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Alberto Giacometti and Ferdinand Hodler are at the heart of the Fondation Beyeler’s new collection display. Both Hodler’s late Alpine landscapes and Giacometti’s frail-looking human figures raise the question of perspective. While Hodler's summit views derive their monumental effect from the alternation between proximity and distance, Giacometti plays with different proportions and viewpoints. The display further features themed rooms showing masterpieces from the collection by, among others, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Paul Cézanne, Peter Doig, Jean Dubuffet, Marlene Dumas, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt and Pablo Picasso. To mark his 70th birthday, a monographic room is dedicated to the internationally influential sculptor Thomas Schütte.
Surprising juxtapositions are the leitmotif running through the exhibition rooms. Amy Winehouse, painted by Marlene Dumas, is shown alongside Ferdinand Hodler’s portraits of the mortally ill Valentine Godé-Darel. Louise Bourgeois’ poetic and feminist objects intersect with the non-representational paintings of her contemporaries Ad Reinhardt and Barnett Newman. Reinhardt’s Abstract Painting, 1956, a reduced composition of black layers of paint, was recently gifted to the collection. A central room is dedicated to Picasso and Bacon, artists who both turned painting into an eminently bodily experience. Their works transpose the human body onto the canvas with striking immediacy, and to this day their brushstrokes have an almost physical effect on the viewer.
A monographic room is dedicated to the collection artist Thomas Schütte. This year, the Düsseldorf-based artist will celebrate his 70th birthday and will be honoured with a comprehensive retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In Riehen, his bronze and glass head sculptures are combined with his drawings and watercolours. Some of these works are displayed as part of the Fondation Beyeler’s collection for the very first time. The exhibition closes with a constellation of works that highlights the collection’s modernist spirit. Rousseau’s large jungle picture is displayed alongside works by Rothko and Monet. All three artists epitomise the endless possibilities of colour within painting, the power of art, and the immediacy of experience. To this day, viewers happily lose themselves in the images they created.
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Art Print
Pablo Picasso
Each work of art is an original which is part of what makes it so special. The disadvantage, however, is that the work cannot be in several places at once. As a way of allowing us to look at paintings outside as well as inside the museum, the Fondation Beyeler creates high-quality fine art prints of selected works digital printed on high-quality papers that are resistant to ageing.
Vase
Claude Monet
The mouth-blown vase Turmalili poetically and delicately evokes the association of blossoms on a pond like the famous water lilies by French Artist Claude Monet. The outer, transparent vase mimics the painting style of Impressionism, emphasizing the incidence of light on its textured, water-like surface. Win this “natural beauty” to capture nature’s artworks!
Scarf
Pablo Picasso
Inspired by Picasso’s Blue and Rose periods, the Dutch textile manufacturer Karigar has created textiles that are both colorful and discreet, thanks to their subtle hues and simple graphic design. Made of Merino wool, the scarves are elegant accessories for every season: cool in summer, warm in winter.
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