Suite (size: 84,5m²) with two separate rooms (over two floors) with a living area with sofa bed and sleeping area with Grand lit (180 x 200 cm) and bathroom.

About the room

Clare Kenny has turned the two floors of room 9 into a dreamy suite that seems detached from time and surroundings. This impression is created by a comprehensive staging that skilfully plays with light and shadow, with abstraction and realism, but also with poetry and, last but not least, a large dose of humour. Anyone who looks closely will recognise figures and objects in the lamps, curtains, cushions or tables. Mysterious human outlines, for example, or the artist's hand appear more or less clearly in different places. Equally, there are forms that resemble extremely everyday objects: a Gugelhupf or a PET bottle are found in Kenny's functional sculptures – sometimes as a table, sometimes as a lamp or as a carpet. Clare Kenny also pays homage to her English homeland's obsession with the Victorian era, whose style as an expression of culture and grandeur has continued to be copied to this day, through playful and absurd details. Artistic casts of artificial hairpieces are found at the beginning and end of the staircase – just as they are in the knobs, which elegantly hold back the various layers of curtains with cords. Kenny has fitted the two dormer windows in the attic with an additional inner window – when closed, they bathe the room in a mystical light, when opened, they offer a view over the rooftops of Basel.

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or book by telephone on +41 61 261 10 10 or by email: info@teufelhof.com

Clare Kenny was born in Manchester, UK and has lived in Switzerland since 2002. Her work has been shown, among others, at: Galerie Gisèle Linder, Basel CH / Kunstraum Riehen CH /  VITRINE Gallery, London GB /  Expanded.Art, Berlin D / Krone Couronne, Biel CH /  Last Tango, Zürich CH / Kunstmuseum Olten CH / Kunsthaus Zürich CH / Kunsthalle Basel CH / Sketch London GB / Kunsthaus Langenthal CH / Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau CH / Kunstmuseum Luzern CH / Rochdale Art Gallery, Manchester GB.
She is the recipient of numerous awards, among others: Nairs Residency, CH / Arts Council Grant GB / A-N Artists Grant GB / Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt CH / Atelier Mondial grant at Residency Unlimited, New York USA.

More information: www.clarekenny.com