9. February – 19. May 2019
Kunstmuseum
The artworks created by patients in psychiatric institutions attract increasing interest from the public, but there exists very little research on the subject.
In a unique project undertaken by the Zurich University of the Arts, the works created in all the cantonal hospitals in Switzerland around the year 1900 were catalogued for the first time. A selection of works can now be seen for the first time in an exhibition. The patients created their works with dedication and great technical and artistic skill. They considered them variously as a contribution to public life, as an invention or expression of their thoughts, as a criticism of the institution or as an enriching aspect in their monotonous everyday life.
In cooperation with: LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz, Sammlung Prinzhorn Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste
Supported by: Schweizer Kulturstiftung pro helvetia, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung
Events
- 8. February 2019, 18:15 – 19:15 Uhr
Opening for children Extraordinary! / Ida Applebroog - 8. February 2019, 18:30 Uhr
Opening Extraordinary! / Ida Applebroog - 13. February 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 13. February 2019, 17:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Introduction for teachers - 20. February 2019, 18:15 Uhr
Public tour - 27. February 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 27. February 2019, 18:15 Uhr
Guided tour in dialogue - 28. February 2019, 19 Uhr
Art Brut? - 3. March 2019, 15 – 17 Uhr
MITMISCHEN NR. 8 - 6. March 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 10. March 2019, 11:15 Uhr
Reading «The autobiographical account of the tailor Anna Z. (1864–1938), Nursing home Rheinau, 1916» - 13. March 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 13. March 2019, 17:15 Uhr
Narcissism – Science café visits the Thunerhof - 17. March 2019, 11:15 Uhr
Public tour with sign language interpreter - 20. March 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 24. March 2019, 11 Uhr
Café drunter & drüber - 27. March 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 27. March 2019, 18:15 Uhr
Podium «Collection and preservation of “Art Brut” works in the future» - 3. April 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 4. April 2019, 11 Uhr
Language Bridge - 10. April 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 14. April 2019, 11:15 Uhr
Guided tour in dialogue - 17. April 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 24. April 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 28. April 2019, 15 – 17 Uhr
MITMISCHEN NR. 8 - 1. May 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 8. May 2019, 15:30 – 18:30 Uhr
Open art kitchen - 10. May 2019
Symposium «Raw art? Art outside the art scene» - 15. May 2019, 18:15 Uhr
Guided tour in dialogue