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Peter Hebeisen
Snake, 2012
Pigment print on Archival paper
218 x 160 cm |
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Art Award of the Keller-Wedekind-Foundation KWS 2023 |
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| 2 until 25 November 2023 |
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Opening & Award ceremony with Laudatio by Nadine Olonetzy: Wednesday 1st November 2023, 6.30 pm
Artist Talk: Saturday 11 November, 2 pm
Anna Wesle (Museum Franz Gertsch) and Detta Kälin (KWS) in conversation with Peter Hebeisen. |
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Peter Hebeisen
Tarantula, 2012
Pigment print on Archival paper
218 x 160 cm |
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This year, the Keller-Wedekind Foundation (KWS) is awarding its highly endowed art prize to the photographer Peter Hebeisen, who lives in Zurich.
Hebeisen's photographic series revolve around the theme of portraiture. His photographs are interpretations of what the camera lens captures. It is the sharp look behind and below the visible surface that surface that allows penetration into the subcutaneous landscape of man, animal and nature.
The 20th Century European Battlefields series is remarkably topical. Peter Hebeisen photographed places in Europe where the great battles of World War I and World War II took place. Where nature and cities were devastated for miles around and thousands of people died, there are today towns, tranquil woods or idyllic beaches with sun umbrellas and ice cream stands. Yet it is war photography that, as it were, posthumously portrays the place and its dead. |
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Peter Hebeisen
Rhône Glacier, 2022
Pigment print on Archival paper |
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Hebeisen's latest series of Swiss glaciers, What remains, is also impressive. The photograph brings the glacier as a living being that suffers and dies - a fascinating counterpoint to the beauty of the mountain world.
The Keller-Wedekind Foundation (KWS) promotes figurative art in Switzerland. The KWS has awarded its prize every two years since 2013.
Peter Hebeisen is the sixth recipient of the KWS Art Award after Gabriella Gerosa, Joëlle Flumet, Thomas Ritz, Tobias Weber and Andrea Muheim. It is one of the highest endowed privately financed Art Wards in Switzerland. It is worth 70’000 Swiss francs. The artist receives 10’000 Swiss francs and at least one work is purchased by the foundation. The sponsorship also includes an exhibition at the Zurich gallery Fabian & Claude Walter and the production of the work catalogue.
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Peter Hebeisen
Battle-of-Verdun
Pigment print on Archival paper
162 x 162 cm |
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| The 100-page exhibition catalogue contains around 60 illustrations and a text by the author and editor Nadine Olonetzky. The KWS work catalogues are distinguished by their content and careful compilation. This prestigious support is provided with staying power, away from short-lived trends and fashionable marketing. The evaluation of the respective artists takes place in a concentrated process. Artists do not submit their works to the KWS, but are selected by the foundation through permanent, intensive observation of the Swiss art scene. |
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Peter Hebeisen
Battle of Kursk 1943, Prokohovka, Russia, 2007
Pigment print on Archival paper
162 x 162 cm |
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