Lucas Art Talks

1. Marina Abramović, The Hero , 2001, Single channel video (black/white, sound), Display case with objects from the property of Vojin Abramović (not shown), video: 14', 21'; objects : variable dimensions © Courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives / 2024, ProLitteris, Zurich      Marina Abramović (b. 1946, Belgrade) is one of the most influential and groundbreaking figures in contemporary art. For over 55 years, she has pushed the boundaries of performance art, challenging the limits of physical endurance, mental resilience, and the role of the audience in the artistic process.       From October 25, 2024, to February 16, 2025, Kunsthaus Zürich present the first major retrospective of her work in Switzerland. This landmark exhibition spans her entire career, showcasing pivotal works from different periods, live restagings of iconic performances, and an entirely new installation created specifically for Kunsthaus Zürich that directly involves the public...

1. Exhibition BRAND NEW! (Room of Lena Vandrey), MAMC+, 2024. Photo : Hubert Genouilhac - MAMC+ A new perspective on the collection      Spread over 1000 m², this exhibition of works from the collections includes around twenty artists and over one hundred of their pieces from the 1960s to the present day. This selection, which reflects a variety of disciplines (painting, drawing, photography, and sculpture), gives pride of place to works including large-scale installations by Mac Adams, Alain Kirili, and the duo Aurélie Pétrel a nd Vincent Roumagn ac. Donations of large collections of works also enable the museum to present monographic exhibitions focusing on the careers of several little-known figures who each, in their own way, strove to reinvent the language of painting and sculpture: Bernard Joubert (1946), Charles-Henri Monvert (1948-2018), Lena Vandrey (1941-2018), and Max Wechsler (1925-2020).      These rich additions to the collection sometimes ser...