LUFONAUTEN is dedicated explicitly, though not exclusively, to our youngest visitors. The exhibition of works from the collection has been made – quite literally – for the eyes of children. The works are presented at children’s eye level, which in itself alone leads to an interesting change of perspective. In the usually rather austere exhibition rooms, cushions invite the young visitors to sit, lie and paint. LUFONAUTEN explores strange worlds of art, for example the surreal and startling photographs and films of Roman Signer, Jörg Schulthess, Peter Fischli and David Weiss. In his Coltrane Piece Bruce Nauman plays with the magic of the concealed, the merely suspected. Uwe Pfeiffer, Alex Colville, Valerie Jaudon and László Fehér transform everyday urban spaces into weird scenes full of blind spots that challenge the imagination. In Children’s Tapes, Terry Fox addresses children directly and, with his alternative to conventional children’s TV, playfully turns everyday life into the equipment for and the subject matter of small physical experiments. Semëon Natanovič Fajbisovič and Vincent Desiderio tell stories that are razor-sharp in their clarity, but leave us without an ending. Joe Zucker not only takes us on a pirate ship in the China Sea but also into his own world of painting where pastel-coloured ridges cover the canvas like icing. Fairy-tale illustrations from a diversity of cultures are complemented by fairy tales and children’s books from the city’s library, which has declared the Ludwig Forum as an official branch for the duration of the exhibition.
Curated by: Anna Sophia Schultz
