Uwe Wittwer: The Blind Singer Leads the Way: Galerie Peter Kilchmann

Rämistrasse, Zurich

In front of the window in the central room is the glass painting The Blind Singer - the title work of the exhibition. The painting was created by Wittwer in the Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt für Glasmalerei und Mosaik in Munich using traditional techniques and careful manual work. The blind singer is a reflection of the viewers who approach Wittwer's work and at the same time of the artist himself, who makes the invisible and the historical visible through his interpretation and realization.

Uwe Wittwer's works have been exhibited internationally since the mid-1980s. Past solo exhibitions include: The Mission, Parafin, London (2022), Schwarzer Schnee, Judin, Berlin, Holzhacker.Spiegel, Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich; Settings of Wrath, at the Musée Ariana in Geneva (all 2021); The Black Suns, Grenchen Art Museum (2019); The Spoils of Ward, Judin, Berlin and Shelter, Galerie Parafin, London (2018).

Important group exhibitions took place in the following institutions, among others: Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (2023); Szydlowksi Gallery, Warsaw (2023); Centre PasquArt, Biel (2022), Parafin, London (2022), Kunstmuseum Solothurn (2021); Kunstmuseum Bern (2019); Herbert Art Museum, Coventry (2018); Langmatt Museum, Baden (2017); Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal (2013); Kunstmuseum Solothurn (2013); Tate Britain, London (2011); PS1 MoMa, New York (2006). Wittwer's works are in the collections of international institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Caldic Collection, Rotterdam; the Kunsthaus Zurich; Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen; the Bern Art Museum; the Solothurn Art Museum; the Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht; the David Roberts Art Foundation, London; the Musée d’art et d’histoire de la Ville de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel; the Center PasquART Biel; Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausen as well as the collection of the ZKB Zürcher Kantonalbank and many more.