· 2021
A rebel and feminist, the Switzerland-born Miriam Cahn is one of the major artists of her generation. Widely known for her drawings and paintings, she also experiments with photography, moving images, sculptures, and performance art. Cahn’s diverse body of work is disturbing and dreamlike, filled with striking human figures pulsing with an energy both passionate and violent. These pieces, along with Cahn’s reflections on artistic expression, have always responded to her contemporary moment. In the 1980s, her work addressed the feminist, peace, and environmental movements, while the work she produced in the 1990s and early 2000s contains allusions to the war in the former Yugoslavia, the conflict in the Middle East, and the September 11 terrorist attacks. Her recent production tackles ever-evolving political conflicts, engaging with the European refugee crisis and the “#metoo” movement. Miriam Cahn: I as Human examines different facets of the artist’s prolific and troubling oeuvre, featuring contributions from art historians, critics, and philosophers including Kathleen Bühler, Paul B. Preciado, Elisabeth Lebovici, Adam Szymczyk, Natalia Sielewicz and .
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· 2022
Charting Heidi Bucher's sensual, radical, feminist sculpture across four decades This monograph reviews Swiss sculptor Heidi Bucher's (1926-1993) early days as a student in Zurich in the 1940s, her life in New York and Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s, her major works of latex castings--or "skinnings"--of architecture and people, and her final years.
· 2013
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Since its foundation in 1873, Banca della Svizzera Italiana (BSI) has been at the forefront of promoting art and culture in Switzerland and abroad. In the spirit of this tradition, BSI began collecting art in 2000; today the collection comprises nearly 1,000 works. Part of the BSI Art Collection series, this publication is devoted to Swiss artists in the collection.