in the blue began with an excursion of the artist with the architect Marco Serra to an observation tower on the Gempen, an elevated area on the outskirts of Basel. A place where the volcanic history preserved by the landscape continues to reveal a powerful perspective of time and change. A place where people gather, still today – to look out, reflect, wonder and also a place where people are known to commit suicide. “Standing on the ledge, nothing is obvious. The view stretches far towards the Jura, enveloping field, forest and stone. I imagine the landscape filling with water, slowly transforming onto a vast ocean. Miraculous. Resolute. The earth cleaning itself, washing away the unwanted, putting itself back in order. A large body of work emerged. I call it: in the blue.” – Angela Lyn

Without dogma or pathos, Angela Lyn, with her careful attention to detail, paints what she sees: cedar trees clinging to the rocks before a relentless drop off, the blue earth reminding us of our temporality, birds of prey looking on in silence, a child with closed eyes, full of trust. Gestures that tell us – one way or another – life goes on.

In an innovative approach to the function of a gallery exhibition, Angela Lyn and Fabian & Claude Walter Galerie go a step further in engaging with the audience. Within the evocative presence of her paintings, the artist transforms the gallery into a gathering place where participants are invited to host their own events – workshops, conversations, performances – in response to the shared uncertainty of our time.