Susanne Keller. Back Chamber of the Eye

Description

Zurich artist Susanne Keller describes her art as the "materialization of a poetic network of thoughts". This year's exhibition at the Thun Panorama, Susanne Keller. Back Chamber of the Eye, makes this statement tangible for the general public through delicately playful peep-box objects, spherical photographs, and poems.

Before people began to lose themselves in the endlessness of the virtual world via small screens, they quenched their thirst for discovery with physical images, books, or installations. These research spaces were perhaps more limited, but the search for stories and details was all the more deliberate. The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Thun, shown in the glass extension of the Thun Panorama in the 2026 season, is a reminder of the decelerating power of quiet observation and the discovery and questioning of unexpected perspectives.

In view of the proximity to the panorama painting by Marquard Wocher, the oldest surviving circular painting in the world and the largest work in the Kunstmuseum Thun collection, Susanne Keller has adopted the idea of staging for her exhibition in the Thun Panorama. She selected the Guckkasten series (2007) from her extensive oeuvre. This invites the public to explore circus, opera, or fairground worlds through peepholes and viewing slits. Almost like Wocher's hidden object picture, which provides a fascinating insight into Thun's hustle and bustle around 1814.

The multidisciplinary artist is also showing her black-and-white photo series Körner Gaumen mundet (2005-2007) as a complement or contrast. The fact that the pictures were taken on hot summer days under a steel-blue sky can only be guessed at. Due to their atmospheric blurriness and selective under- and overexposure, the photographs evoke hazy memories of the past, the repressed, or the forgotten. In her texts and poems, which can be read on the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, Susanne Keller also explores artistic themes such as human vision and perception, the artistic process, and scenery.

Highlights

• Exhibition features delicate peep-box objects, spherical photographs, and poems
• Inspired by the historic Thun Panorama and circular painting by Marquard Wocher
• Showcasing Susanne Keller’s Guckkasten series and black-and-white photography

General Information

Susanne Keller's exhibition at the Thun Panorama explores poetic worlds through various media, emphasizing quiet observation and perspective. The event is part of the 2026 season at Kunstmuseum Thun and invites visitors to discover hidden details and stories in her multidisciplinary work.

Location

3600 Thun, Schweiz

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