Intro
Love in the Times of...
Hotel Europe, Zurich
June 4–20, 2021
Content
In addition to paying guests, the Europe, a family hotel just behind the Opera House in Zurich, hosted artworks. An exhibition in the rooms and corridors, as well as on the hotel's gable roof, was dedicated to the theme "Love in times of...". Despite self-isolation, and against all odds, people still fall in love today, risking closeness in times when fear of illness is prevalent, creating a new romantic narrative. The pursuit of the impossible, the tension between love and fear, intimacy and loneliness, society and individual, emotion and mind is the starting point of the exhibition. Unique, new projects, were created for it, but also well-known works exhibited.
List of artists
Stefan Altenburger, Mitchell Anderson, Bastien Aubry / Dimitri Broquard, Sophie Calle, Keren Cytter, Svetlana Heger, Jessica Diamond, Christina Forrer, Cheyenne Julien, Alicia Framis, Jan Kiefer, Karen Kilimnik, Inge Mahn, Manon, Kris Martin, Ebecho Muslimova, Marlo Pascual, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Martin Soto Climent, Ser Serpas, Sin Wai Kin fka Victoria Sin, Mina Squalli-Houssaïni, Franz West