Liebe Freunde Ende August haben wir die Galerie Idea Fixa an der Feldbergstrasse geschlossen - schweren Herzens. Wir möchten uns an dieser Stelle für euren unglaublichen Support über die letzten fünf Jahre von Herzen bedanken. Über 30 Ausstellungen, unzählige Begegnungen und wunderbare Momente, die niemals vergessen werden.... Nun ist die Zeit gekommen für eine Veränderung und neue fixe oder weniger fixe Ideen, die aber noch in den Sternen stehen. Alles Liebe eure Anina & Reto

Die Führung von heute Abend durch die Ausstellung 'Langwidere Series' ist auf den 15.6. 18:30 verschoben. Vielen Dank fürs Verständnis!

Thank you for your visit :) The opening of Pola Dwurnik's solo exhibition LANGWIDERE SERIES 4th of May 2017 Galerie IDEA FIXA, Basel, Switzerland Curators of the exhibition: Anina Maria Michel and Felipe Schwager Photographs by Daniel Ożga The glass-mirror-wooden pedestals by Dobrowolański Przyborowski Porcelain (fine bone china) made with kind help of Olga Milczyńska Pola Dwurnik wears a black dress by a Polish designer Wiola ry. and printed leather shoes by a Swiss designer Stefi Talman All artworks by Pola Dwurnik #opening #galerieideafixa #langwidereseries #poladwurnik #apoloniadwurnik

Liebe Freunde der Galerie Herzlich laden wir euch zum Artist Talk mit Pola Dwurnik, geführt von Andreas Blättler, ein. Der Talk findet in englischer Sprache statt. Über euren Besuch würden wir uns sehr freuen! Herzlich Anina, Reto, Felipe, Pola & Andy Dear Friends We are pleased to invite you on the occasion of the exhibition "Langwidere Series" to the Artist Talk with Artist Pola Dwurnik and Andreas Blättler on Tuesday, May 9, 7 pm The Talk will be held in english Best, Anina, Reto, Felipe, Pola & Andy

We are proud to invite you to the Opening of LANGWIDERE SERIES by Polish Artist Pola Dwurnik at Galerie IDEA FIXA Thursday 4th of May 6 – 9 PM

Wir freuen uns riesig und hoffen auf euer Kommen!

LANGWIDERE SERIES Identity (Latin: ‚īdem‘, the same), condition or character as to who a person or what a thing is; the qualities and beliefs that distinguish or identify a person or a thing. The term ‚identity‘ has always been questioned and discussed in philosophy as well as in psychology. Today‘s social and technological development impose new re ections about the term. The interdependence of possibilities and iden- tity is constantly at the center of the work of the Polish artist Pola Dwurnik. The identities she is creating are often con icting with the areas of self-awareness and self-initiative. In her LANGWIDERE SERIES in particular, the artist wants to raise the question about the identity concept of our time: The almost in nite, ultimately technical options at our disposal allow us to live simultaneously various lives and even various identities. Nobody is being born only once, we all can be reborn and reborn again – we can live in various countries, with various titles, professions, partners, religions, and we can even change our sex. Our bodies too, our faces can be exchanged at will thanks to the present technologies. We have to live so many lives that the endeavor to achieve eternal youth has lost its sense. On a large oil on canvas, on a series of works on paper as well as on two sets of porcelain gurines - all portraying heads of female artists of the 20th cen- tury (strong iconic personalities like Marina Abramovic, Carolee Schneemann, Louise Bourgeois, Pipilotti Rist, Agnes Martin, Frida Kahlo) - the artist expres- ses the dramatic phenomenon of the vain, coldhearted, sel sh and narcissistic Princess Langwidere. By doing so, Pola Dwurnik uses her LANGWIDERE SERIES to express her own identity as an artist. While assuming the role of Princess Langwidere, she internalizes the identities of the artists who have impressed her and questions how they have been in uencing her. This happens with a critical undertone: The fragility of the porcelain gurines stands for the e orts a female artist has to un- dergo in order to reach coexistence with her male counterparts and symbolizes the eetingness of a female artist‘s career. At the same time, the gurines have an intended decorative character. This is a hint at the art market where female artists have to struggle harder in imposing their thoughts behind the decorative aspects of their work and in being considered equal to their male colleagues, especially in major exhibitions. Obsessed by her own appearance, the ctional character of Princess Lang- widere, who was rst introduced in Lyman Frank Baum‘s third Oz book titled Ozma of Oz, published in 1907, possesses thirty exchangeable heads with various personalities. She loves to change her head whenever she feels like and she enjoys to admire the e ects in her splendid mirrored apartments. But who really is Princess Langwidere ? Nobody knows. The changing of her head not only alters her appearance but her identity too.

Liebe Freunde der Galerie Herzlich laden wir euch zum Finissagenapéro zu 'Our Bedroom' von Flurina Badel & Jérémie Sarbach in die Galerie Idea Fixa ein. Wir würden uns sehr freuen, mit euch anstossen zu dürfen! Herzliche Grüsse Anina Michel, Reto Mettler und Felipe Schwager