Carved masks

Special exhibition at the Swiss Woodcarving Museum in Brienz

Masks are among the earliest relics of cultural history – masks that soothe the spirits of ancestors, dismiss winter, stave off the plague, heal lunacy, ban harmful powers, or conjure rain and fertility. They make visible the invisible, the beneficial, or the terrible, to honour it, or on the other hand, to prevent it and drive it out.  

14 May – 25 September 2011

Schweizer Holzbildhauerei Museum Hauptstrasse 111 · 3855 Brienz · Tel. 033 952 13 17

Other exhibitions:

Exhibitions by Urs-P. Twellmann
Galerie für Gegenwartskunst Elfi Bohrer, Bonstetten (CH)
7 May to 5 June 2011
Kunsthalle Wil (Switzerland): 5 June to 17 July 2011 

Atelier Exhibition by René Bürki, Oschwand (Switzerland)
8 May to 22 May 2011

Spring Exhibition by woodcarver Andreas Felber, Ettiswil nature trail (Switzerland)
Opening: 22 May 10:00 - 18:00
28/29 May 10:00 - 18:00, 4/5 June 10:00 - 18:00

TraditioNeu Sculpture Exhibition
Exhibit by four sculptors from central Switzerland, Kemmeribodenbad (Switzerland). The artists will be carving sculptures on site, providing insight into their process.
2 June to 30 October 2011
The artists working on site:
30 June – 03 July                  Hans Gisler
04 August – 07 August           Reto Odermatt
08 Sept. – 11 Sept.                Bernhard Annen
29 Sept. – 02 Oct.                  Peter Bissig

Peter Bissig, woodcarver
Working on a sculpture at the Sewenhütte, Meiental (Switzerland)
11 to 13 June 2011

The European Woodworking Show 2011
1 and 2 October 2011, Cressing Temple Barns, Essex (UK)