For the first time since the Museum’s founding in 1996, a new permanent exhibition has been created on the basis of its own ever-growing collection. Supplemented by loans of key works, it offers a comprehensive overview of Tinguely’s oeuvre that takes his claim «La roue = c’est tout» as its leitmotif: as well as being a recurring theme throughout his career, the wheel also stands for his belief that changing times should find expression in art.
As a special highlight, a key work from the 1960s is going on show for the first time in over twenty years. L’Éloge de la Folie exemplifies the many collaborations in which Tinguely as involved. Like a gigantic shadow play, the flat black gear train measuring 5 x 7.5 meters is eye-catchingly lit from behind. Originally, the work served as part of the stage set for a ballet of the same name that premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris in 1966. Back then, a dancer set the cogwheels in motion by pedaling. Today, this task is performed by an electric motor, but the mutual dependency of human and machine is expressed poetically by a human silhouette.
Currently, large parts of the collection are not accessible. Admission is reduced.
On 7 February, we will open the new permanent exhibition La roue = c’est tout in the great hall.
Source and Online-Tickets:
https://www.tinguely.ch/en/exhibitions/exhibitions/2023/sammlungspraesentation.html