Kunstmuseum Thun

Antje Majewski and Pawel Freisler
The Apple. An Introduction. Again and Again

Opening
03.09.21, 18:30

Exhibition
04.09.21 – 28.11.21

Antje Majewski, Gelbe Schleswiger Renette, 2014, oil on wood, 40x80x3cm © Antje Majewski / 2021, ProLitteris, Zürich photo by Jens Ziehe, Berlin courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin.
Antje Majewski, Gelbe Schleswiger Renette, 2014, oil on wood, 40x80x3cm © Antje Majewski / 2021, ProLitteris, Zürich photo by Jens Ziehe, Berlin courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin.
Antje Majewski, Pommerscher Krummstiel, 2014, oil on wood, 40x80x3cm © Antje Majewski / 2021, ProLitteris, Zürich photo by Jens Ziehe, Berlin courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Antje Majewski, Pommerscher Krummstiel, 2014, oil on wood, 40x80x3cm © Antje Majewski / 2021, ProLitteris, Zürich photo by Jens Ziehe, Berlin courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Antje Majewski, Redlove ̈Era ̈, 2015, oil on wood, 40x80x3cm © Antje Majewski / 2021, ProLitteris, Zürich photo by Jens Ziehe, Berlin courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Antje Majewski, Redlove ̈Era ̈, 2015, oil on wood, 40x80x3cm © Antje Majewski / 2021, ProLitteris, Zürich photo by Jens Ziehe, Berlin courtesy the artist and neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Brigham Baker, Apple, 2018
Brigham Baker, Apple, 2018
Didier Rittener, Les pommiers ou indécente forêt, 2014 – 2016, pencil on paper, 180.8 × 390 cm, Aargauer Kunsthaus. © Didier Rittener
Didier Rittener, Les pommiers ou indécente forêt, 2014 – 2016, pencil on paper, 180.8 × 390 cm, Aargauer Kunsthaus. © Didier Rittener

The exhibition is all about the apple – the fruit we think we know best. Apples are a prime example of the infinite variety that nature can produce from one basic form. But they also shed light on food production and current debates on genetic research. The topic thus challenges us to think hard about our relationship to the natural world we have domesticated.

Initiated by the artists Antje Majewski and Paweł Freisler, the art project also brings in aspects of cultural history and politics and has been realised in various locations since 2014. It thus involves other artists, local stakeholders and schools, among others. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Thun is the largest and most comprehensive station of the project and brings together works from all previous locations. Featured artists include, in addition to Majewski and Freisler, Jimmie Durham, Agnieszka Polska and Piotr Życieński. Also on view in two special rooms are works created independently on the theme of apples by the Swiss artists Brigham Baker and Didier Rittener as well as exhibits from the collection of the Kunstmuseum Thun.

Artists
Antje Majewski, Pawel Freisler, Brigham Baker, Jimmie Durham, Agnieszka Polska, Didier Rittener

Curators
Antje Majewski, Pawel Freisler

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Location

Kunstmuseum Thun
Thunerhof, Hofstettenstr. 14
3602 Thun
Switzerland
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Website
https://kunstmuseumthun.ch

Published on: 28.12.20