From Dada to Concrete Art: when Zurich was a modernist battleground
A new book about the pioneers of Concretism fills a gap in the history of the most internationally influential Swiss art movement of the 20th century.
Its co-author, Thomas Haemmerli, explains how the book also acknowledges the art form’s contribution to the rise of the world-renowned Swiss school of graphic design. Thomas Haemmerli confesses that he used to hate concrete art. Born in 1964, Haemmerli belongs to the generation of radical young peop...
