BASEL.- The Museum für Gegenwartskunst presents Kilian Rüthemann (born 1979 in Bütschwil, St. Gallen, lives and works in Basel) as recipient of the Manor-Kunstpreis Basel 2010 with a solo exhibition “Attacca” in the museum’s top floor. Rüthemann’s exhibition represents an investigation of the notion of sculpture with an array of architectural interventions. Initially trained as a classical sculptor, Kilian Rüthemann’s practice is grounded in his interest in materials. Employing a palette exclusively of concrete, plaster, steel and polyurethane foam, Rüthemann’s site specific works not only aptly demonstrate his fascination with the potential of these usually functional materials, but also call attention to the dramatization of their own conception. By enlisting the consultation of a local expert stuccoworker for the complicated installation, for example, the exhibition manifests as a collect