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30.05 – 03.10.2026
Open-air contemporary
art triennial

The Taste of Salt

05.06 — 25.09.2005

This title, The Taste of Salt, came about following a reflection on the relationships that humans can have with the place where they live, whether violent or respectful, constructive or destructive. Very quickly, the idea of man’s imprint on this earth took shape in a classic metaphor, the salt of the earth, which had the advantage of symbolising not only the influence of humans on society and the environment, but also that of art. However, this metaphor had the disadvantage of being a little heavy, a little too symbolically charged, even biblical. We preferred a more abstract, more literary expression, which lacks none of the intended allusions to the role of man and that of artists. This expression conveys the stimulating, lively, spicy, witty, risky, in a word, salty side that art and artists should never fail to bring us. The taste of salt is also the taste of tears, the taste of suffering and effort, of misery and pain. The taste of salt is also the memory of the Dead Sea.

Curator: Nicolas Raboud

Artists:

Arlaud Guillaume
Baviera Vincenzo
Biaggi Cristina
Bohren Magoni Ursula (MABOART)
Borgnini Mariapia
Camesi Gianfredo
Carrel Chantal
Carron Valentin
Crelier Romain
Dana Yves
Darbellay Anne-Hélène et Zbinden Yves
Delachaux Gaspard
Dubach Aloïs
Du Bois Vincent
Emch Reto
Estoppey Olivier
Farronato Edouard
Figini Luisa
Fontana Laurent Dominique
Galley Daniel
Haus Barbara, Trachsel Peter, Zindel Reto (HASENA)
Häusler Jürg
Heé Barbara
Kohler Vincent
Lahusen Aliska
Le Grand Paul
Magnin Claude
Magoni Claudio et Bohren Magoni Ursula (MABOART)
Mariétan Pierre et Mariétan Elsa
De Montaigu Charles
Mauboulès Jean
Moser René
Muller Manuel
Mumenthaler Ursula
Odermatt Josef Maria
Pedretti Erica
Porret Gilles
de Pury Laurent
Raboud André
Ruggiero Daniel
Rigassi Reto
Scheurer Jean
Schlaepfer Daniel
Schmidt Pavel
Schneider Denis
Sigrist Kurt
Spoerri Daniel
Straub Andreas
Sutter Bruno
Tamo Miguela
Thomann Hans
Toroni Niele
Trachsel Peter, Haus Barbara, Zindel Reto (HASENA)
Turewicz Lafranchi Margherita
Twellmann Urs
Valverde Carles
White Gilian
Wiedmer Paul
Zaric Nikola
Zbinden Yves et Anne-Hélène Darbellay
Zeller André-Paul
Zindel Reto, Trachsel Peter, Haus Barbara (HASENA)
Zuber Pierre-Alain