Swiss Made: From Ferdinand Hodler to Urs Fischer is partly inspired by Visionary Switzerland, a travelling exhibition curated by Harald Szeemann in 1992 for Kunsthaus Zürich. Szeemann framed his selection of work by iconoclastic artists in conscious opposition to the reductive notion of a Swiss "national" aesthetic, contradicting the widespread perception of Switzerland as a country without a history. Instead, the exhibition underscored the continuing influence of Constructivism and explored the legacy of the art brut tendency first identified and promoted by Jean Dubuffet in 1947. Furthermore, Swiss Made integrates the modern and the contemporary, juxtaposing work by key twentieth-century figures with that of contemporary descendants.

(© Louise Bonnet | Photo: Ed Mumford | Courtesy Gagosian)

Featured artists include Balthus, Max Bill, Louise Bonnet, Heidi Bucher, Aloïse Corbaz, Urs Fischer, Peter Fischli and David Weiss, Augusto Giacometti, Ferdinand Hodler, Paul Klee, Meret Oppenheim, Ugo Rondinone, Pamela Rosenkranz, Setsuko, Louis Soutter, Jean Tinguely, Felix Vallotton, and Adolf Wölfli.

The exhibition is open until 17 September
Gagosian Gstaad
Promenade 79, Gstaad

Read more about the exhibition on Gagosian's webpage