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“We need to be reminded to be disobedient.”
– Jacqueline de Jong in 2017
The first retrospective in Switzerland of the work of the Dutch artist Jacqueline de Jong (born in Hengelo, the Netherlands, in 1939; died in Amsterdam in 2024) brings together an oeuvre of painting, sculpture, and graphic art produced in dialogue with some of the most important post-war artistic movements in Europe over a period of more than six decades – including art brut, Pop Art, New Figuration and Postmodernism. Aged 21, De Jong became involved in the revolutionary, radical avant-garde movement the Situationist International, whose members aimed to break free from the spectacle of capitalism and create adventurous, self-directed encounters with the world. Throughout her career, De Jong stayed true to this spirit. Her shapeshifting and oftentimes politically engaged work was playful, erotic, funny, dark, and – above all – always radically co…
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“We need to be reminded to be disobedient.”
– Jacqueline de Jong in 2017
The first retrospective in Switzerland of the work of the Dutch artist Jacqueline de Jong (born in Hengelo, the Netherlands, in 1939; died in Amsterdam in 2024) brings together an oeuvre of painting, sculpture, and graphic art produced in dialogue with some of the most important post-war artistic movements in Europe over a period of more than six decades – including art brut, Pop Art, New Figuration and Postmodernism. Aged 21, De Jong became involved in the revolutionary, radical avant-garde movement the Situationist International, whose members aimed to break free from the spectacle of capitalism and create adventurous, self-directed encounters with the world. Throughout her career, De Jong stayed true to this spirit. Her shapeshifting and oftentimes politically engaged work was playful, erotic, funny, dark, and – above all – always radically co…
