WHEN ROCK BECOMES COLOUR
Bruno Müller-Meyer ventures into new territory. We are all familiar with his paintings of the Rigi, Kreuztrichter, Bauen and Bürgenstock, which seem to glow from within, as seen from his studio in St. Niklausen. His new paintings of the High Alps are more expressive: nature is no longer a place of tranquillity and harmony, but a space of elemental restlessness. The catalyst was a trip to the Lötschental shortly after the rockslide. One of two large-format works depicts the rugged terrain above Blatten with the north face of the Bietschhorn; another shows the Morteratsch Glacier against the Bernina range. A raw, untamed brushstroke makes the breathtaking rhythm of rock faces, ice and rockfalls almost physically palpable. An experience.