19 May 2006 – 30 July 2006

Alberto Giacometti - Original Plaster Casts.

The Kunsthaus Zürich will present original plaster casts, left behind by Alberto Giacometti in his Paris studio and in his native town of Stampa (Switzerland) in 1965. In this pale, seemingly weightless material, famous masterpieces take on a new and very different guise compared to the familiar bronzes. Many of the sculptures in this exhibition are only known from old studio photographs; a not inconsiderable number manifest unexpected aspects of Giacometti’s early work, others shed light on the experimental byways of his mature period.

Address

Kunsthaus Zürich
Heimplatz 1
8001 Zürich
phone +41 44 253 84 84
http://www.kunsthaus.ch

Opening Hours

Tuesday-Thursday 10 a.m. - 9 p.m., Friday-Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Monday.

Description of the Museum

The Kunsthaus houses one of Switzerland’s most important collections. The most important collection of works by Alberto Giacometti has been on display in bright new rooms since June 2002. In other rooms there are exquisite Medieval sculptures and altar panels, exceptional Flemish and Italian Baroque painting, and the zenith of Swiss 19th and 20th century art represented by the best known works of artists such as Johann Heinrich Fuseli and Ferdinand Hodler.

The collection includes also the largest collection of works by Edvard Munch outside Norway, important paintings by Picasso and the Expressionists Kokoschka, Beckmann and Corinth. There is also a significant group of works by Claude Monet.

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