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Oscar and Janine Wiggli foundation
Oscar Wiggli, sculptor and composer, a reserved figure yet one of rare depth and originality in Switzerland.
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CH-2338 Muriaux
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“FORGING SOUNDS”
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the Vortex ensemble’s residency at the Wiggli Foundation
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Oscar and Janine Wiggli
Oscar Wiggli (1927–2016), a Swiss sculptor and composer, known for his monumental works and his musical experiments. Janine Wiggli (1929–2020) was Oscar Wiggli’s wife; an active figure in Swiss cultural life, she supported her husband’s work and co-founded the Oscar and Janine Wiggli Foundation in Muriaux with him.
1927 2016
Oscar Wiggli. — Oscar Wiggli’s work is documented in monographs, numerous exhibition catalogues and contributions to collective publications. These catalogues reflect major exhibitions, each of which had its own distinctive features.
1956
Sculptor. — Since 1956, Oscar Wiggli has exhibited in museums and galleries in Switzerland and abroad, notably at the Kunsthalle Bern (1972), the Venice Biennale (1980), the Bochum Museum of Fine Arts (Germany, 1968 and 1994), the Bern Museum of Fine Arts (2007) and the Paul Klee Centre (2007). He has also taken part in numerous group exhibitions. His forged steel sculptures can be found in public spaces and in private collections.
—source DIJU
1981
Composer. — In the field of music, Oscar Wiggli took courses in synthesiser in Paris in 1981, then continued his research into sound, developed a novel system of musical notation and produced compositions in the field of electroacoustic music.
—source DIJU
Oscar and Janine Wiggli foundation
Goals
Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Muriaux, Franches-Montagnes, recognised as a public-interest organisation by the Republic and Canton of Jura
Friends of the Foundation
‘The Friends of the Oscar and Janine Wiggli – Muriaux Foundation’ is an association of people who wish to stay in touch with Oscar Wiggli’s work and his new artistic creations. The aim of the contribution is to support the foundation and enable it to develop its activities.
In the exhibition hall
Sculptures – Drawings – Engravings – Photographs – Music
Visitors can listen to Oscar Wiggli’s compositions, watch DVDs about his work and find out more about his entire body of work by consulting the extensive documentation on display.
Publishing & Distribution
Oscar Wiggli
A versatile artist with a prolific inventive spirit fuelled by an insatiable curiosity, Oscar Wiggli has explored the parallels between genres: whatever discipline they belong to, his works represent the various facets of a single artistic vision.
CDs – ARGOL Records – Music Publishing and Production
In 1979, Wiggli, who had long been interested in contemporary music, set up his own music studio, designed according...
books published by Éditions Iroise
(established in 1993) are partly bilingual: French and German, with extracts from the texts in English. Some...