Group show Zurich

Made In Switzerland

2022 AUG 23 – SEP 24

Gaspard Louane, Lisa Hansen, Andreas Herren, Francesco Bonanno

Made in Switzerland is a collaborative group exhibition between Jedlitschka and Kolly Gallery, which runs from September 1st to 24th, 2022.

What all artist of Made in Switzerland have in common is their connection to Switzerland. All of them draw their inspiration from the divers cultural heritage of this tiny country but very rich in its origins and culture.

Group Exhibition – Gaspard Louane,
Lisa Hansen, Andreas Herren,
Francesco Bonanno
Location – Zurich
Dates – 23.08.22 – 24.09.22

Press Release

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The exhibition collaboration between Jedlitschka and Kolly Gallery represents a unique and underrated topic in the Swiss artistic landscape. Besides of putting the spotlight on Switzerland, the galleries aim to highlight an intergenerational dialogue. The group exhibition contains of four artist Lisa Hansen, Gaspard Louane, Andreas Herren, Francesco Bonanno. The artists are from two different generations and well spread around Switzerland namely St. Gallen, Bern and Fribourg.

Each of them has their own topic of interest and a very unique style.

They all aim to represent the heritage of Switzerland, whether in the form of Swiss cows, the various landscapes, the different cities or the mentality. The art works come in various forms and materials. From silkscreen, to illustration to painting the artists express themselves in figuration and abstraction.

Have fun exploring Switzerland in images, colours and emotions.

GASPARD LOUANE

Gaspard Louane is living and working in Fribourg. He developed a unique artistic signature, consisting of intricate and interlaced letters on one side and cartoon-like animal illustrations on the other. Switzerland is the main topic of his creative practice since multiple years. He especially discovered this interest when realising that he did not know too much of his home country. He aims to breaking up existing barriers such as “the countryside versus the city”, the “Röstigraben” between the German and French speaking population and political opinions, thus open up discussions how to create better together in putting forward local references and native traditions.

LISA HANSEN

Lisa Hansen is a young artist living in the city of Fribourg. While studying at art school she surprisingly noticed that the Switzerland as a topic is very little addressed. Her aim is to contribute to highlighting and paying tribute to all those things that make Switzerland unique. Ultimately she would like to motivate and enable people to engage with Switzerland’s cultural heritage, especially including a dialogue between people of different generations as well as different social and geographical backgrounds.

GASPARD LOUANE

SWISS MOUNTAIN MAN
2022, acrylic on canvas
149 x 100 cm

LISA HANSEN

THE DOG
2022, acrylic on canvas
130 x 90 cm

ANDREAS HERREN

Andreas Herren has liked cows since childhood. He likes their beautiful eyes and faces. Cows are sweet, maternal but quite defensible. Because of the cows he would have liked to become a farmer or a veterinarian. Now he draws and paints cows. In Switzerland, a real cow culture developed among the farmers in the past centuries. The cow almost took on a social significance; the farmers began to identify with the animals entrusted to them.

FRANCESCO BONANNO

„The cow looks stoic, no matter what rough terrain Francesco Bonanno drives it onto. It settles on everything that fascinates the St.Gallen based artist and strides unflinchingly over embroidery, slate panels and endless computer paper. The cow is Bonanno’s alter ego. The cow has long since taken on a life of its own and become the artist’s signature. For around twenty years Bonanno has been using a linocut of “his” cow and prints it sometimes alone, sometimes as a herd on different materials. Often they are found objects, objets trouvés, whose haptics or form interest the artist.“ (C. Genova)

With the kind support of Résidence Mont d’Or Art Valais.