Hans Josephsohn: Walkthrough of the exhibition Sculptures 1952—2002
On the occasion of Paris Gallery Weekend, join us at Thaddaeus Ropac Paris Marais on Saturday 24 May at 12pm for a guided walkthrough of the exhibition Hans Josephsohn: Sculptures 1952—2002.
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Hans Josephsohn
Sculptures 1952—2002
Following the retrospective dedicated to Hans Josephsohn’s work at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris last year – the artist’s first retrospective in France – this exhibition presents a selection of works retracing 50 years of the Swiss sculptor’s practice, from 1952 to 2002. Spanning Josephsohn’s key sculptural typologies, the ground floor of the gallery brings his tender, solitary early standing and reclining figures into conversation with the abstract volumes of his late half-figures, while the walls of the first-floor space become home to a focused presentation of the artist’s reliefs. The exhibition is on view until 28 May 2025.
Hans Josephsohn was born into a Jewish family in what was formerly Königsberg, East Prussia, in 1920. He briefly attended art school in Florence before relocating to Switzerland in 1938, where he continued to live and work until his death in 2012. He studied sculpture under Otto Müller and established his own studio in 1943, where he continued to work for the rest of his life. Josephsohn is characterised by his lifelong preoccupation with the human form. Over the course of six decades, the Swiss artist developed a wholly unique visual language that defies categorisation and has been impactful both on his contemporaries and the following generation of artists.
