«Schau, ich bin blind, schau.» From Rémy Zaugg to John Baldessari — The collection of Hans and Monika Furer
Today: 10.00 AM - 6.00 PM
17 August 2019 - 01 December 2019
The show throws light on Zaugg’s sustained and probing scrutiny of the phenomenon of perception. Opening with his “remarks” on Paul Cézanne’s famous painting La maison du pendu (1872–1873)—in which Zaugg replaces fragmentary elements with literal descriptions—the display also includes other works from the series Ein Blatt Papier, Für ein Bild and Schau, ich bin blind, schau.
Widely regarded as a preeminent Swiss artist of the twentieth century, Rémy Zaugg sought to investigate language and perception as media that could serve to activate the beholder. A native of the French-speaking Jura region of Switzerland, he staunchly believed that painting was a kind of foundational research for “applied” projects, be it in architecture, urban planning, or exhibition design.
Rémy Zaugg: Schau, ich bin blind, schau., Nr. 47 (1998), photo: Tobias R. Dürring John Baldessari: National City Series: Sunny Donuts, 724 Highland Avenue, National City, Calif. (1996) Alighiero Boetti: Il quarto giorno del settimo mese dell anno millenovecentoottantotto (1988), Kunstmuseum Basel- Sammlung Hans und Monika Furer
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