..The conceptual point of departure for the group exhibition L'Objet invisible is a sculpture by Alberto Giacometti from 1934 with the same title. This sculpture shows a figure holding with her hands an invisible object. The sculpture was created by Giacometti in an important transitional period in his artistic career as he was moving away from surrealisitic ideas to a figurative work. This time of passage is captured in the sculpture and in the journal Documents edited by Georges Bataille whose typeface has been used for the invitation card of the show. The sculpture by Giacometti is not the main criterion for the show but a kind of guard railing for the artistic question and for the choice of works by different artists. The works shown in the exhibition, a video, works on paper and sculptures by five different artists define and circumscribe each in a distinctive way the invisible object.

Anna Amadio shows under the emcompassing title Schwarzweiss three black sculpture made of plastic on white pedestals. The three sculptures called Elephant, Bird and Ape obtain their tension in nearly touching respectively non-touching each other. In the background of the group is the large golden frottage drawing Reading showing the masked artist in an ornamental network. All works in the group show L'Objet invisible are completed and brought to a comprehension by the contribution of the attentive viewer..

Text Etienne Lullin

Photos Gallery Lullin+Ferrari, Zurich