HOFSTETTENSTRASSE 2003

The annual Hofstettenstrasse exhibition takes place at the turn of the year. Its aim is to provide an overview of current artistic activity in the region and to offer a platform for a wide variety of artistic perspectives. This exhibition opportunity is just as important for younger and lesser-known artists as it is for older, already established artists. Eligible to participate are artists who have a connection to the Thun region based on their place of origin, birth, or work, or who grew up in the region. Applications are submitted by submitting a portfolio of works, which is discussed and evaluated by a jury of experts. The members of the jury are selected anew each year by the Commission for Fine Arts (Kobik).

Artists featured in the exhibition:
L’art pour l’aar, Marianne Baumann (CH *1937), Alain Blank (1961), Erik Dettwiler (SF *1970), Alexander Egger (CH *1946), Heinrich Gartentor (CH *1965), Hanspeter Gempeler (CH *1954), Marco Giacomoni (CH *1971), Filip Haag (CH *1961), Regula Hadorn (CH *1945), Mirjam Helfenberger (CH *1966), Christian Helmle (CH *1952), Burkhard Hilty (CH *1929), Myriam Aline Loepfe (CH *1973), Reto Leibundgut (CH *1966), Jürg Maurer (CH *1932), Chantal Michel (CH *1968), Ernesto N. Nicolai (CH *1960), Walter Rechberger (CH *1933), Gabi Reusser (D *1949), Dominik Stauch (CH *1962), Regine von Felten (CH *1981), Andreas von Gunten (CH *1964), Anne-Gabrielle von Gunten (CH *1954), Peter Willen (CH *1941)

Composition of the jury:
Gianni Jetzer, Director of the Kunsthalle St. Gallen; Albrecht Schnider, artist, Berlin; Marta Herzog, artist / member of the Commission for Fine Arts Thun (jury chair); Madeleine Schuppli, Director of the Kunstmuseum; Susanne Friedli, Research Assistant at the Kunstmuseum Thun

Fifty-six individuals applied to participate in the 2003 Annual Exhibition, from which the jury selected 25. Since the entire museum space on Hofstettenstrasse is available, installation works or more extensive groups of works can also be displayed.