Helen Hirsch
Helen Hirsch has been the Director and Head Curator at Kunstmuseum Thun since 2007.
Further books
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Ed. Helen Hirsch et al.
Gunta Stölzl & Johannes Itten
Textile Universen / Textile UniversesGunta Stölzl (1897–1983) and the Swiss artist Johannes Itten (1888–1967) were Bauhaus teachers who met in the experimental field at important stages of their biographies from their time at the Bauhaus in Weimar until well into the 1960s. ... -
Ed. Helen Hirsch et al.
Not my Circus, not my Monkeys
The Motif of the Circus in Contemporary ArtOriginating in late 18th-century London, the circus and its ring represent an antithesis to everyday life. The deliberate staging of beautiful make-believe and breathtaking acrobatics has long been a source of great fascination. At the same time, ... -
Ed. Helen Hirsch et al.
René Myrha
A Singular UniverseAt the centre of René Myrha’s (*1939) expressive oeuvre lie landscapes and rigorous compositional room perspectiveswhich are transformed into stage-like settings. They form the scenery for the choreography of his figures. Myrha ... -
Ed. Helen Hirsch et al.
Johannes Itten and Thun
Nature in FocusThe Bauhaus master Johannes Itten is one of the prominent protagonists of early Modernism in twentieth-century art. Few people are aware of the close links between his beginnings as an artist and his experience of landscape and nature in the town ...