Evi Kliemand (b. 1946 in Grabs, Switzerland, citizen of Vaduz) is a painter, writer, poet, editor and cultural mediator.

The sites of her artistic production find an echo in her work – Lavadina in Triesenberg, Liechtenstein, with a view of the Rhine Valley; Intragna in Ticino, Switzerland, at the confluence of the Melezza and Isorno mountain streams; and Vaduz, Liechtenstein, where she lives. The meeting place of water and land is also a site of painting and spatial transparency. Shore worlds and transitional zones are not only central themes but are equally manifested in Kliemand’s cyclical and processual modes of working.

You won’t get any closer to a painting if you don’t treat it a little like a living being – and look at it in that way.

(Evi Kliemand, Bl-VII / 12.11.1995)

The great connection to the landscape is simultaneously a point of reference, motivation and concern. By keenly observing and listening the artist reveals hidden or forgotten aspects, thus visualising disappearance. The core concern of her artistic and poetic oeuvre is to prevent loss, to give something back and to preserve memories of perception for future generations.

The exhibition takes works from the Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein collection, mostly from the donation by cultural scientist Ralph Kellenberger, as the starting point, allowing visitors to experience selected phases of the artist’s creative development as well as her literary work through audio stations.

(A production of Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, curated by Annett Höland in collaboration with the artist)

(A collection booklet accompanying the exhibition features contributions by Claudio Guarda, Annett Höland, Evi Kliemand, Christiane Meyer-Stoll, and Jürgen Thaler. With generous support from the Stiftung Fürstlicher Kommerzienrat Guido Feger)