Pavel Büchler

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BODY
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg

15 October 2026 – 11 April 2027

Force of the Past
CaixaForum, Barcelona

22 September 2026 – 10 January 2027

Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich

16 May – 4 October 2026

Biography

Born 1952, Prague. Lives and works in Manchester, United Kingdom.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025

Experience, Tommy Simoens, Antwerp
A quiet place out in the city, annex14 bis, Bern

2024

Signs of Life, Gallery of Fine Arts, Cheb

2023

Signs of Life, Moravian Gallery, Brno

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026

BODY, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg
Force of the Past, CaixaForum, Barcelona
Living by the Rule: Contemporary meets Medieval, curated by Jessica Barker and Ed Krčma, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich

2025

I Wish This Was A Song, curated by Chris Bestebreurtje and Petra Kuipers, Tlön Projects at Luther Museum, Amsterdam

2024

L’image revenante, curated by Nimfa Bisbe and Carlos Martin, Musée Rath, Geneva
gimme, gimme more: Collecting Courage from 1912 until Tomorrow, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven
7th Lyon Biennale: Crossing the Water, curated by Alexia Fabre, Grandes Locos, Lyon
KAFKAesque, curated by Otto Urban, Leoš Válka, Michaela Šilpochová, DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague

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Pavel Büchler, Bloom Stool, 1973, 2009

Reflex horn loudspeaker, wooden stool, tape recorder, Dimensions variable, Unique

Installation view

A large, battered, ‘reflex horn’ loudspeaker mounted on an old painting studio stool, brings allusions to Duchamp together with James Joyce. The work’s title ‘Bloom Stool’ is a reference to the infamous opening passage of “Ulysses.” The sound, a recording of a ‘waterfall’ (flushing toilet), slowed down beyond recognition, is played from a journalist’s portable tape recorder. The tape is looped around one of the stool’s legs, mirroring the newspaper featured in Joyce’s account.

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