August Gaul Modern Animals

Animals have recently come to occupy a large part of our consciousness, as transmission hosts of global pandemics, the victims of species extinctions or as contributors to climate change. This topicality invites us to take a new look at the work of the sculptor August Gaul (1869–1921) from the perspective of contemporary debates. The Kunstmuseum Bern, which has one of the biggest and most top-level collections of Gaul in the Zwillenberg Collection, is devoting an exhibition to the pioneer of modern animal sculpture, in which his work is for the first time placed in a cultural and historical context. The exhibition is complemented by a presentation of the Bern Monkey Guild, which celebrates its 700th jubilee in 2021.

Martina Witschi
Communication and public relations Kunstmuseum Bern - Zentrum Paul Klee
press@kunstmuseumbern.ch, T +41 31 328 09 93

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