Meret Oppenheim, 1982 © Foto: Stefan Moses, Stefan Moses Archiv
A visual dialogue, with readings by Bärbel Reetz and Ernst Süss
Saturday 11 October 2025 · 17.30, Sala Boccadoro, Montagnola♿
Meret Oppenheim (1913–1985), cousin of Ruth Wenger – Hermann Hesse’s second wife – often visited the writer at the Wenger family home in Carona, despite the considerable age difference between them. Renowned for her fur-covered teacup, which became an icon of surrealism, Oppenheim was a leading figure in the art world at a time when few women had the opportunity to exhibit their work. Although their creative worlds were quite different, Meret Oppenheim loved Hesse’s poetry and once confessed that she had been influenced by his watercolors in her youth. This visual encounter sheds light on the relationship between these two cultural giants, exploring the personal and artistic connections that linked them, and the ways in which their lives and works became subtly intertwined.
Read by Bärbel Reetz and Ernst Süss
In German
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