The World of Armand Schulthess

Description

Armand Schulthess was born in Neuchâtel. As a young man, he obtained a degree in business administration before completing an apprenticeship at an import-export company. Subsequently, he became the owner of a women's clothing business based initially in Zurich, later in Geneva, but the company went bankrupt. In 1939, he was employed as an office clerk at the Federal Department of Economic Affairs in Bern. At the age of fifty, this Swiss federal civil servant suddenly severed all professional and social ties. He finally gave up his work and chose a country house in Ticino, which he had purchased ten years earlier, as his place of both geographical and mental exile. Cut off from the outside world, he dedicated his life from then on to shaping the extensive property surrounding it. After his death, his heirs and the Ticino authorities decided to destroy his work. Only some of his books and a series of assemblages made from metal plates, wire, and branches will be preserved. Swiss-German filmmaker and photographer Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf was able to document and immortalize this monumental work as it existed before its destruction. In the exhibition, his photographs engage in a dialogue with nearly 300 objects from the surroundings, which were rescued at the last minute, including a very extensive collection that will be acquired by the Collection de l’Art Brut in 2024 and presented to the public here for the first time on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Lausanne Museum. In 1976, the year of its opening, the museum dedicated its first special exhibition to this artistic work under the direction of Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf as curator. Fifty years later, a newly conceived presentation, supplemented by previously unpublished works, offers us a new perspective on Armand Schulthess's extraordinary work. Curator: Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.

Highlights

• Exhibition about Armand Schulthess
• Nearly 300 rescued objects
• Photographs by Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf

General Information

The exhibition at the Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne is dedicated to the life and work of Armand Schulthess. It displays photographs and objects rescued just before destruction, offering a unique insight into his artistic creation.

Location

Avenue Bergières 11, 1004 Lausanne, Switzerland

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