The Aargauer Kunsthaus presents the most comprehensive one-man exhibition to date of Belgian artist Kris Martin (b. 1972) in Europe. Titled Every Day of the Weak, the show assembles Kris Martin’s pivotal works of recent years, thus covering for the first time the entire range and diversity of his oeuvre. The exhibition was organized in cooperation with the Kunstmuseum Bonn and the kestnergesellschaft in Hannover.

The exhibition Light Sensitive presents works from the rich photography holdings of the Aargauer Kunsthaus. In addition, it shows photographs of urban spaces by Andreas Tschersich and works by Bianca Dugaro.

The Aargauer Kunsthaus continues its exhibition series of young art with a presentation of the Bern- and Burgdorf-based artist Niklaus Wenger (b. 1978). In his artistic work Wenger shows a preference for construction materials, composing concrete casts of wooden structures into sculptural shapes that exude a both plain and painterly presence. As part of the CARAVAN series, Niklaus Wenger presents a group of concrete and plaster objects created specially for the exhibition, contrasting them with works of Zurich Concrete Art in a gallery reserved for the permanent display of the collection.

The exhibition Young Swiss Art is an extensive survey of current art practices pursued by young artists in Switzerland. It marks the 30th anniversary of the Manor Art Award.

The Aargauer Kunsthaus kicks off the new year with a large one-man exhibition of internationally renowned Swiss artist Roman Signer. The idea for this monographic exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus arose from a desire to introduce a wider public to the artist’s photo series Street Views, which was acquired in 2011. The photographs of this series are juxtaposed with thirty-six projections of super 8 films that Roman Signer made between 1975 and 1989 to document actions, in most cases quite spectacular ones.

In 2009, the Swiss Media Company Ringier committed its archive of roughly seven million images to the Canton of Aargau. For the exhibition Blick, the Aargauer Kunsthaus invited artists to sound out the depths of this image reservoir and, each in their own way, use it to develop works.

In 2012, the Aargauer Kunsthaus continues its series of exhibitions of young art by presenting the work of Basel-based artist Daniel Karrer (b. 1983). Karrer creates surprising small- and large-scale paintings whose image fragments are culled from the internet and the virtual world of computer games. In a gallery devoted to the permanent display of works from the museum’s collection, Karrer contrasts his contemporary collage paintings with 19th century paintings. 

The rich holdings of the Aargauer Kunsthaus allow for the presentation of regular special exhibitions with a particular thematic focus that establish surprising links between different works and artists. At the start of the cold season, the Aargauer Kunsthaus appositely shows works from its unique collection that seize on various aspects of winter or conjure up familiar winter atmospheres.