ABSUM
17.12.2023 → 14.04.2024For Fabrice Gygi, being an artist can be a way of granting oneself the right to be absent. The title Absum plays on the Latin notion of “not being there”. While society requires us to be constantly present, the act of voluntarily erasing ourselves could be the most profound expression of freedom. The two works presented here, Podium (1997) and Display Cases (2021), are sculptures as much as they are empty spaces.
Fabrice Gygi was born in Geneva in 1965. A polymorphous artist, his work takes the form of engravings, sculptures, installations, performances, public commissions and paintings. He has had exhibitions at several international institutions, including the MAMCO, the Kunstmuseum St.Gallen and the Swiss Institute in New York. He represented Switzerland at the 53rd Venice Biennale, and his work can be found in many public collections.
Past exhibitions
ARTIST ACTIVIST ARCHIVIST : BERNHARD LÜTHI INVITES
Main exhibition 16.06.2024 → 10.11.2024
HIGH FIVE!
Main exhibition 17.12.2023 → 14.04.2024
ABSUM
Special Focus 17.12.2023 → 14.04.2024
INTERSTELLAR
Main exhibition 18.06.2023 → 12.11.2023
OBJECT OF INTEREST 700 E
Special Focus 18.06.2023 → 12.11.2023
DREAMING IN THE DREAM OF OTHERS
Main exhibition 10.12.2022 → 16.04.2023
NAMSA LEUBA
Special Focus 12.06.2022 → 06.11.2022
PAPUNYA 1971
Special Focus 12.06.2022 → 06.11.2022
FUGITIVE PRESENT
Main exhibition 12.06.2022 → 06.11.2022
BREATH OF LIFE
Main exhibition 13.06.2021 → 17.04.2022
LAST WHISPERS : PRELUDE
Special focus 03.11.2021 → 17.04.2022
VLADIMIR ŠKODA
Special focus 13.06.2021 → 08.10.2021
RESONANCES
Aboriginal Art 14.06.2020 → 25.04.2021
SUPERSTUDIO
Special focus 30.09.2020 → 04.04.2021
MICHAEL COOK : BROKEN DREAMS
Special focus 14.06.2020 → 20.09.2020
BEFORE TIME BEGAN
Contemporary Aboriginal Art 09.06.2019 → 29.03.2020
WALALA TJAPALTJARRI SELF-PORTRAIT
Special focus 11.12.2019 → 29.03.2020
MYSTERY AND MODERNITY
Special focus 21.09.2019 → 01.12.2019
PAINTING ON COUNTRY
Special focus 09.06.2019 → 15.09.2019
YANN ARTHUS-BERTRAND
Legacy, a life as a photographer 16.12.2018 → 31.03.2019
ROBERT FIELDING
Special focus 16.12.2018 → 31.03.2019