Kunstmuseum Luzern / Museum of Art Lucerne presents Eis, an exhibition dedicated to Andreas Züst, the creative collaborator and friend of Peter Mettler whose interest in the aurora borealis led the pair to make the acclaimed film Picture of Light (1994). This film is included on a loop in the gallery exhibition, alongside an extensive display of Züst’s slide photography.
Eis is curated by Eveline Suter, in cooperation with Mara Züst, and runs from August 22nd to November 22nd, 2020, with an opening on Friday August 21st. Visit the Kunstmuseum Luzern website for more info.
“Andreas Züst (1947–2000) had an all-embracing interest in the world, ranging from the natural sciences to the art scene, and from small molecular structures to the whole wealth of human being. Züst’s omnipresent companion was the 35mm camera with which he captured and ordered the world.
“Throughout his whole life, Andreas Züst was enthusiastic about natural events. As a student of glaciology, he carried out several months of research in Greenland, undertaking, among other things, ice core drilling. He collected books and objects on the theme, illustrated volumes and expedition reports, and also Inuit carvings. He made a selection of his photographs for six slide carousels entitled “Eis” (Ice). These address the theme of Ice in its most diverse forms, as an infinite landscape or as ice crystals, as a luminous blue or as dazzling, white, freshly drifting snow, as a Polar bear gazing into the camera on an ice-covered beach or as a research station frozen over in the light of a full moon.”
This exhibition is also accompanied by a new publication entitled Pursuit of Wonders, published by Edition Patrick Frey. The book includes a text from Peter reflecting on his relationship with Andreas, and the significance of the exhibition’s theme. More information is available from the publisher’s website.
