Sabina Lang (*1972) and Daniel Baumann (*1967) live in Burgdorf (Switzerland) and have collaborated since 1990. Their body of work includes installations, sculptures, large-scale wall or floor paintings, and architectural interventions. The two artists work in a wide range of materials—wood, metal, paint, carpet and inflatable structures—but their true medium is space. Most of their works are site-specific, some are modular and can be adapted to different situations. Many of their pieces can not only be viewed but actually used as well while others merely feign usability or artfully subvert it.
Through careful prior analysis of the location and context of their interventions, Lang/Baumann initiate a dialogue with the existing situation, often playfully upending expectations and disrupting patterns of perception. With their opulent imagery they deliberately seek a delicate balance between clearly defined categories like public and private space, familiar and strange, art and functionality.
Beautiful Steps #2
Exhibition: 2009, « Utopics. 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition » Art in urban space, Biel-Bienne
Curator: Simon Lamunière Courtesy: Kunstsammlung der Stadt Biel-Bienne CH
Open
Solo show: 2012, « Open » Grand Palais, Bern CH
Curator: Chantal Meng, Juliane Wolski
Spiral #3
Group show: 2013, « Of Bridges & Borders » Monjas, Valparaiso CL
Curator: Sigismond de Vajay
Beautiful Tube #2
Solo show: 2014, Parc Jean-Jacques-Rousseau, Ermenonville F
Curator: Corinne Charpentier
Up #1
Solo show: 2014, « Up #1 » sic! Raum für Kunst / Elephanthouse, Luzern CH
Curator: Nadine Wietlisbach
Beautiful Bridge #2
Group show: 2016, « Tokyo Art Flow » Futakotamagawa Station area, Tokyo JP
Curator: Spiral/Wacoal Art Center
Comfort #14
Group show: 2016, Biela noc, Košice/Bratislava SK
Curator: Zuzana Pacáková
Beautiful Windows #3 (Daria’s Belt)
Group show: 2017, « Cosima von Bonin, Lang/Baumann, Hannah Weinberger » Zabriskie Point, Genève CH
Curator: Yoan Mudry, Laure Marville, Roxane Bovet
Up #3
Group show: 2017, « Un été au Havre » Plage / Porte Océane, Le Havre F
Curator: Jean Blaise
Street Painting #9
Solo show: 2017, « Theaterplatz » Luzerner Theater, Luzern CH
Curator : Benedikt von Peter
Beautiful House #2
Permanent work: 2017, Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers F
Curator: Yann Chevallier
Courtesy: Ville de Poitiers
Module #5 (Kunsthalle Bar)
2018, « 100-Jahr-Jubiläum » Kunsthalle, Bern CH
Comfort #17
Solo show: 2018, le 109, Pôle de cultures contemporaines, Nice F
Curator: Cédric Teisseire
Up #4
Solo show : 2020, Rolex Learning Center EPFL, Lausanne CH
Curator: Véronique Mauron Layaz
Beautiful Steps #17
Group show: 2020, « 7th Gherdëina Biennial » , Ortisei I
Curator: Adam Budak
DR / Lang Baumann