Ten Years
dal 18/1/2002 al 2/3/2002
Segnalato da
18/1/2002
Ten Years
Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
The show, "Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth", is not intended as a nostalgic retrospective of the past ten years, but a snapshot, an overview of the artists represented by the gallery. It offers a view of the wide-ranging programme, uniting as it does personalities and generations of artists as diverse as Louise Bourgeois and Jason Rhoades.
With its first exhibition in the New Year, the Galerie Hauser & Wirth is
celebrating its tenth anniversary. This group show will present works of
all the artists represented by the gallery.
The first location of the gallery, in 1992, was an art nouveau villa in the
middle of Zurich. The splendid rooms were opened to a wider public
twice a year, offering exhibitions of sculpture and painting by Joan Miró
and mobiles and gouaches by Alexander Calder.
In 1994, the gallery opened additional exhibition rooms (which no longer
exist) in the industrial district of Zurich. This move indicated a shift in
focus towards contemporary art. The gallery’s new preoccupations
resulted in shows like Paik's "Jardin illuminé", "10 Years Parkett - 61
Artists’ Editions" and two exhibitions of the work of Gerhard Richter.
In 1996, the gallery moved entirely into a former brewery building in the
industrial district. This marked the start of a regular programme of
changing public exhibitions and the beginning of the collaboration with
the artists represented by the gallery today.
1998 saw the gallery joining in partnership with Eva Presenhuber, who
opened the Galerie Hauser & Wirth & Presenhuber in the same building.
In New York, where Hauser & Wirth had collaborated closely with gallerist
David Zwirner since 1992, they opened Zwirner & Wirth on 69th Street.
The show, "Ten Years Galerie Hauser & Wirth", is not intended as a
nostalgic retrospective of the past ten years, but a snapshot, an overview
of the artists represented by the gallery. It offers a view of the
wide-ranging programme, uniting as it does personalities and
generations of artists as diverse as Louise Bourgeois and Jason
Rhoades. Thus, the show may yet evoke a bit of nostalgia as it recalls
memories of more than 150 exhibitions, at the gallery or elsewhere, in
which Hauser & Wirth were involved.
Gallery hours: Tue-Fri 12-6 pm, Sat 11 am-4 pm
Forthcoming exhibition: Anri Sala, March 16 to May 11 2002
Galerie Hauser & Wirth
Limmatstrasse 270 CH-8005 Zurich
phone: +41 1 446 80 50
fax: +41 1 446 80 55