Jason Rhoades’s installation My Madinah. In pursuit of my ermitage . . . , 2004, was the final exhibition to take place in the spaces of the Hauser & Wirth Collection at the Roundhouse. Specially conceived by Rhoades for the idiosyncratic architecture and vast dimensions of the former locomotive shed, the installation is also one element in an evolving project by the artist that will culminate in a center for his work in Mecca, California. Put simply, the Roundhouse has been incorporated into the plan as a model of the structure to be built in the desert landscape.

Here in St. Gallen, My Madinah