Roman Signer
(December 6 - 7)

Born in 1938 in Appenzell, Switzerland. Lives and works in St. Gallen, Switzerland

Roman Signer’s artworks are often only appreciated or experienced after-the-fact. His documentation of countless staged explosions and small acts of destruction reveal his so-called “action sculptures,” performed by the artist himself in the remote Swiss countryside near his home.  The Front Room presents a compilation of these short videos over the course of a weekend.

General support for the Contemporary’s exhibitions program is generously provided by the Whitaker Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; William E. Weiss Foundation; Regional Arts Commission; Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; Arts and Education Council; Nancy Reynolds and Dwyer Brown; and members of the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis.