Urs Raussmüller – Raussmüller Insights

Extending Perception: Robert Mangold

by Urs Raussmüller

Urs Raussmüller has consistently used his installations of artworks as an opportunity to communicate his view of the specific situation in question and to share his feelings, experiences and thoughts with others. The following statements are excerpts from a conversation inside the exhibition Robert Mangold: Extending Perception. [more]

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Statements

by Urs Raussmüller

Nowhere is the creative potential that we humans have at our disposal as undisguised as in art. Works of art are not just exemplary material for creative behavior; instead, if they are sufficiently loaded with energy, they cause creativity. [more]

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Ryman Paintings and Ryman Exhibitions

A talk with Urs Raussmüller

Ryman’s paintings do not exert force. Instead they allow things to happen. They do not insist on a theoretical concept and need not be perceived in a specific way. The observer is free to enjoy the painting’s effect on him. [more]

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The Museum as Concept and Philosophy

Statement by Urs Raussmüller

When you build a factory, be it a spaghetti factory or a car plant, the first, most important consideration is the philosophy of the company. It is no different with a museum. The philosophy of the institution, its basic understanding of itself, must stand in first place, in other words: how does the museum perceive its function? [more]