With the exhibition In den Sternen … Imi Knoebel forces us to turn our gaze upwards, literally, by hanging his works high up under the gallery roof and, symbolically, by letting us stare into a firmament. Spread across the outer walls of the entire exhibition space, dozens of star-shaped works from the Kinderstern series (1988–2024) are centered around works from other series. Although the aluminum stars are all the same in shape, each of these 122 artworks has its nuanced character. Some are radiant, shimmering, even garish, while others are soft, somber, and rather cool. The hand-applied color is never the same for any two stars from the entire group of works.

Header image: Imi Knoebel, In den Sternen …, Exhibition view, von Bartha, Basel, 2024. Photo: Philipp Hänger