In the visual arts, it is omnipresent: the line. Navigating between constructive precision and subjective gesture, it performs endless tasks. It defines form and organizes the surface; it shapes contours and structures, and creates separation and connection. It traces space and time, generates illusion, and captures the imaginary.
Taking Paul Klee’s poetic metaphor of a line embarking on an “impressive journey” across the page as a point of departure, the exhibition explores how the line breaks free from its support, enters three-dimensional space, and transforms in both expression and materiality.
Agnes Husslein-Arco
Heidi Horten Collection Agnes Husslein-Arco Véronique Abpurg Die Linie Pierre Alechinsky Karel Appel Kader Attia Jean-Michel Basquiat Angela Bulloch Marcel Duchamp Lucian Freud Keith Haring Donald Judd Wassily Kandinsky Paul Klee