Current exhibitions

David Nash - Werner Pokorny - Jinmo Kang - Unen Enkh

The four artists combine different natural materials such as wood, stone or felt into symbolic primordial forms. Their pared down yet sensual sculptures and objects reference life and the creativity and transience of man and nature. 

British artist David Nash has been exploring the plasticity, strength and vulnerability of wood for decades, transforming it into concise and powerful sculptures. He often constructs geometric forms from wood, pitting artificiality against nature.
Wood is also key to Werner Pokorny's work, where it is shaped into the basic forms of human civilisation such as houses, bowls, vessels, ladders and other such implements.
The philosophical moment of the reflection of nature in the work of art is central to the work of Korean artist Jinmo Kang. His 'portraits' recreate natural models, forming complex multifaceted and therefore more comprehensive likenesses.
The artist Unen Enkh uses felt, iron wire, horse hair and twined hemp, transforming these archaic materials into highly personal and poetic forms and objects. Fascinating and exotic, his works are rooted in the traditions of his native Mongolia.

• View photo gallery of the exhibition opening "Back to the Roots"

Glimpses into the current exhibition:

10th April 2011 - 11th September 2011

Hubert Rieber

In the reading room and Technical Museum Biedermann Motech
 

"Solid craftsmanship is certainly the foundation for the uniqueness of Hubert Rieber's work. Equally fascinating is the rigour of his formal vocabulary. Rieber's works stand in a sculptural tradition that brings together the human figure and geometric abstract form. Thus the figure is not just a matter of content but also of form. Yet regardless of the degree of abstraction, the size and proportion of his works consistently bring to mind the human figure."

(Stefan Simon in: Hubert Rieber - The Human Image, Museum Biedermann 2011)

9th October 2011 - 11th March 2012

Nature Transformed