On display Birgit Jürgenssen Going to Bed Without Sleeping, 1986 A myriad of eyes seem to bulge from a half-human object. This eerie, uncanny depiction of a hybrid body against a background hatched…
Jean Clerc Portrait d’Élie Gagnebin (Portrait of Élie Gagnebin), 1931 Jean Clerc excelled at portraiture, and modelling proved the technique that suited him best. As the spiritual heir to Charles Despiau’s naturalism, but with a…
François Bocion, Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli Le prêtre pêchant (Priest angling), 1868-1869 The painter and copperplate engraver Jakob Lorenz Rüdisühli moved to Basel in 1868. There, he set about popularising drawings by leading Swiss artists in several…
Jorge Macchi La luz (Light), 2015 Jorge Macchi's artworks use a variety of media and strategies to play with the viewer's perceptions. Flashes of light diffracted by a disco ball turn…
Asger Jorn Vol de Viol de Fgary de Gambe (Theft of a Viola da Fgary da Gamba), 1969 The Danish artist Asger Jorn was a member of several poetic-political groups, including CoBrA (1948–51) and the Situationist International (1957–72). Jorn is best known for…
Joan Jonas Songdelay, 1973 Initially trained as a sculptor, Joan Jonas was involved in the development of performance art in the late 1960s alongside other artists of the New…
Alfredo Jaar Real Pictures, 1995-2007 Alfredo Jaar’s public interventions, installations, photographs and videos all explore the nature of images and our relationship to them. His work closely follows current events…
On display Janos Urban Construction n° 6, 1969 In 1956 Janos Urban reached Switzerland as a political refugee from his native Hungary. Having begun his artistic training in Budapest, he now continued at…
