Andrea Büttner's exhibition Gesamtzusammenhang at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen integrates activism and art

Andrea Büttner's exhibition Gesamtzusammenhang at Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen from 4 March to 7 May 2017 explores how convictions translate into action, featuring her own woodcut prints alongside contributions from the Friedensbibliothek/Antikriegsmuseum Berlin and British artist David Raymond Conroy. Büttner's prints, created between 2005 and 2017, depict themes like architecture and religious orders with minimal detail in large-scale woodcuts. The Friedensbibliothek/Antikriegsmuseum Berlin, an institution of the Protestant Church, presents a traveling display focused on Simone Weil's writings from the 1930s and 1940s, interspersed with historical photographs. David Raymond Conroy's 40-minute film (You (People) Are All The Same) (2016) documents his failed attempt to involve a homeless person in an artwork during a Las Vegas residency. The exhibition raises questions about the role of didactic tools in art spaces and the ethics of documentary photography appropriation. Büttner's curation emphasizes a DIY aesthetic, linking human nature concerns with moral and aesthetic forums.