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The Kunsthaus Zürich presents a selection of sculptures and graphic works belonging to the Hubert Looser Collection.
Surprise of the exhibition beyond the 70 works of surrealism, abstract expressionism, arte paver and minimalism, some proposals of Pop Art and modern art will allow visitors to get a close look at the presence of sculptures in space thanks to the play of lines and textures that emerge from drawing sheets.
The first work of the Looser Collection, Arshile Gorky’s large-format drawing adopts a unique mode of representation for its time by combining abstract, figurative and biomorphic elements. Born in the Ottoman Empire and immigrated to the United States in 1920, he is inspired by Picasso’s research and precedes the abstractionist movement that will prevail much later with Jackson Pollock.
The exhibition presents another major sculptural work, this time from Willem de Kooning, «Head», dated 1973. Born in the Netherlands, Kooning is one of the most important artists of American art after the Second World War by reinventing the power of sculptural work to make it a tactile event.
Al Taylor, The Peabody Group # 8, 1992 Pencil, ink and gouache on paper, 127 x 96.5 centimeters
Hubert Looser Collection, © The Estate of Al Taylor