until Sunday September 06 2015

Fondation Beyeler
T : + 41 (0) 61 645 97 00
Baselstrasse 101
CH-1205 Basel
Switzerland

This retrospective of the work of Marlene Dumas (*1953, Cape Town, South Africa) is the most comprehensive in Europe to date and offers a unique overview of her oeuvre from the mid-1970s right up to the present.

Her art centers on the human figure and on themes such as identity, humanity, love and death. She thereby makes reference to current events as well as to art history. Dumas bases her fascinating, at times unsettling, profoundly moving paintings on images sourced from her extensive visual archive. Paintings and drawings from all phases of her career will be on display, including works that have never been shown in public before.