René Burri – Vintage prints – Le Corbusier
August 20 – November 7, 2010

Press material and invitation card can be find on Information / press room

René Burri, born 1933 in Zurich and both artist and photo-reporter, started to pursue the mythos of Le Corbusier while still a student. From 1955 onwards he portrayed the architect in various situations, both at work and in everyday life. Between 1959 and 1960, when he was already a member of the renowned Magnum photographic agency, Burri carried out innumerable further “portraits” and architecture “stories” which were published in major magazines worldwide. In 1999 these photographic “stories” appeared in book form for the first time. They are an impressive series of images relating to the person and work of Le Corbusier. Sequences that go far beyond the respective biographical information to depict an archetypical situation in the life of a great architect – or a creative human being in general. The exhibition combines all the important themes relating to Le Corbusier from the archive of René Burri.