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Kunstmuseum St.Gallen

Pocket guide.

11 works from the collection. Each one begins with three short lines: what you can see, nothing more. After six seconds the picture takes their place.

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All 11 works
  1. Ferdinand Hodler, Lied aus der Ferne
  2. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Alpaufzug
  3. Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Gelbe Form
  4. Max Liebermann, Atelier des Künstlers
  5. Camille Corot, Odalisque
  6. Andy Warhol, Campbell's Condensed Tomato Soup
  7. Unknown painters, Russia, Icons from the Gürtler gift
  8. Roman Signer, Fahrrad mit gelbem Band
  9. Roman Signer, Aktion mit einer Zündschnur
  10. Pipilotti Rist, T.V.-Lüster
  11. Barbara Signer and Michael Bodenmann, El Gato Muerto

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Arms spread open wide,
a woman in a deep blue dress.
A song from far hills.

A woman in a long blue dress stands with arms spread wide in front of green hills and a meadow of blue flowers.

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Ferdinand HodlerLied aus der Ferne1906

Oil on canvas. Acquired 1906.

Cows climb the green slope
past red roofs and a white tower.
Summer starts up high.

An Alpine village with houses and a white tower; cattle and goats climb a green mountain path under jagged peaks.

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Ernst Ludwig KirchnerAlpaufzug1918/19

Oil on canvas. Acquired 1955.

One yellow shape climbs
up from the edge of the white.
Calm, sure, on its own.

A single curving yellow form rises from the lower edge of a white ground.

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Sophie Taeuber-ArpGelbe Form1935

Oil on canvas. Gift of Marguerite Arp-Hagenbach, 1966.

Light through a glass roof.
Two women in black, reading.
The paints wait for him.

A large studio under a curved glass roof, walls hung with pictures, two women in black reading on a sofa.

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Max LiebermannAtelier des Künstlers1902

Oil on canvas. Acquired by the Ernst Schürpf-Stiftung, 1951.

Resting on cushions,
head in her hand, red headscarf.
She looks far away.

A woman in a red headscarf reclines on cushions, her head resting on her hand, a water pipe beside her.

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Camille CorotOdalisque1871/1873

Oil on canvas. Owned together with Kunstmuseum Basel.

A red and white can,
painted in oil, small and plain.
Lunch becomes a sign.

A red and white Campbell's tomato soup can, painted plainly on a light ground.

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Andy WarholCampbell's Condensed Tomato Soup1962

Oil on canvas, 30 × 23 cm. Gift of Erna and Curt Burgauer, 1987. © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. / ProLitteris, Zurich

Two small golden boards.
Saints crowd in, painted by hand.
One wears a metal veil.

Two Russian icons on a red background: one painted with many small figures on gold, the other covered by ornate metal.

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Unknown painters, RussiaIcons from the Gürtler gift16th century and later

Gift of the Gürtler collection, 2013. Foto: Sebastian Stadler

A bicycle stands.
Yellow ribbon streams behind
through the marble hall.

A racing bicycle trailing long yellow ribbons across the tiled floor of a hall with pink marble columns.

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Roman SignerFahrrad mit gelbem Band1982/1999

Bicycle and bird-scaring tape. Gift of Konrad Bitterli and Romy Lipp, 2023.

A heap of fuse cord,
two plain tables, one scorched black.
The fire has passed through.

A heap of coiled fuse cord on a parquet floor, and two plain wooden tables, one marked by a burn.

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Roman SignerAktion mit einer Zündschnur1989

Tables and rolls of fuse cord. Deposit of the Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture, 1990.

Crystal drops and screens,
a chandelier made of light.
Eyes look down at you.

An oval chandelier hung with glass crystals and small television screens showing eyes, between pink marble columns.

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Pipilotti RistT.V.-Lüster1993

Six-channel video installation. Permanent loan of the Swiss Confederation, Federal Office of Culture.

Bottles, pictures, light.
A bar for fewer than twelve.
Now it is art too.

Inside a small bar: a long counter, shelves of bottles, walls covered with pictures and memorabilia, a jukebox, warm light.

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Barbara Signer and Michael BodenmannEl Gato Muerto2020

Bar furniture, bottles, memorabilia and works by other artists. Acquired 2025; open from 7 November 2026. Foto: Anna-Tina Eberhard

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