Kunsthaus

April 6, 2008 10:16 AM | Related Categories: Galleries & Exhibitions

kunsthaus zurich

Last of a flurry of pictures from the Kunsthaus Zürich. An attractive gallery- I've heard people complain that it doesn't have many "big hitters", and there is a dearth of "old masters", but this in reality is because it is a recent institution, and isn't full of plundered art like some other national collections I could mention. The highlights for me are the Swiss, originals such as Fussli and Böcklin (although for the best of Böcklin you need to go to Basel), Giacometti of course, and strong appearances from Munch and Chagall.

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...well worht it for the Munch and Chagals alone. Dark figures, bright rooms....I see what you mean.
# Posted By Chuckeroon | 4/7/08 5:17 PM
OMG, but what's THIS ?
Any explanation you can give about the work we're seeing here?
# Posted By nathalie | 4/7/08 5:28 PM
Munch, Chagall... good enough (understatement)! Like very much your phrase about "plundered art"!
# Posted By Peter | 4/7/08 7:05 PM
Nathalie - it's a stuffed dead horse. Well it's not a real one, a la Damien Hirst, but just a sort of cushion. Don't ask me - I've no idea!
# Posted By richard | 4/7/08 8:30 PM
I went to the Kunsthaus last week and saw this horse... it's actually real horse skin, sewed into some weird horse shape.. but from this angle - even when I was there too - it looks like a real dead horse. CRAZY. Love the angle. Love the photos!
# Posted By Jessica | 4/10/08 10:22 AM
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