Art

Louis Michel Eilshemius and Marcel Duchamp

PASQUART, Biel / Bienne

The KBCB has received a major donation of almost 500 books for its library. They belonged to Stefan Banz (1961-2021) and are devoted exclusively to the artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968). For several years, Banz and his partner Caroline Bachmann devoted themselves to an impressive project based on Duchamp's last work, Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, 2° le gaz d'éclairage... (1946-1968). It all started with a discovery: the waterfall reproduced in miniature in Duchamp's work was modelled on the Forestay waterfall in the Lavaux region, just a few kilometres from Cully, where the couple lived. This discovery led the couple to carry out unprecedented research into the work. In 2010, this led to the organisation of an international symposium in Cully, which will be followed by a major publication. This work on the Forestay waterfall prompted Banz to take an interest in another aspect of Duchamp's work. Étant donnés is in fact a kind of diorama to which we have access only through two small holes drilled in an old wooden door. Banz has meticulously studied what this mise en scène owes to the New York painter Louis Michel Eilshemius (1864-1941), for whom Duchamp had great admiration.

Date

To  22/6/2025   every We   12:00 - 18:00 h
every Th   12:00 - 20:00 h
every Fr   12:00 - 18:00 h
every Sa   11:00 - 18:00 h
every Su   11:00 - 18:00 h

Address

PASQUART
Photoforum
Seevorstadt 71
2502 Biel / Bienne

Contact

Kunsthaus Biel / Centre d'art Bienne
2502 Biel/Bienne
info@kbcb.ch
+41 (0)32 322 55 86

Category

  • Art

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