
THE NEWS CORNER #11 - photography
«The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.» (Susan Sontag, On Photography) Is photography art? The debate has been going on for so long now, and these few lines would not be enough to draft an answer to this question. But photography is, no doubt about that, part of our memory and identity, and therefore we follow with great interest the increasing amount of research projects directed to photographic archives. Enjoy the selection we present here! 22nd February, 2018

The Lone Wolf of Hong Kong. Kong Chun Hei at Last Tango
On February 3, 2018, Ars Graphica Swiss met with artist Kong Chun Hei and co-curator Arianna Gellini at exhibition space Last Tango in Zurich Not once or twice, but seventeen times has the translucent foil been wrapped around an unidentifiable object. It shimmers and shines in nuanced varieties of gray. However, it isn’t plastic we look at, but rather an infinite amount of pen strokes that allow for such smooth transgressions. They meticulously uncover the slightest folds in

THE NEWS CORNER #10
February 8th, 2018 Born today: Franz Marc, German painter (1880) FIVE TO SEE! wherever you are SWITZERLAND: the Kupferstichkabinett of the Kunstmuseum Basel is displaying a retrospective of Georg Baselitz' graphic art (until April 29th). SPAIN: the Biblioteca Nacional de España is hosting Dibujos de Rosario Weiss (1814-1843), until April 22nd FRANCE: the Musée du dessin et de l'estampe originale in Gravelines is presenting 30 prints by Jan van der Straet dedicated to the Chas