Hommage à Luginbühl

The 1950s and 1960s were a key period for Bernhard Luginbühl, a sculptor, graphic artist, collector and film -maker born in Bern in 1929. Throughout this period, he devoted himself to recasting iron sculptures, causing a storm in the art world with his unorthodox, distinctive creations. Bernhard Luginbühl has lived and worked in a farmhouse in Mötschwil near Bern since 1966, where he also maintains his own sculpture park. It was in 1975 that the artist’s work was first shown by the Kestnergesellschaft in Hanover, in an exhibition curated by Carl Haenlein.

In its new home in Hanover, the Ahlers Pro Arte Foundation offers an insight into the work of this internationally renowned artist, presenting his sculptures, drawings and collages, most of which have been drawn from the ahlers collection. The large-scale1993 sculpture Anchor Figure with Double Bollard which is being exhibited in front of the foundation’s building for the duration of the exhibition will be displayed there on a permanent basis and become part of Hanover’s urban fabric. The artist and his family will attend the exhibition opening.