
Gertsch–Gauguin–Munch
Cut in Wood
12.05.2019 - 22.09.2019
LAC
Piazza Bernardino Luini 6,
6900 Lugano
Opening hours:
Tue / Wed / Fri: 11 am – 6 pm
Thurs: 11 am – 8 pm
Sat / Sun / Public Holidays: 10 am – 6 pm
Mon: closed
Curated by Franz Gertsch and Tobia Bezzola
To celebrate Franz Gertsch’s 90th birthday, MASI invited the artist to plan an exhibition devoted to his oeuvre. This has led to a remarkable and striking meeting between Gertsch’s outstanding woodcuts and the wood engravings by two artists whom he regards as much more than simply pioneer revolutionaries of xylography, Paul Gauguin and Edvard Munch. Despite their historical distance and divergence of styles, the three artists display profound and unexpected affinities, which extend far beyond the technique they share.
Cover image:
Franz Gertsch, Natascha IV, 1988, xilografia (tre matrici: disegno, contrasto e sfondo), 232.5 x 182 cm, esemplare a tre colori su carta giapponese Kumohadamashi di Heizaburo Iwano, collezione privata, courtesy Galleri K, Oslo © Franz Gertsch, foto: Dominique Uldry