Painting a face is like painting a landscape of tangled mountains and valleys, the nose is a gigantic mountain made up of countless boulders.
– Giacometti cited by C. Grenier 2018.
I would like to invite you to a private tour of the exhibition, Alberto Giacometti: The Measure of the World. It is a beautifully staged exhibition now showing at the Kunsthalle in Bremen until mid-February. The focus of this solo show is on how Giacometti worked with landscapes and their influence on his iconic figures.
It is the first major German retrospective of the famous Swiss sculptor and painter in more than ten years. With over one hundred masterpieces and previously unseen works, it offers a comprehensive overview ranging from early water colours, small bronzes of the Surrealist period to his famous sculptures of the post-war era.
The tour will be in English. Make your reservations here.
“The standout for this particular observer was Ukrainian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky’s response to Walking Man II, a bronze sculpture—a soul “unbandaged” and well-punched bus ticket—made by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966). What a nice complement the poem makes! I now want to lay down in the gallery and ponder our short and sharp existence.” rewrite
Have a peek at Kaminsky’s contribution to the project here:
Ilya Kaminsky
Professor of creative writing, Princeton University
A Walking Man
Ilya Kaminsky