Selected objects from the private Im Obersteg Foundation are juxtaposed with paintings, sculptures and photographic works from the museum's own collection in around twenty exhibitions. Paarlauf shows works by artists such as Alexej von Jawlensky, Suzanne Valadon and Hans Baldung gen. Grien as well as contemporary works by Ulrike Rosenbach and Bruce Nauman, among others.
The mixture of different eras and genres leads to surprising encounters and harmonious elective affinities. For example, a large-format painting by Basel artist Mireille Gros meets a small oil sketch by Paul Cezanne. Hans Holbein the Younger's Two Skulls in a Window Niche from 1520 and Niklaus Stoecklin's Coffin Carpentry from 1919 are juxtaposed with two different associations with death.
New hangings regularly incorporate new exhibits. Paarlauf remains in motion, the exhibition develops its own slow choreography.
Short texts by people from different walks of life and age groups provide a subjective approach to individual juxtapositions. Music is also a must for a couple's run. Young musicians have interpreted selected compositions that are played through headphones.
The mixture of different eras and genres leads to surprising encounters and harmonious elective affinities. For example, a large-format painting by Basel artist Mireille Gros meets a small oil sketch by Paul Cezanne. Hans Holbein the Younger's Two Skulls in a Window Niche from 1520 and Niklaus Stoecklin's Coffin Carpentry from 1919 are juxtaposed with two different associations with death.
New hangings regularly incorporate new exhibits. Paarlauf remains in motion, the exhibition develops its own slow choreography.
Short texts by people from different walks of life and age groups provide a subjective approach to individual juxtapositions. Music is also a must for a couple's run. Young musicians have interpreted selected compositions that are played through headphones.
