Robert Longo, “Guernica Redacted” (After Picasso’s Guernica), 1937, 2016 Archival pigment print, 152 x 330 cm. Copyright Robert Longo, Courtesy: Cahiers d´Art, Paris
The annual arts and culture festival St. Moritz Art Masters is going for its 9th edition and this time around it will focus on the US. The festival, which lasts 10 days and takes place in galleries and appointed venues around the small but popular Swiss skiing town is known for showcasing works based on a different country every year. Last year it presented works focused on Italy and included big names like Piero Manzoni and Lucio Fontana.
St. Moritz Art Masters has already announced some of the galleries, venues and artists taking part and it looks promising. The Forum Paracelsus will present drawings and sculptures by Robert Longo and an exhibition of Richard Avedon’s work. A group show featuring seminal American artists such as Frank Stella and Robert Rauschenberg will occupy a Protestant church, while a gymnasium at the local school will showcase a selection of Montblanc’s “Cutting Edge Art Collection”, which includes works by Tom Sachs, Pat York and Nicholas Forker.
Vito Schnabel Gallery has also announced exhibitions presenting works by Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel and Jean-Michel Basquiat, to name a few.
Left: Andy Warhol, “Reflected (purple, red, green and yellow on black)”, 1982, Acrylic and silkscreen on canvas 229 x 178 cm. Copyright: 2016 the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc., New York/Pro Litteris, Zurich. Courtesy: Vito Schnabel Gallery Right: Jean-Michel Basquiat “Untitled”, 1981, Mixed media on canvas 51 x 41 cm. Copyright: 2016 Pro Litteris, Zurich. Courtesy: Vito Schnabel Gallery
St. Moritz Art Masters will be on view from 26 August until 4 September 2016