Exhibition catalogue Kunsthaus Zürich, in collaboration with the Musée international d'Horologie, La Chaux-de-Fonds and Arts at CERN
Texts (German/English) by Mónica Bello, Estelle Fallet, Cathérine Hug, Régis Huguenin-Dumittan, Monika Leonhardt, Nathalie Marielloni, Sébastian Vivas as well as three conversations between Cathérine Hug and Josef Teichmann, Helga Nowotny and Anna Elsner, Stefan Zweifel and Rüdiger Safranski
320 p. with 180 colour illustrations
Format 26 x 21 cm, two-colour embossed linen cover
58,00 €
Time is one of the great mysteries of the history of civilisation, its definitions are numerous and can be found in a wide variety of disciplines, from religion to biology to economics, above all, of course, in physics and as a traditional subject in art. It is surprising that in Switzerland, a watchmaking nation, time has so far only been the subject of a cross-epochal and transdisciplinary exhibition in a few art museums. The sensual approach of the Kunsthaus Zürich, curated by Cathérine Hug, traces the history of time, presenting paintings, films, installations, performances and real objects (especially clocks) from the last 600 years. And even if the clock as a timepiece is the starting point, temporal perspectives such as biological, palaeontological and personal perceptions are also examined in detail alongside the physical. Including works by Sinzo Aanza, Giacomo Balla, Black Qantum Futurism, Manon de Boer & George van Dam, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Pieter Claesz, Honoré Daumier, Jean Dubuffet, William Hogarth, Roni Horn, Monica Ursina Jäger, On Kawara, Herlinde Koelbl, Alicja Kwade, MANON, Jonathan Monk, Sophie Nys, Dieter Roth, Cyril Schäublin, Una Szeemann.
Exhibition:
Kunsthaus Zurich, 22/9/2023 - 14/1/2024
