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Christian Megert: Early Works from the 1950 | 60s from Paris and Berne
How can it be that Christian Megert鈥檚 first, very early paintings were shown directly from the studio between 1955 and 1960 in exhibitions in Bern, Lausanne and Paris, in Barcelona, Copenhagen, Leverkusen and Recklinghausen, but were never shown again in Switzerland in the following almost seven decades?
Now, with the exhibition of a select group at Galerie Dierking, the interested Swiss public finally has the opportunity to encounter the first valid body of work by Christian Megert, the artist who, from 1961, when he was only 25 years old, had already lost his label and has since been regarded as the one with the mirrors. In addition to the great surprise that the Swiss premiere is only now taking place, it may also come as a surprise that it is taking place in Zurich and not in Bern: After all, Megert was a formative figure in the vibrant Bernese art scene from the mid-1950s until his move to D眉sseldorf in 1973, and he has always remained connected to his second home in Bern in the half-century since then.
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How can it be that Christian Megert鈥檚 first, very early paintings were shown directly from the studio between 1955 and 1960 in exhibitions in Bern, Lausanne and Paris, in Barcelona, Copenhagen, Leverkusen and Recklinghausen, but were never shown again in Switzerland in the following almost seven decades?
Now, with the exhibition of a select group at Galerie Dierking, the interested Swiss public finally has the opportunity to encounter the first valid body of work by Christian Megert, the artist who, from 1961, when he was only 25 years old, had already lost his label and has since been regarded as the one with the mirrors. In addition to the great surprise that the Swiss premiere is only now taking place, it may also come as a surprise that it is taking place in Zurich and not in Bern: After all, Megert was a formative figure in the vibrant Bernese art scene from the mid-1950s until his move to D眉sseldorf in 1973, and he has always remained connected to his second home in Bern in the half-century since then.
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