Kunsthaus Zürich

Peter Wechsler

Drawings

11 Nov 2016 - 22 Jan 2017

Peter Wechsler, Void, 2013
Ink brush drawing on watercolour cardboard, 56 x 47,3 cm
Kunsthaus Zürich, © 2016 ProLitteris, Zurich
PETER WECHSLER
Drawings
11 November 2016 – 22 January 2017

Peter Wechsler (b. 1951) grew up in Zurich and now lives in Vienna. He is one of a generation of non-figurative artists who, since the 1990s, have been opening up new and contemplative fields of expression for the medium of drawing as system and sensory experience, following on from minimal and conceptual art. Such artists address a fundamental question: how can the systematic deployment of the draughtsman’s means create spaces and structures that engage and challenge the viewer’s sensory perception? The exhibition reconstructs the cycle of impressive large-format pencil drawings (1994 – 2008) using ten key works. The Kunsthaus is also the first art museum to present a selection of recent, unframed ink brush drawings.

Supported by the UNIQA Fine Art Insurance as well as the Erna and Curt Burgauer Foundation and the Austrian Cultural Forum Bern