The Rath Museum is hosting This is a Swiss Drawing
(1990-2010), an exhibition from the Jenisch Museum in
Vevey, produced in conjunction with the Contemporary Art
Fund of the City of Geneva. Contemporary drawing in
Switzerland has developed in a particularly rich and
fascinating way over the last several decades. At the
beginning of the 1980s, Charles Goerg and John M
Armleder's exhibition Swiss Drawing 1970-1980, already
underlined the affinity of Swiss artists for this medium.
Thirty years later, This is a Swiss Drawing (1990-2010)
takes a new cross-section of artistic practices, using this
opportunity to reflect once more on the links – proven or
imaginary – between drawing and Swiss culture. The
exhibition draws together the works of fifty or so artists
from the different linguistic regions. Visitors are invited to
discover the different branches of contemporary drawing,
its deployment ranging from paper supports to digital
technologies (vectorial drawing), its methods of installation
and interventions in situ.
