6 June 2008 – 31 August 2008

SHIFTING IDENTITIES – Swiss Art Today

Contemporary Swiss art is flourishing on the international stage, and this highly active art scene is the focus of an exhibition that is less about ‘nationality’ than ‘identity’. The absence or dissolution of identity on one hand and new constructs of identity on the other are reflected in the work of many artists today – in paintings, installations, sculpture and film. And even as artists reflect on their own role, they also engage with notions of power, politics, art and the market place. The exhibition will be marked by a number of interventions in public spaces.

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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