Silk Cut, one half of double survey exhibition Heavy Metals / Silk Cut, (Solo), curated by Stefanie Gschwend, Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle Appenzell, CH, 1st July - 8th October 2023

Artforum.com, Critics Pick: Alice Channer at Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Phoebe Cripps, 19th September 2023
Contemporary Art Daily, 8th October 2023
Kunst Bulletin, Diving into Deep Surfaces, Julia Schmidt, Issue 9, August 2023, page 32-41
St Gallen Tagblatt, Diving in a plastic pond: in Appenzell, artist Alice Channer creates an exhibition as beguiling as it is disturbing, Christina Genova, 8th July 2023
Saiten Magazine, "The world looks perfect - it is not", Larisa Baumann, 10th July 2023
Appenzeller Volksfreund, "Art cannot compete with Nature", Mirjam Bächtold, 1st July 2023
Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle Appenzell, Heavy Metals / Silk Cut (Solo), exhibition information

Alice Channer, a comprehensive monographic catalogue (English/German) to accompany Heavy Metals / Silk Cut (solo) at Kunstmuseum and Kunsthalle Appenzell, with essays by Rosanna McLaughlin and Zoë Gray, an experimental text by Daisy Hildyard and a conversation between Stefanie Gschwend and Alice Channer, Designed by Mathias Clottu, Published by DISTANZ, Release: September 2023


Ammonite and Ammonite, both 2019, Echioceras Ammonite Fossil; Polypipe 160MMX25M Black Ridgicoil Electric INC RC160X25BE; Stainless Steel Cable Ties; Sand Cast Aluminium, 437 x 45 x 180 cm and 376 x 45 x 180 cm


The Colonization of Mars, 2023, Mirror-polished, welded and lazer-cut stainless steel; Accordion pleated hi-tech lamé; Polished Hematite, H 51.5 x W 101 x D 21.5 cm


Soft Sediment Deformation (Iron Bodies), 2023, Opal Pleated Ink Jet Prints on and in Heavy Crepe De Chine, 533 H x 410 L x 290 W x 7 D cm


Fossil (Tonna Galea) (detail), 2018, Vacuum Metallised Giant Tun (Tonna Galea) shells; Pelletized and Recycled HDPE; Steel bolts, nuts and washers, 20 D x 136 W x 247 H cm


Mechanoreceptor, Icicles (red, red) (triple spring, triple strip) (detail), 2018, Lost Wax Cast and PVC-Dipped Aluminium; Titanium; Electropolished Stainless Steel; Stainless Steel Wire; Sheet Stainless Steel; PVC Coated Stainless Steel Cables; Fixings, Dimensions slightly variable


Life Without Air (Chloroplast), 2022, Silk Cut Cigarette Ash; Polyethylene Microspheres 500 - 850 μm; Pencil and Water on and in Paper, 29.7 X 42 cm (unframed dimensions)


Life Without Air (Mesophyll), 2022, Silk Cut Cigarette Ash; Polyethylene Microspheres 500 - 850 μm; Pencil and Water on and in Paper, 29.7 X 42 cm (unframed dimensions)


NOx, 2016, Silk Cut Cigarette Ash; Polyethylene Microspheres and Gouache in and on Paper, each H94cm x W65 cm (diptych)


Dry Cask (Silk Cut), 2023, Mirror-Polished, Lazer-Cut, Rolled and Welded Sheet Stainless Steel; Accordion-Pleated Crepe Satin Silk; Sand-Cast, Machined, Vapor-Blasted and Chromed Aluminium; Sand-Cast, Machined and Vapor-Blasted Aluminium, H 28.5 x W 133.2 x D 137.4 cm


Asthmatic, 2016, Silk Cut Cigarette Ash; Polyethylene Microspheres and Gouache in and on Paper, each H94cm x W65 cm (diptych)


Planetary System (Kolzer DGK63"), 2019, Kolzer DGK63" Horizontal System Vacuum Metallizing Carousel; Vacuum Metallized Spider Crab (Maja Brachydactyla) and Brown Crab (Cancer Pagurus) Shells on Stainless Steel Jigs, 172 D x 150 W x 210 H cm


//Every///Separation///Is///A///Link// (detail), 2017, Lost-wax Cast and Mirror Polished Silicone Bronze; Lost-wax Cast and Mirror-Polished Aluminium, Dimensions slightly variable (17 parts)

© Alice Channer