Permanent installations at Schaulager
The lower level of the Schaulager exhibition area houses the monumental Rattenkönig [Rat-King] (1993), by the sculptor Katharina Fritsch (*1956), and the complex installation Untitled (1995—1997), by Robert Gober (*1954). Two large rooms for these works were included from the outset, in close cooperation with the artists, in the plans for the building. They are permanent installations in the collection of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, and therefore can also be seen by visitors to the public exhibitions at Schaulager. By deciding to accommodate the works in this way, Schaulager guaranteed the continuing accessibility of two complex installations whose dimensions normally make it almost impossible to include them in exhibitions.
Works in other locations
Katharina Fritsch, Rattenkönig, 1993, polyester, pigment, Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel (permanently installed at Schaulager, Basel), Zurich, © 2017, ProLitteris, Zurich, Katharina Fritsch
Robert Gober Untitled, 1995–1997, installation, various materials, Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel (permanently installed at Schaulager, Basel), © Robert Gober
Dieter Roth, Selbstturm, 1969–1998, wood, glass, chocolate casts, sugar casts; Löwenturm, 1970—1998, iron, glass, chocolate casts, sugar casts; studio consisting of various materials, objects and devices, Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel (location: St. Alban-Rheinweg, Basel), © Dieter Roth Estate.
Ilya Kabakov, Denkmal für einen verlorenen Handschuh, 1998 (Detail), Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation, on permanent loan to the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel (Location St. Alban-Rheinweg, Basel), Photo: Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Martin P. Bühler