Moshekwa Langa: In An Other Time at Kunsthalle Bern
| For his solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern, South African artist Moshekwa Langa created a body of work specifically for the Kunsthalle. The project Moshekwa Langa developed for Kunsthalle Bern deals with loss. It features reworked drawings, gouaches and collages originally created in South Africa, as well as the installation Pac Man's Homes, photography, and several videos.
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The works on exhibition are suffused with memories of Langa's loved ones and they index the experience and subsequent coming to terms with an accident -- they are manifestations of 'Trauerarbeit', to use Freud's term. They can be described as poetic and sentimental, but above all vulnerable, because they suggest a deep engagement of the artist with his personal life, and, at the same time, serve as a reminder that meaning is slippery. (Excerpt from the press release).
Moshekwa Langa was born in 1975 in Bakenberg, South Africa. He participated in the latest Sao Paulo Biennial and the 2009 and 2003 Venice Biennials. Moshekwa Langa held solo-exhibitions at the Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, the Centre d'Art Contemporain in Geneva, the South African National Gallery in Cape Town, the Kunstverein Düsseldorf, Modern Art Oxford, and many others. Recently his work was included in exhibitions at the Museum Of Modern Art Oslo, The Studio Museum Harlem New York, Wiels Contemporary Art Centre Brussels, Mori Art Museum Tokyo, and the International Centre for Photography New York.
Moshekwa Langa: Marhumbini -- In An Other Time. Solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland. Vernissage, February 4, 2011. The exhibition runs until March 27, 2011.
Jens Hoffmann Interview: When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes is a sequel to, and a reevaluation of, the legendary 1969 exhibition Live In Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form (Works -- Concepts -- Processes -- Situations -- Information), which was curated by Harald Szeemann at Kunsthalle Bern in Switzerland. It showcases over 80 international contemporary artists who follow, in various ways, the legacy of Szeemann's iconic exhibition.
The 1969 show brought together new tendencies in the art known today as Postminimalism, Arte Povera, Land art and Conceptual art, from Western Europe and the United States. It contributed a great deal to our historical understanding of the art of that time, how exhibitions themselves can influence artists and their works, and also how exhibitions can define art history. It was influential in promoting a wider understanding and acceptance of Conceptual art, as it included many non-material and process-based works.
Mostly known by its short title, When Attitudes Become Form has been discussed, researched and examined in a wide range of essays, books and conferences; When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes is the first major exhibition it has inspired. Curated by Jens Hoffmann and organized by the CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, the new show presents existing pieces by artists working in relation to the history of Conceptual art as well as newly commissioned works by artists such as Zarouhie Abdalian, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Annika Eriksson, Simon Fujiwara, Jeppe Hein, Jonathan Monk, Nicolás Paris and Hank Willis Thomas, who respond directly to the history of the 1969 show. With the contemporary artworks installed alongside archival materials, floor plans and installation images from the 1969 show, this new exhibition does not make a distinction between what is past and what is present, but rather considers When Attitudes Become Form as a living past.
The Grandfather of Contemporary Curating: Harald Szeemann Returns to Kunsthalle Bern
The Grandfather of Contemporary Curating: Harald Szeemann Returns to Kunsthalle Bern
‘Can life be (artificially) reconstructed from objects?’ Harald Szeemann asked this in a typewritten leaflet accompanying ‘Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us’ (1974), perhaps his smallest, strangest and most personal exhibition. Exhausted by the controversies of overseeing documenta 5 (1972), the Swiss curator set about organizing an exhibition-portrait of his paternal grandfather, a noted Hungarian hairdresser. Comprising some 1,200 things, it was presented in Szeemann’s own apartment in Bern, the ...
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Swantje Hielscher at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
The current exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel, “Rooms Look Back”, (until November 16, 2008) brings together three international artists (Rosa Barba, Ursula Mayer, Margaret Salmon) who are concerned with the presentation of different concepts of space in the medium of film. Under the title “Insert”, three other artists (Manuela Leinhoss, Swantje Hielscher, and Davide Cascio) take positions on the exhibition using other media.
This video documents the opening reception of Insert II: Swantje Hielscher. German artist Swantje Hielscher was born in 1980, she lives and works in Berlin. For Insert II she shows works on paper and objects. On display are the works Window I, Window IV, Quest/Alphabet, and Still. For hall 3 of Kunsthalle Basel she created a site-specific work. She measured the room with the aid of a paper in format DIN A 4, starting at the left hand corner moving her way across the walls vertically. The number of A 4 papers she used are turned into an object: a display case in the form of the floor plan of the space.
Rooms Look Back is curated by Simone Neuenschwander, the Inserts are co-curated by Annette Amberg.
Kunsthalle Basel, Insert II: Swantje Hielscher. Impressions from the opening reception, October 7, 2008.
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Yves Netzhammer at Kunstmuseum Bern
| The exhibition The Refuge for Drawbacks at the Kunstmuseum Bern is Swiss artist Yves Netzhammer's first large-scale solo show in a Swiss fine art museum.
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After several solo exhibitions in the Helmhaus Zürich (2003) and the Kunsthalle Winterthur (2009), Yves Netzhammer presents two spectacular installations filling entire rooms with videos and objects conceived by the artist especially for the exhibition. In the above video, the curator of the exhibition, Kathleen Bühler, talks about the Yves Netzhammers work, the concept of the exhibition, and upcoming shows at the Kunstmuseum Bern.
On display is Yves Netzhammer's installation Subjectivization of Repetition: Project B / Subjektivierung der Wiederholung. Projekt B (2007). This artwork can be viewed since May 2010 and for the next five years to come. It laid the foundations for a closer investigation and interpretation of Yves Netzhammer's exceptional artwork.
In addition to this installation, Yves Netzhammer has created another installation specifically for his show at the Kunstmuseum Bern. The work The Refuge for Drawbacks transforms the space of the 19th-century Kunstmuseum Bern building into a immersive environment with moving curtains, sound (by Bernd Schurer), computer animated video, wall-painting, objects and architectural elements. Thus, Yves Netzhammer's work unfolds as a Walk-in Gesamtkunstwerk. In the center of the hall, Yves Netzhammer presents his video Dialogischer Antrieb (2010), in the cabinets on both sides of the main room, Netzhammer presents the videos Adressen unmöglicher Orte (2009) and Die Möbel der Proportionen (2008).
Yves Netzhammer was born in 1970 in Schaffhausen / Switzerland. He lives and works in Zürich. Netzhammer has won all major Swiss art awards and participated in the Venice Biennale 2007 (Swiss Pavilion) and the documenta 12 in Kassel.
Yves Netzhammer. The Refuge for Drawbacks / Kunstmuseum Bern. Press preview and interview with curator Kathleen Bühler. Bern / Switzerland, November 3, 2010. The exhibition runs through February 27, 2010.
Artgenève Salon d'Art 2019
This video provides you with a short walk-through of the art fair Artgenève Salon d'Art in Geneva, Switzerland. Participants of the 8th edition of the fair are galleries and institutions based in Switzerland as well as international galleries such as Gagosian, Pace, Perrotin and Hauser & Wirth. A total of 90 galleries from 18 countries exhibit works by around 800 artists. The fair runs until February 2, 2019.
Artgenève Salon d'Art, Palexpo Genève (Switzerland). Private View, January 30, 2019.
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James Lee Byars: Im full of Byars / Homage / Kunstmuseum Bern
The exhibition “Im full of Byars. James lee Byars – A Homage” is a large survey exhibition the Kunstmuseum Bern is devoting to one of the 20th century’s most unusual artist figures.
James Lee Byars (born 1932 in Detroit, died 1997 in Kairo) has a particular affinity with Bern. Repeatedly, over many years, people like Johannes Gachnang, Toni Gerber, J.G. Lischka, Harald Szeemann and many others did much to ensure that James Lee Byars was able to stay in Bern for several weeks at a time. The first performances took place in the 1970s. In 1972 Harald Szeemann invited Byars to documenta 5 in Kassel. As of 1975 he was a regular guest at the Galerie Toni Gerber in Bern. In 1978, the Kunsthalle Bern mounted a large solo exhibition of his works.
The retrospective provides insight into the largest collection of letters and documents from the Toni Gerber collection (which was donated to the Kunstmuseum Bern in 1986 and 1996), and a precise selection of sculptures and installations from all periods in Byars’ creative life (from the collection of the Kunstmuseum and on loan from private and public collections). The show runs until February 1, 2009. A catalog with texts by Thomas McEvilley, Viola M. Michely, Peter J. Schneemann / Nicola Müllerschön, and Susanne Friedli is available.
This video contains atmospherical shots from the opening and an introduction by curator Susanne Friedli. Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland, September 11, 2008.
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Valentin Carron. Swiss Pavilion at Venice Art Biennale 2013
The artist Valentin Carron is representing Switzerland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia in the Swiss Pavilion in the Giardini. Carron conceived an exhibition that consists of wall and floor-based sculptural pieces, installation and readymade artwork. An over 80 meters long iron snake greets the visitor at the entrance and accompanies him through the whole exhibition. The main room of the pavilion features Windows, wall-based artworks inspired by the public and religious architecture of the 1950s which recall modernist abstract paintings - but are in fact made out of fibre-glass. The show is complemented by a collection of flattened musical instruments cast in bronze, and a Piaggio Ciao scooter. The exhibition is curated by Giovanni Carmine, director of Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen.
Valentin Carron was born in 1977 in Martigny, Switzerland). Recent solo exhibitions include Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2010; La Conservera, Murcia, Spain, 2009; Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007 and at the Swiss Institute, New York, USA, 2006. A solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, is planned for 2014.
Valentin Carron. Pavilion of Switzerland at the 55th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia. Professional Preview, May 30, 2013.
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Rob Pruitt: The Church / Kunsthalle Zürich
Rob Pruitt's exhibition “The Church” at Kunsthalle Zürich presents works by the American artist that span from 1999 to 2017. The solo show introduces Pruitt's multifaceted practice including painting, sculpture, drawing, furniture, performative events, zines, everyday objects, political statements, and souvenirs. It includes The Congregation (2010), a group of found chairs unified with silver tape; People Feeders (2010), sculptures and vessels for exchange; a 35 meter long, digitally printed, gossamer curtain displays hundreds of images of religion, faith, and spiritual gatherings as distributed in the World Wide Web. Also on display are Rob Pruitt’s Studio Calendars (2017) and Studio Lunch Tables (2014-16). Rob Pruitt was born 1964, the artist lives and works in New York City. In this video we attend the opening reception on December 15, 2017.
Rob Pruitt: The Church / Kunsthalle Zürich. Opening, December 15, 2017.
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Olivier Mosset exhibits a tram in front of the Kunsthalle in Bern
Installation of a one hundred years old tram in front of the Kunsthalle in Bern, Switzerland. This event took place within the exhibition of the artist Olivier Mosset Born in Bern in the Kunsthalle, from 9 April until 19 June 2011.
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theartVIEw – Ferdinand Hodler at LEOPOLD MUSEUM
This exhibition 'Ferdinand Hodler – Elective Affinities from Klimt to Schiele' at the Leopold Museum is the most comprehensive retrospective of works by Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) in Austria since the 1904 Secession exhibition. An exponent of Symbolism and Jugendstil, a pioneer of Expressionism, and not least an innovator of monumental painting, Hodler was an important inspiration to numerous artists of Viennese Modernism, such as Gustav Klimt and Koloman Moser, as well as Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele. The presentation focuses on the three main themes of Hodler’s art: landscapes from plein air painting to abstraction, portraits with an emphasis on female depictions, self-portraits, the haunting series of works accompanying the death of his lover Valentine Godé-Darel, as well as his eminent Symbolist figural compositions. Oct 13th, 2017 to Jan 22nd, 2018.
Das Leopold Museum präsentiert mit Ferdinand – Hodler Wahlverwandtschaften von Klimt bis Schiele die umfangreichste Retrospektive zu Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) in Österreich seit der Secessionsausstellung 1904. Als Exponent von Symbolismus und Jugendstil, als Wegbereiter des Expressionismus und nicht zuletzt als Erneuerer der Monumentalmalerei, war Hodler wichtiger Impulsgeber für zahlreiche Künstler der Wiener Moderne wie Gustav Klimt und Koloman Moser, aber auch Oskar Kokoschka und Egon Schiele. Die Schau präsentiert die drei großen Themen Hodlers: Landschaften von Pleinairmalerei bis zur Abstraktion, Porträts mit Fokus auf Frauendarstellungen, Selbstbildnisse und die eindringliche Werkgruppe, welche das Sterben von Hodlers Geliebten Valentine Godé-Darel begleitet, sowie seine bedeutenden symbolistischen Figurenkompositionen. 13.10.2017–22.01.2018.
Spiegelbild des modernen Chinas: Uli Sigg Sammlung in Bern - Chinese Whispers - Ausstellung
Bern - 17.12.16 - Der Schweizer Uli Sigg gilt weltweit als bedeutenster Sammler chinesischer Gegenwartskunst. 150 Werke dieser Sammlung sind jetzt in Bern in gleich zwei Museen zu sehen, im Kunstmuseum und im Paul Klee Zentrum. (Video: Detlev Munz, Keystone)
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Zimoun [KE]³ Site Specific Installation at Knockdown Center, New York
The Swiss artist Zimoun is known for his kinetic sound installations that use simple and functional materials. For the 10,000 square foot atrium of the Knockdown Center in New York, Zimoun created an immersive site specific installation made of 250 motorized wood beams and ropes – Zimoun’s largest site-specific project in the US to date. Each wood beam cyclically strikes the floor, producing a sonic experience reverberating within the huge space.
The exhibition is titled Zimoun [KE]³. In conjunction with this monumental work Zimoun presented new projects at Bitforms Gallery in New York and Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University.
Zimoun was born in Switzerland in 1977. The artist lives and works in Bern. His work has been presented in solo and group shows as well as performances internationally. Zimoun has been awarded different art prizes and residencies and has served as a guest lecturer. In 2003 Zimoun co-founded Leerraum.ch – a platform publishing works which explore forms and structures based on reductive principles and systems.
Recent displays of his work include exhibitions at the Nam June Paik Art Museum in Korea; Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei; Ringling Museum of Art, Florida; Harnett Museum of Art, Richmond; bitforms gallery New York; Kunsthalle Bern; Seoul Museum of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Liechtenstein; Fine Arts Museum Rennes; Art Basel; Galerie Denise René Paris; Museum Les Champs Libres, Rennes; Contemporary Art Museum MNAC Bucharest; Beall Art Center, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts Bern; Museum of Contemporary Art MSUM, Ljubljana; National Art Museum, Beijing; Museum of Fine Arts Lugano; among others.
Zimoun [KE]³. Site Specific Kinetic Sound Installation at Knockdown Center, New York. March 8, 2015.
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John Russell: DOGGO / Kunsthalle Zürich
DOGGO is the title of artist John Russell's first institutional exhibition outside of Great Britain. The solo show at Kunsthalle Zürich features six newly rendered large-scale paintings, nine new sculptures, a series of drawings and a newly produced full-length feature film. The exhibition is accompanied by John Russell's new book. John Russell was born in 1963, the artist lives and works in London.
John Russell: DOGGO at Kunsthalle Zürich. Opening, Zürich (Switzerland), August 25, 2017.
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#SEAspotlight Talk: Artistic Discourse Beyond the Market
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// A specially curated programme of talks, performances and installations featuring the most passionate art personalities, gallerists, curators and artists from Southeast Asia and beyond.
#SEAspotlight Talk: Artistic Discourse Beyond the Market
// With Stephanie Burt, Ho Tzu Nyen and Philippe Pirotte
Date: 27 January 2019
Time: 3.00 pm – 4.00 pm
Venue: The Village at S.E.A. Focus, Gillman Barracks, Block 7, Lock Road S108935
This conversation brings together individuals who juggle multiple roles while navigating their ways through the art world, education systems and the ever-present art market. While S.E.A. Focus strives to be a facilitator of both the educational and market economy by fostering appreciation, knowledge and demand for Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art. It's strange that during almost any conversation about art, the global art market often appears as some kind of final arbiter on artistic matters. Paradoxically, art history is still required as some guarantee in the discourse of the art market.
How is the neoliberal economy transforming the art market and the role of the artist? Is market success able to generate cultural relevance in the long term? Are collectors’ opinions more influential than those of critics? Apart from the market price, any work of art indeed has a symbolic value, which cannot be completely monetised. Does this surplus value, created by artists, critics, curators and educators, stop the realm of the aesthetic from being completely devoured by the economy?
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Stephanie Jane Burt (b. 1988) is an artist whose practice spans from sculptural installations to fictional prose. She completed her studies at Glasgow School of Art where she received her Bachelor of Arts (Hons) Painting in 2012 and her Master of Fine Arts in 2014. Her work invites the viewer to explore dialogues between her installations and their settings through a fictional narrative at times referencing film and literature. She is currently invested in feminist readings of mother-daughter relations, dynamics of female friendships and the analysis and representation of Girl culture. Recent exhibitions include: The Republic of Dreams, Mizuma Gallery, Gillman Barracks, Singapore 2016; A Frangipani for Her Grave Thoughts, Ikkan Art International Gallery, Singapore 2016; State of Motion, Asian Film Archive Singapore, Singapore 2016; A Public Living Room, People’s Park Complex Singapore 2016; Multiples, The Art Space at Suntec City, Singapore 2015; Wolf, Sister, Hidden Treasure, Mason Gross School of Arts, New Jersey, USA 2015; Potong Ice-Cream $2, Latent Spaces at Art Stage Singapore 2015; Janus, 87 Saltmarket, Glasgow 2015.
Ho Tzu Nyen was born in Singapore in 1976. He earned a BA in Creative Arts from Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne (2001), and an MA in Southeast Asian Studies from the National University of Singapore (2007). He works primarily in film, video, and performance, and has recently developed environmental multimedia installations. He has also written extensively on art. Ho appropriates the structures of epic myths, invoking their grandeur while revealing them to be not merely stories, but discursive tools. Ho has had solo exhibitions at Substation Gallery, Singapore (2003); Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide (2010); Artspace, Sydney (2011); and Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2012). He also represented Singapore at the 54th Venice Biennale (2011). Important group exhibitions includeAutonomous Zones, Times Museum, Guangzhou, China (2013); Surplus Authors, Witte de With, Rotterdam (2012); transmediale.11, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (2011); Asia Pacific Triennial, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane (2009); and Singapore Biennial (2006).
Born in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1972, Philippe Pirotte is an art historian and curator. He is the Dean of the Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule and Director of Portikus in Frankfurt am Main. Next to that he serves as Adjunct Senior Curator at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and as visiting professor at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He is a member of the selection committee to find the artistic director of Documenta15. In 1999, he co-founded the Antwerp contemporary art center objectif-exhibitions, and from 2005-2011 he was director of Kunsthalle Bern in Switzerland. From 2004 to 2013, Pirotte held the position of Senior Advisor at the Rijksakademie for Visual Arts in Amsterdam. He was curator of the 2016 edition of La Biennale de Montréal, entitled Le Grand Balcon, and in 2017 was member of the curatorial team of the Jakarta Biennale. Pirotte prepares an exhibition for CCA Singapore, opening March 23rd, entitled “Arus Balik – From below the wind to above the wind and back again”
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Beatriz Milhazes at Fondation Beyeler
| Solo exhibition with paintings, collages, a mobile, and a floor piece by the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes at Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Basel). Introduction by curator Michiko Kono. More info:
As a sort of preview to the upcoming exhibition in the museum, Fondation Beyeler in Riehen / Switzerland, presented a rather unusual floor work by the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes at Art Basel Miami Beach 2010. Now the museum is showcasing four new, monumental paintings by the artist, as well as a selection of collages, a mobile, and the aforementioned floor work.
In this segment, we have a look at the exhibition and meet up with the curator of the show, Michiko Kono, who talks about the artist, her work, the concept of the exhibition and the artworks on display.
Beatriz Milhazes has created the four new paintings expressly for the show at Fondation Beyeler. As she already pointed out in the interview VernissageTV did with the artist in Miami Beach, the paintings are devoted to the subject of the four seasons. It's the first time Beatriz Milhazes determined the subject of the works in advance of the painting process.
The exhibition project is curated by Michiko Kono, assistant curator at the Fondation Beyeler. The show runs until April 25, 2011. Press release and photo gallery are available after the jump.
Beatriz Milhazes at Fondation Beyeler. Walkthrough and interview with Michiko Kono. Riehen / Switzerland, February 2, 2011.
Peter Aerschmann - video artist
Portrait of the swiss video artist Peter Aerschmann in his studio at the Kulturzentrum PROGR Bern / Switzerland.
Der Schweizer Videokünstler Peter Aerschmann in seinem Atelier im Kulturzentrum PROGR Bern / Schweiz.
Image-Mouvement at Centre d'Art Contemporain Geneva
| Image-Mouvement at Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève in Geneva, Switzerland, is a platform consisting of a forum and an exhibition, dedicated to the moving image.
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Image--Mouvement consists of an exhibition titled Atlas. Truths, intervals, details and the afterlives of the image and a five day forum. Image--Mouvement has its origins in the Biennale de l'Image en Mouvement (1997-2007), the former Semaine Internationale de la Vidéo (1985-1997). On the occasion of the opening of Image--Mouvement, VernissageTV met with the Director of the Centre d'Art Contemporarin Genève, Katya García-Antón. In this video, she talks about the concept of Image--Mouvement, and the exhibition Atlas, which she has curated. The exhibition runs through February 13, 2010.
In an upcoming episode, we also have a look at Walking the Edit, a public art project by Ulrich Fischer, that is part of Image-Mouvement. The video is already available for VTV members on our Members page:
Image--Mouvement at Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève. Exhibition and Forum. Opening, December 8, 2010. Interview with the Director of the Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Katya García-Antón.
COMMON ASSEMBLY DAAR - LEUBA
Common Assembly - DAAR - Battlefield #82 - Battlefield #77/Stones - Jérôme Leuba - 17 septembre au 28 octobre 2011, CAN (centre d'art neuchâtel)
The Curious Curator #6 - Group Exhibitions
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Annual Salon Exhibition, Paris, 19th Century
International Exhibition of Surrealism @ Galérie Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, 1938
Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form (Works - Concepts - Processes - Situations - Information) @ Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland, 1969
Les Immatériaux @ Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 1985
12 Contemporaries: Present States @ Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal, 2014 (my photos)
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