Silhouettes – Pure Contours
November 27, 2009 – April 4, 2010

Museum Bellerive dedicates its third exhibition this year to a very old handcraft: the cutting of silhouettes. Today, there is renewed interest in the techniques of silhouette cutting in international contemporary art: as an extended form of the term of drawing, it is defined within a contempo¬rary context, with external materials being added and reservations against new production methods reduced. Paper as such liberates itself and expands into the spatial and sculptural – updates that refresh and expand the horizon of the medium.
For a museum such as Museum Bellerive, part of the Zurich Museum of Design, which explicitly dedicates its efforts to the interfaces between the arts and the crafts, there are good reasons to study and research such movements. In this context, the request to hold the 7th Swiss Silhouette Exhibition by the Swiss Association of the Friends of Silhouettes at Museum Bellerive was highly welcome. The contributions resulting from this 7th competition, each judged by a temporary jury, and selected contemporary works from Switzerland, Germany, France, and the U.S. shall be stage-set as a fascinating dialogue focusing on the central role of the contrast between black and white.
The goal of this exhibition is to look at the current creative work between traditional silhouettes and artistic positions in various paper-cut techniques from points of view that are as different as possible.

Sunday, March 14, 3 to 5 pm:
Techniques of silhouette cutting
Elisabeth Bottesi-Fischer & Ernst Oppliger as guests of the exhibition

Participating artists
Aöyama Hina, Astner Ursula, Badertscher Ines, Basch Gabriele, Baumann Anna, Baur-Meder Christine, Berger Klaus,
Bieler Lucrezia, Bosshard Maja, Bottesi-Fischer Elisabeth, Brenner Hausheer Eva, Bucher Patricia, Bühlmann Ruth,
Callesen Peter, Cooper Diana, Dayen Schütz Nicole, Dezsö Andrea, Dicke Amie, Donner Christa, Dubuis Marianne,
Eichenberger Martine, Ellès Christine, Fauquex Estrellita, Faverau Réhane, Flütsch-Gloor Monika,
Genoud Alice-Angèle, Gerber Esther, Glatz Hans-Jürgen, Glück Esther, Grisch Imelda, Grischott Annamarie,
Gunterswiler Werner, Gustincic Heidrun, Hartmann Henriette, Hauswirth Ueli, Heller Andrea, Henchoz Doris,
Hochuli Rita, Hofer Ueli, Hofmann Andreas, Horstmann Julia, Huber Lisa, Hylander Thomas, Imhof Elisabeth, Keel Adam,
Kindler Kirsten, Koch Udo, Kühne Sandra, Lee Bovey, Maag-Büttner Annemarie, Mächler Martin, Mantovani Pascale,
Marquis Henri, Marti Andreas, Martin Regina, Marullaz Alice, McGowan-Griffin Charlotte, Meister Katharina,
Müller-Crapp Edith, Oberbeck Gisela, Oppliger Ernst, Periton Simon, Perren-Novell Wendy, Pfeiffer Bruno, Pfister Heinz,
Rohr Marlys, Saffer Stefan, Salto Emil, Schenk Ursula, Schläpfer Susanne, Schmalz Fritz, Schmidt Catherine,
Schneider Lisbeth, Schneider-Ziegler Maria, Schöllhammer Nadja, Schönenberger-Knaus Marianne, Schröter Annette,
Seiler Barbara, Senn Roland, Siegrist Anna-Barbara, Straubhaar Beatrice, Strika Ana, Swoon, Teruya Yuken,
Villiger Michael, von Goeler Hanna, von Meyenburg Katharina, Wälchli Rosmarie, Weber Bruno, Weber Renate,
Wiedemeier Edith, Winkler Rayroud Catherine, Wirth Elisabeth, Zoller Esther, Züblin Sonja

Publication accompanying the exhibition Scherenschnitt 2009 – Papiers découpés 2009
Publisher: Schweizerischer Verein Freunde des Scherenschnitts
G/F, 96 pages, coloured images, CHF 20.00
available in the shop of the Museum Bellerive or > www.scherenschnitt.ch

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