The Museum Tinguely continues its series on the senses in fine art. The group show on the sense of sight presents artworks in various media from the Baroque to the present day that offer a range of surprising visual experiences. When looking at art, we are inevitably confronted with the basic facts of visual perception: the interplay of light, darkness, colour, movement and space. For centuries, artists have been experimenting with techniques, mechanisms and devices with which to question and reinvent the cultural conditions under which we see our surroundings and their representation in art. In many cases, they deliberately trouble our everyday view of reality by including disturbances and illusions in their works, such as distortion, inversion or mirroring.
Les témoins oculistes. The sense of sight in art
This exhibition is available in
German
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Paul Sacher-Anlage 1
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Basel
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"Boža, die Maus im Reich der Puppen" is an evening of music and theatre for young audiences and the young at heart. At its centre is Boža, a mouse who ventures beyond her familiar world in search of ...
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5 acts - 5 openings In five acts, the Fuzzy Logic puppet theater in Basel's smallest exhibition space, the former telephone booth of the Museum Tinguely, will feature five different figures: Tickets ...
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We centre people with cognitive and psychosocial disabilities – and invite everyone to discover art together through different lenses. Welcome! Museum Tinguely carries the label «Kultur inklusiv» ...
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Museum Tinguely cordially invites you to the opening of the new exhibition "Les témoins oculistes. The sense of sight in art" from 6:30 pm onwards.
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Das Museum Tinguely lädt Sie anlässlich der neuen Sonderausstellung «Zilla Leutenegger. Zwischenraum / Hindurchzuschaun» herzlich zur Katalogpräsentation mit der Künstlerin um 18.30 Uhr ein.
