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.
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 ...