ARTISTS OF TOMORROW? FAUST 👊

On the occasion of today’s release of  the Kunstkompass 2017 ranking,  I present the  TOP 10 winning artists in the category “Artists of Tomorrow” as well as my favourite 2017 artworks of each one of them. In the same list, Switzerland is represented by Daniel Spoerri, Shahryar Nashat, Urs Fischer, Christine Streuli.

1. Anne Imhof, 1978 GER

Anne Imhof, Faust, 2017. Installation view at the Venice Biennale 2017
Anne Imhof, Faust, 2017. Installation view at the Venice Biennale 2017; Photo: SN/APA (AFP)/VINCENZO PINTO

2. Rosa Barba, 1972 ITA

Rosa Barba Hear, There, Where the Echoes Are, 2017
Rosa Barba Hear, There, Where the Echoes Are, 2017; Photo: Agostino Osio © Rosa Barba

3. Alicja Kwade, 1979 POL

Alicja Kwade, The Beat, 2017, Art Basel Hong Kong | Encounters. Alicja Kwade. The Beat, 2017. Stainless steel, brass. 41 x 236 1/4 inches (104 x 600 cm)
Alicja Kwade, The Beat, 2017, Art Basel Hong Kong | Encounters. Alicja Kwade. The Beat, 2017. Stainless steel, brass. 41 x 236 1/4 inches (104 x 600 cm); Photo: © 303 GALLERY

4. Franz Erhard Walther, 1939 GER

Franz-Erhard-Walther-Gesang-des-Lagers-1989-1990
Franz-Erhard-Walther- Gesang des Lagers-1989-1990; Photo: © Galerie Jocelyn Wolff – Paris

5.  Kader Attia, 1970 FRA

Kader Attia, “Narrative Vibrations”, 2017
Kader Attia, “Narrative Vibrations”, 2017; Photo Oak Taylor-Smith

6. Thomas Bayrle, 1937 GER

Thomas Bayrle “Christel von der Post”, 1970
Thomas Bayrle “Christel von der Post”, 1970

7. Kerry James Marshall, 1955 USA

Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (London Bridge) (2017)
Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (London Bridge) (2017); Photo: ARTnews

8. Camille Henrot, 1978 FRA

Camille Henrot. If Wishes Were Horses
Camille Henrot. If Wishes Were Horses; Foto: Jorit Aust: Camille Henrot, Wait What; I Say; Tuesday, 2017, Courtesy König Galerie, Berlin; kamel mennour, Paris/London; Metro Pictures, New York.

9. Anicka Yi, 1971 KOR

Anicka Yi Lifestyle Wars, 2017
Anicka Yi Lifestyle Wars, 2017; Photo: 47 CANAL

10. Daniel Spoerri, 1930 SUI

Daniel Spoerri, Spiegelobjekt (Aus: Édition MAT Collection 64)
Daniel Spoerri, Spiegelobjekt (Aus: Édition MAT Collection 64); Photo: Kunsthaus Lempertz

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