Swiss Review / April 2022 / No.2 11 Tour of “My Exhibition” by television presenter Ueli Schmetzer (in Swiss German): revue.link/oppenheim After its Berne residency, “My Exhibition” will be housed at The Menil Connection in Houston, USA (25 March to 18 September 2022) before moving to the Museum of Modern Art in New York (30 October 2022 to 4 March 2023). This work was missing from the exhibition in Berne: Meret Oppenheim, “Object”, Paris, 1936. MoMA Artists Rights Society, New York / Pro Litteris, Zurich Squirrel, 1960/1969 Beer glass, plastic foam and fur; 21.5 x 13 x 7.5 cm Kunstmuseum Bern Photo: Peter Lauri, Berne; ©2021, ProLitteris, Zurich Spring Day, 1961 Oil on plastic material and wood with wire basket, 50 x 34 cm Private collection ©2021, ProLitteris, Zurich Six Clouds on a Bridge, 1975 Bronze; 46,8 x 61 x 15,5 cm Kunstmuseum Bern, Meret Oppenheim Bequest Photo: Peter Lauri, Berne, ©2021, ProLitteris, Zurich cover a fascinating array of original works by an artist who refused to be pigeonholed – and who suffered from artist’s block for years but never lost her self-deprecating style. One of her works, “MyNurse”, shows a pair of women’s high-heeled shoes trussed together like a chicken and “served” sole side up on a silver platter. “Freedom is not given to you – you have to take it,” Oppenheimonce said. She never veered from this ethos. Her furry teacup was missing from the exhibition in Berne – she probably would have been relieved to hear. JÜRG STEINER
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