Kunstmuseum St.Gallen will present a solo exhibition by the sculptor Sara Masüger
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Sara Masüger—Gedächtnislandschaften
August 23–November 2, 2025
From August 23 to November 2, 2025, the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen will present a solo exhibition by the sculptor Sara Masüger, born in 1978 in Baar and currently based in Zurich. The artist’s expansive installation, featuring new sculptural works, has been specifically conceived for the unique setting of the Lokremise.
Sara Masüger’s work is characterized by an immersed engagement with the human body and its physical presence in space. Her sculptures and installations are materially rich, sensually perceptible explorations of the human body in relation to architectural space. By blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior, her works disrupt familiar visual habits. For the Lokremise, the artist is creating a large-scale installation—a surreal, illusionistic landscape that will deliberately unsettle and challenge visitors’ perception and sensory experience.
The choice of materials emphasizes contrasts: smooth and porous plaster, black polyester resin, and gleaming aluminium. Body-related, abstracted forms unfold in organically proliferating structures. Masüger interweaves memory with physical experience. Memories are not solely visual—they are stored in the body; they shift and overlap, creating blurs and contradictions.
The opening of Gedächtnislandschaften begins with the site-specific installation 37 Grad, a walkable plaster landscape reminiscent of a primeval mountain range. The sculptural installation explores bodily memory and invites visitors to navigate and engage with it in a physically and sensually immersive way.
The multi-part work Notation consists of glossy black drops made of polyester resin—frozen in the moment of falling. The piece reflects on the idea of recording sound and time. The drops can be set into subtle motion, a gentle vibration, by the movement of air.
The large-scale work Gestrandet consists of two aluminium sculptures reminiscent of wings. Despite towering several metres high, they appear light and floating. Their apparent instability disrupts perception—like fragments of memory that have accidentally found a place in space.
Biography
Sara Masüger studied Fine Arts at the School of Design in Bern from 1997 to 2000 and pursued postgraduate studies at the Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam from 2001 to 2003. She lives and works in Zurich. Her solo and group exhibitions have been presented at institutions including the Migros Museum, Zurich (2014); Kunsthaus Zug (2015, 2024); Kunstmuseum St.Gallen (2016, 2021, 2023); Bündner Kunstmuseum (Labor, 2018, 2025); FRAC Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand (2018); Swedish National Museum, Stockholm (2020); Ateneum Museum, Helsinki (2020); and Aargauer Kunsthaus (2021).
Masüger has received numerous awards, including the Zuger Werkjahr in 2014 and a Cahier d’Artistes from the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia in 2015.
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