Collection on Display: Momentary Monuments
20 Feb - 16 May 2016
Exhibition view
Christine Borland: L'Homme Double, 1997; Clay, steel, wood, acrylic, documents; Grösse variabel; Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich© the artist
Marc Camille Chaimowicz: Shoe Waste?, 1971/2005; © the artist; B/W photograph, hand developed silver gelatine; Edition: 2/5; 5 parts: dimensions variable
Dani Gal, The Record Archive, 2005-2015; 246 vinyl records; Dimensions variable
Fabrice Gygi, Local de vote, 2001; Galvanized steel, wood, cover, Perspex; Dimensions variable
Mathilde ter Heijne, 1, 2, 3, ...10, wie niet weg is, is gezien, 2000; 10 radios, 10 CD players, 1 central control unit; Edition: 1+ 1 ap; Ca. 70 x 220 x 200 cm
Christian Jankowski, Heavy Weight History, 2013; Single channel video projection or on monitor (color, sound), gelatine silver print on baryte paper; Edition: 1/5 + 2 ap
Ragnar Kjartansson, Denkmal, 2011; Carrara marble; 3 parts: each 180 x 45 x 45 cm; Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich; © the artist
Teresa Margolles, Mesa y dos bancos, 2013; Made from a mixture of cement and material taken from the ground, on which there lay the body of a person murdered at the northern Mexican border. Table: 85 x 80 x 200 cm , benches: 50 x 45 x 140 cm each; Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zurich; © the artist
Henrik Olesen, Some Gay-Lesbian Artists and/or Artists Relevant to Homo-Social Culture Born between c. 1300–1870, 2007; 4 collages (photographic paper on paper), wood, 2 taxidermized chickens, 1 taxidermized roosterDimensions variable; FBM Studio, Zürich, © the artist
COLLECTION ON DISPLAY: MOMENTARY MONUMENTS
20 February – 16 May 2016
Featuring artworks by:
Christine Borland , Marc Camille Chaimowicz , Dani Gal , Fabrice Gygi Mathilde ter Heijne , Christian Jankowski , Ragnar Kjartansson Teresa Margolles , Henrik Olesen , Thomas Schütte
Collection on Display returns with Momentary Monuments, an exhibition of works that explore the significance and function of the monument broadly conceived for a wide-ranging discussion of memory and forgetting. The show unites art from our collection familiar to friends of the museum with rarely-seen pieces and new acquisitions that make their debut in Zurich.
20 February – 16 May 2016
Featuring artworks by:
Christine Borland , Marc Camille Chaimowicz , Dani Gal , Fabrice Gygi Mathilde ter Heijne , Christian Jankowski , Ragnar Kjartansson Teresa Margolles , Henrik Olesen , Thomas Schütte
Collection on Display returns with Momentary Monuments, an exhibition of works that explore the significance and function of the monument broadly conceived for a wide-ranging discussion of memory and forgetting. The show unites art from our collection familiar to friends of the museum with rarely-seen pieces and new acquisitions that make their debut in Zurich.