23 May 2007 – 25 August 2007

Patong

Great Figures Carved by the People of Borneo from the Brignoni Collection, Museum of Cultures of the
City of Lugano

From May 23 to August 25, 2007 Galleria Gottardo in Lugano will exhibit a group of 39 objects, dated before World War II and carved by sculptors of different ethnic groups of Central and Southern Borneo. These works belong to the Museum of Cultures of Lugano and are part of the collection that Swiss artist Serge Brignoni had started in the 1920s and donated to the Museum in 1985. The whole collection includes approximately 650 objects, mostly from Oceania and Indonesia. The exhibited works represent one of the most important group of its kind on a worldwide scale. More than half of them will be shown to the public for the first time.

Address

Galleria Gottardo
Viale Franscini 12
6901 Lugano
phone +41 91 808 19 88
http://www.galleria-gottardo.org

Opening Hours

Tuesday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m., closed on Monday.

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