Sara Masüger

Gedächtnislandschaften

August 23–November 2, 2025, LOK by Kunstmuseum St.Gallen

The Kunstmuseum St.Gallen will present a solo exhibition by the sculptor Sara Masüger, born in 1978 in Baar and currently based in Zurich. The artist’s expansive installation, featuring new sculptural works, has been specifically conceived for the unique setting of the Lokremise.

Sara Masüger’s work is characterized by an immersed engagement with the human body and its physical presence in space. Her sculptures and installations are materially rich, sensually perceptible explorations of the human body in relation to architectural space. By blurring the boundaries between interior and exterior, her works disrupt familiar visual habits. For the Lokremise, the artist is creating a large-scale installation—a surreal, illusionistic landscape that will deliberately unsettle and challenge visitors’ perception and sensory experience.

The choice of materials emphasizes contrasts: smooth and porous plaster, black polyester resin, and gleaming aluminium. Body-related, abstracted forms unfold in organically proliferating structures. Masüger interweaves memory with physical experience. Memories are not solely visual—they are stored in the body; they shift and overlap, creating blurs and contradictions.