Swiss Sculpture since 1945
Bronze figures by Alberto Giacometti, kinetic constructions by Jean Tinguely, video objects by Pipilotti Rist – the sculptural work of the past 76 years in Switzerland has been incredibly diverse. The themes, materials and techniques change over the decades, even redefining what sculpture means.
This comprehensive exhibition inside and outside the Kunsthaus offers the public their first overview of an exciting chapter in Swiss art history. It shows 230 works by 150 artists from all linguistic regions of the country, including famous names such as Hans Arp, Germaine Richier, Max Bill and Meret Oppenheim, through to Fischli/Weiss, Roman Signer, Sylvie Fleury and Ugo Rondinone. The younger generations are represented as well, by artists such as Mai-Thu Perret, Claudia Comte and Latifa Echakhch, who was selected for the Swiss Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale. The exhibition contains much that is familiar, but also creates the possibility of new discoveries and re-discoveries.
Artists in the Exhibition
Selim Abdullah (*1950); Eva Aeppli (1925-2015); Maia Aeschbach (1928-2015); Hans Aeschbacher (1906-1980); Jürg Altherr (1944-2018); John M. Armleder (*1948); Jean Arp (1886-1966); Theodor Bally (1896-1975); Otto Charles Bänninger (1897-1973); Vincenzo Baviera (*1945); Paolo Bellini (*1941); Raffael Benazzi (*1933); Ueli Berger (1937-2008); Daniel Berset (*1953); Max Bill (1908-1994); Vanessa Billy (*1978); Rudolf Blättler (*1941); Walter Bodmer (1903–1973); Rolf Brem (1926-2014); Serge Brignoni (1903-2002); Carl Bucher (1935-2015); Heidi Bucher (1926-1993); Gianfredo Camesi (*1940); Valentin Carron (*1977); Davide Cascio (*1976); Julian Charrière (*1987); Claudia Comte (*1983); Louis Conne (1905-2004); Carlo Cotti (1903-1980); Liliane Csuka (*1935); Arnold D’Altri (1904-1980); Trudi Demut (1927-2000); Martin Disler (1949-1996); Herbert Distel (*1942); Angel Duarte (1930-2007); Marcel Dupertuis (*1941); Latifa Echakhch (*1974); Franz Eggenschwiler (1930-2000); Anton Egloff (*1933); Olivier Estoppey (*1951); Urs Fischer (*1973); Peter Fischli & David Weiss (*1952/1946-2012); Sylvie Fleury (*1961); Annemie Fontana (1925-2002); Corsin Fontana (*1944); Urs Frei (*1958); Gunter Frentzel (1935-2017); Karl Geiser (1898-1957); Giovanni Genucchi (1904-1979); Charlotte Germann-Jahn (1921-1988); Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966); H.R. Giger (1940-2014); Christian Gonzenbach (*1975); Stefan Gritsch (*1951); Michael Grossert (1927-2014); Mariann Grunder (1926-2016); Fabrice Gygi (*1965); Peter Hächler (1922-1999); Eric Hattan (*1955); Barbara Heé (*1957); Christian Herdeg (*1942); Thomas Hirschhorn (*1957); Gottfried Honegger (1917-2016); Daniel Robert Hunziker (*1965); Schang Hutter (*1934); Leiko Ikemura (*1951); Hans Josephsohn (1920-2012); Zoltán Kemény (1907-1965); Frantiček Klossner (*1960); Isabelle Krieg (*1971); Friedrich Kuhn (1926-1972); James Licini (*1937); Walter Linck (1903-1975); Bernhard Luginbühl (1929-2011); Ingeborg Lüscher (*1936); Urs Lüthi (*1947); Andres Lutz & Anders Guggisberg (*1968/*1966); Christian Marclay (*1955); Rémy Markowitsch (*1957); Nicole Martin-Lachat (1919-2010); Sara Masüger (*1978); Silvio Mattioli (1929-2011); Jean Mauboulès (*1943); Christian Megert (*1936); Charles de Montaigu (*1946); Wilfrid Moser (1914-1997); Josef Felix Müller (*1955); Otto Müller (1905-1993); Robert Müller (1920-2003); Shahryar Nashat (*1975); Yves Netzhammer (*1970); Edit Oderbolz (*1966); Josef Maria Odermatt (1934-2011); Marianne Olsen (1924-2011); Meret Oppenheim (1913-1985); Flavio Paolucci (*1934); Erica Pedretti (*1930); Mai-Thu Perret (*1976); Carmen Perrin (*1953); Fred Perrin (*1932); Guillaume Pilet (*1984); Antoine Poncet (*1928); Gilles Porret (*1962); Václav Pozárek (*1940); Henri Presset (1928-2013); Jakob Johann Probst (1880-1966); Markus Raetz (1941–2020); Augustin Rebetez (*1986); Peter Regli (*1959); Erwin Rehmann (1921-2020); Delphine Reist (*1970); Germaine Richier (1902-1959); Heiner Richner (*1944); Pipilotti Rist (*1962); Ugo Rondinone (*1964); Remo Rossi (1909–1982); Dieter Roth (1930-1998); Christian Rothacher (1944-2007); Nelly Rudin (1928-2013); Christoph Rütimann (*1955); Marguerite Saegesser (1922-2011); Niki de Saint Phalle (1930-2002); Katharina Sallenbach (1920-2013); Lucie Schenker (*1943); Klaudia Schifferle (*1955); Georges Schneider (1919–2010); Pierino Selmoni (1927-2017); Albert Siegenthaler (1938-1984); Roman Signer (*1938); Kurt Sigrist (*1943); Matias Spescha (1925-2008); Daniel Spoerri (*1930); Anselm Stalder (*1956); Emilio Stanzani (1906-1977); Jürg Stäuble (*1948); Doris Stauffer (1934-2017); Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger (*1967/*1964); Rosa Studer-Koch (1907-1991); Hugo Suter (1943-2013); André Thomkins (1930-1985); Jean Tinguely (1925-1991); Ben Vautier (*1935); Not Vital (*1948); Isabelle Waldberg (1911-1990); Aldo Walker (1938-2000); Hugo Weber (1918-1971); Thea Weltner (1917-2001); Gillian White (*1939); Oscar Wiggli (1927-2016); Eva Wipf (1929-1978); Andrea Wolfensberger (*1961); René Zäch (*1946); Rémy Zaugg (1943-2005); Beat Zoderer (*1955); Pierre-Alain Zuber (*1950)
