Hamish Fulton - Museum Haus Konstruktiv

In Fulton's opinion art is not about stroking the artistic ego. Basically, MAKING ART SHOULD BE AS SIMPLE AS
SWEEPING THE FLOOR. Fulton chose walking as an art form: „Hamish Fulton walks the way a painter paints.“
(Raimund Stecker) His works are about walking and refer to the characteristics of this activity. The actual experience,
however, is absent and may at best be intuited: AN ARTWORK CANNOT RE-PRESENT THE EXPERIENCE OF A WALK.
Fulton emphasises that it remains elusive, immaterial, unique, impossible to apprehend through mere description,
and gives us an idea of what EXPERIENCE may mean. WALKING not only has a basis in reality, but claims a
philosophical position of cultural criticism. One might want to accept the invitation extended by Fulton's art to make
one's own experience, reach one's own insights.
Elisabeth Grossmann, Curator
We greatly appreciate the financial support by Allreal AG, the British Council, the Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation
and Ringier AG. This exhibition was created in cooperation with Häusler Contemporary, München, Germany. The wall
drawings in the great hall were executed by Cordula Huber and Marlyse Meyerhofer.
Opening hours:
Public guided tours:
April 29, 2004, 6pm
June 22, 2004, 6pm
Wed/Fri 12-6pm, Thur 12-8pm, Sat/Sun 11am-6pm
Thursdays 12:15pm; Sundays 11:15am; every first Thursday of the month, 6:30 pm. Guided
tours for groups upon request.
Hamish Fulton – Guided tour in English by Felicity Lunn followed by an apéro (sponsored by
the British Council). Free admission.
Hamish Fulton – Public talk by Hamish Fulton, „Between Image and Reality.“
ETH Hönggerberg, Auditorium HIL E4. Free admission.
(Please note that this event has been postponed from June 15 to 22.)
© Translation from German:
Margret Powell-Joss
mpowelljoss@swissonline.ch
Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Selnaustrasse 25, 8001 Zürich, T 01 217 70 80, F 01 217 70 90
info@hauskonstruktiv.ch, www.hauskonstruktiv.ch