Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland
https://kunstmuseumthun.ch/en/exhibition/fabrice-hyber/
Fabrice Hyber (b. 1962) is one of France’s most internationally acclaimed artists. Born into a family of sheep farmers, he purchased 100 hectares of land in the Vendée region in the 1990s, where he has since cultivated his forest, “La Vallée”. In his works, the trees bear blue circles instead of green leaves, symbolising the oxygen they produce. Hyber’s creations represent stages in an ongoing artistic process; thinking is envisioned as a rootstock with its twisted and tangled branches. In Thun, he will explore agriculture through drawings, paintings and objects he refers to as “POF” (Prototypes d’Objets en Fonctionnement). For the first time in Switzerland, the two art museums of Thun and Thurgau present his extensive oeuvre in a two-part collaborative exhibition.
