Bernhard Mendes Bürgi. Ausstellungen 1982-2016

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Bernhard Mendes Bürgi. Ausstellungen 1982-2016

Exhibitions 1982-2016

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Edited by: Philipp Kaiser

June 2025, 152 Pages, 100 colored photos

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200mm x 266mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-6070-6

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The publication concentrates on Bernhard Mendes Bürgi's more than thirty years of curatorial work. The focus is on a typographically generously designed list of all 110 exhibitions that Bürgi has been responsible for, particularly as director of the Kunsthalle Zürich and the Kunstmuseum Basel, accompanied by many installation views. A detailed discussion with Philipp Kaiser sheds light on the curatorial guidelines, which are contextualized in current events. The special significance of the "ideal solo exhibition," which always emerges anew from a close collaboration with the respective artist, becomes apparent.