• Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Animals", exhibition installation, message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich

    Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Animals", exhibition installation, message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich  

  • Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich

    Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich  

  • Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich

    Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich  

  • Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich

    Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich  

  • Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich

    Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich  

  • Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich

    Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Tiere", message salon Rigiplatz, Zurich  

  • Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Marie-Louise", object, with squirrel, animal skin, wood, 2003

    Ehfa Hiltbrunner "Marie-Louise", object, with squirrel, animal skin, wood, 2003  

Tiere (Animals)

Vernissage Saturday, 14 June, 7pm to midnight
Exhibition open Sunday 8pm to midnight, Thursday and Friday 3–6 pm, Saturday 3–8 pm

message salon
Universitätstrasse 115/117, 8006 Zurich

Humans and animals – this is also a story of domestication. Farm animals, which serve humans and are continuously optimised by them, or the cult of beauty in animal breeds, reveal a relationship between humans and the animal world, nature and, not least, themselves as part of creation that has gone awry. Ehfa Hiltbrunner grew up in the Lucerne hinterland in a large farming family. In the message salon, the artist presents a degenerate animal world in the age of genetic manipulation. Mutants, furry bodies and naked cats populate the art space. The objects made of animal fur tempt you to stroke them, yet make you shudder.