Catégorie: Existing works

*1925, GR Signal, 1974-1980 500 × 130 × 130 cm Bronze et acier Collection MAMCO (ancienne collection AMAM), don M. Georges Embiricos Cette importante sculpture de l’artiste grec Takis a été donnée à l’AMAM en 1983 et transmise au MAMCO à son ouverture. Takis a choisi d’explorer dans son œuvre l’énergie des champs magnétiques. Dans la proximité de ses … Continued

(*1981, CH-DE) Insel, (crocodile), 2019 180 × 85 × 109 cm Der Bote, (dragonfly), 2019 105 × 90 × 76 cm Dogends, 2019 14 × 43 × 43 cm Over spiraling, 2019 64 × 85 × 63cm Styrofoam, papier- mâché, fiberglass, resin Our relationships with the objects around us and the way we move among them are central topics within Nuri Koerfer’s sculpture practice. Her works often take on the shape … Continued

(1939-2015, US) Flashers, 1979-1981 Galvanized steel, paint, pigments 246.5 × 58.5 × 53.5 cm 242.5 × 63.5 × 49.5 cm The Geneva public had the opportunity to discover this artist’s work at the retrospective organised by MAMCO in winter 2019-2020. First presented in the streets of New York by the Public Art Fund in 1983, these sculptures played on the tension between … Continued

(*1977, US) Chariot of a Secret Order, 2016 Fake fur, wood, amplifier, CD player, stones from Niesen 101 × 182 × 160 cm Shadow Monster, 2016 Fake fur, leather, thread, wood 260 × 210 × 80 cm Stefan Tcherepnin is a composer, musician and visual artist. He lives and works in Brooklyn and comes from a family of composers: his great-grand-father Nikolai Tcherepnin was … Continued

(*1956, DE) Das Pferd, 1994-2018 Bronze, acrylic paint 220 × 220 × 80 cm Recurring throughout the decades-long oeuvre of the German artist Markus Oehlen is the motif of a horse. What sets this latest iteration of his Das Pferd sculpture apart from the others is its absurd and comedic mimicry as a cast-bronze sculpture painted gold. Illusory yet referential, its sleek, shiny … Continued

*1971, UK Hi-Wire, 2019 345 × 104 × 113 cm Stainless steel, paint Eva Rothschild’s works frequently occupy the intersection between ritual objects and the tradition of abstraction. Often relying on simple geometric shapes, the work engages with these intertwined histories, amplifying the psychological and critical associations they connote. Precarious columns and finely balanced structures figure prominently in Rothschild’s mutable … Continued

(*1985, FR) Yet to Be Titled, 2018 Iron 120 × 130 × 40 cm The works of the French-Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa, which include film, sculpture and installation, draw on his interest in what actually exists and how it is interpreted, a subject he explores without moral judgment, cultural cynicism or any kind of irony–though sometimes with humor. His … Continued

(*1944, CH) Cimaises, 1993-2020 Aluminum, acrylic lacquer 200 × 300 × 50 cm each element This radical proposition by Mosset forces us to consider the walls cimaises of a museum as autonomous works signed by the artist. Usually exhibited inside, as in the current retrospective dedicated to Mosset at MAMCO in Geneva (through 6 December 2020), the five identical parallelepipeds take on a … Continued