Kunsthaus Zürich

The Kunsthaus Zürich exhibits contemporary art and has an impressive collection of works by leading and important artists representing all periods and styles. It has also built a unique reputation for successfully “communicating” art to a diverse range of visitors, making it a crucial and influential partner for art enthusiasts, international museums, collectors and dealers.

Founded in 1910, the Kunsthaus Zürich focuses on exhibiting selected national and international artists as well as on expanding its own significant collection of contemporary art. It hosts large-scale exhibitions on topical issues and acts as a mediator between artists and the general public.

Swiss Re has been the museum’s "partner for contemporary art" for several years, offering financial support to one major exhibition a year. In 2007, Swiss Re sponsored “Flowers & Questions” by the internationally renowned contemporary Swiss artists Peter Fischli and David Weiss. This exhibition was a phenomenal success, attracting over 37 000 visitors. This was followed by the exhibition “Shifting Identities – (Swiss) art now” in 2008. The exciting installation dealt with two basic themes: identity and change. In 2009, Swiss Re supported Switzerland’s largest Katharina Fritsch exhibition to date.

Being "partner for contemporary art" means more than just providing financial support for a particular exhibition. Swiss Re's sponsorship is a commitment that enables the Kunsthaus Zürich to sustainably expand its collection of contemporary art holdings over the long term. See www.artatswissre.com for more information on Swiss Re’s activities as an art collector.

Next year Swiss Re is sponsoring the exhibition “Thomas Struth”.

 

Thomas Struth
11 June – 12 September 2010

Since the early 1980s the Düsseldorf-based photographer Thomas Struth has developed a distinctive approach and an intriguing repertoire of subjects whilst remaining alert to the particular possibilities of the photographic medium. Working in an age characterized by an overload of highly reworked and mediated imagery, Struth has invested photography with renewed intensity and integrity. 

The exhibition surveys Struth’s work over three decades and includes extended groups from each of the families or series which make up the body of work: black and white photographs from European, Asian and American cities, family portraits, large-scale colour prints made in dense jungles and forests, inside some of the world’s great museums and places of worship such as temples and cathedrals. It culminates in a major new body of work presented in Zurich for the first time.

 

Bringing together almost one hundred works, the exhibition is the most wide-ranging survey of Struth’s work to date and highlights the complexity of his way of seeing and picturing the world.

 

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