September 12, 2016
So far I have not been able to travel abroad this year. For those who know me that is a first, given my passion for journeys. So this week I am imagining the trips I’d take if given carte blanche in the next several month, with a focus on exhibits that triggered my curiosity.
I would start with Switzerland, St. Gallen to be precise, for a show fitting with the apocalyptic visions of this fall. Then a little detour to the village of Lenzerheide, where I learned to ski as a child, to hike through alpine meadows which are filled with mauve gentians and the pink autumn crocus until the end of October.
THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON
THE ABYSMAL IN ART
FROM ALBRECHT DÜRER TO MARTIN DISLER
July 9th – October 23nd 2015, Kunstmuseum
“See you on the dark side of the moon …” is a lyric from the legendary concept album by the British rock band Pink Floyd, which has remained a best-seller since its appearance in 1973. Thematically, the work revolves around the abysses of being human, around the anonymous power structures to which individuals in today’s society are subjected. Beyond the social circumstances in the sense of Mark Twain’s quotation “Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody,” the dark side of the moon also points to existential dark sides.
