an artist couple • Self Portrait as an artist couple •
Work in progress since 1998 Mixed Media This series of works comments on the topos of auto-portraiture in art and also constitutes an engagement of the artist couple with themselves as an artist couple. As a rule (but there are excep tions!) the works in the series are created for the traditional annual or Christmas exhibitions 1 at art institutions near Haus am Gern. 1 The traditional annual or Christmas exhibitions are an established part of the Swiss art scene. They provide a yearly overview of local and regional art production while the cantonal and communal art commissions also conduct a large part of their acquisitions at these exhibitions. As a rule, participation is tied to conditions such as place of residence, place of work or place of origin (or, in some cases, committed participation in the local art scene). These conditions are decided on individually by each organisation. Usually there is a jury that selects from among submitted work, in order to guarantee a standard of artistic quality. The annual or Christmas exhibitions also take place at important institutions such as the Kunsthalle Bern or the Kunst halle Basel. All attempts by the directors to abolish this tradition, which is a bit of an annoyance for them, have failed due to resistance from local artists.
Self Portrait as an artist couple • Self Portrait as an artist couple
Self Portrait as an Artist Couple
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