At the Kunsthaus Baselland Oliver Minder shows in the first room a specifically for the high wall at the entrance developed large-scale new work Untitled (Curtain), 2015. 13 liters sepia ink has been used and were painted on polyester in several layers by the artist. The leached salt crystals and the different density material accumulations become visible — one moves in front of the picture — depending on the lighting conditions and viewing angles. Even the smell of Sepia is present depending on the distance to the painting. Sepia ink and their different effects on various surfaces and substrates such as polyester, canvas or large wooden panels interest Minder since his student days. So it makes a difference for the drying process whether the ink is pure or diluted, mixed with binder or varnish. Also the light transmittance changes its surface structure, depending on the paint application, density and top. This is clearly shown in the two large, multi-part work Untitled (Sepia and paint, I) and Untitled (Sepia and paint, II), where large amounts of sepia ink were paint over the surface and were involved jnto the different drying process of the two materials.Minder admits the material to its peculiarities, to flow the paint to collect at one point, throwing in the drying wrinkles. On the timber carrier or even in the small format works he produced times opaque, sometimes translucent effects.

The exhibition and publication were generously supported by the partners of the Kunsthaus Baselland: kulturelles.ch, Gemeinde Muttenz, werner sutter AG sowie den Roldenfund, SOKultur, Kanton Basel-Stadt Abteilung Kultur und der Stiftung Edith Maryon.    

During Oliver Minder's exhibition the two solo exhibitions by Jan Hostettler and Katharina Anna Wieser were also on display.