practice and its exploration of perception, environment, and the human condition.
