21.1–16.3.2025

Helge Reumann
Kilmotor
With Alex Abate-Stepanova, Melchior Best, Stéphane Blanquet, Charles Burns, Enzo Guillaume, Arielle Kling, Noyau, Lika Nüssli, Thomas Perrodin, Xavier Robel, Anna Sommer, Elvis Studio, Cassandre Tornay

Opening Tuesday 1 October, 6-9 pm
Exhibition from 2 October to 8 December 2024

For more than 40 years, Helge Reumann (*1966) has shared a personal universe through a striking graphic script, sardonic humour and a rigorous aesthetic, which lies between cartoons and contemporary art. Apart from its retrospective aspect, the exhibition also presents new work including a large installation of drawings, painted murals and collaborations with young artists and well-known cartoonists whose world views match his own.
Between creativity and invention, comic strip artists often share a language with visual artists. Helge Reumann navigates between them ignoring artificial boundaries which sometimes make their practices exclusive. The Kilmotor exhibition acknowledges this permeability by presenting as many pieces on paper – including plates – as other formats which appear in different storeys of the Villa Bernasconi. We rapidly learn that his work escapes expectations, cliché and simple cartoon boxes.

Curator: Karine Tissot

Sunday 6 October
15h – 16h
Au-delà de la parole
Visit with sign language for deaf and hearing-impaired visitors

Sunday 12 October
15h – 16h30
Le français c’est tout un art!
Visit for non-French speakers

21-15 October, 14h – 17h
Holiday workshops
For 8 to 12 year olds

Tuesday 12 November
18h30 – 21h
Launch and presentation of the book Kilmotor by Helge Reumann (published by Atrabile)
Music with a DJ

Saturday 16 November
15h – 16h30
Au-delà du regard
A descriptive and sensorial visit for blind and partially-sighted visitors

Thursday 5 December
18h30 – 21h
Visit guided by Helge Reumann and Karine Tissot
Followed by beer tasting offered by L’Apaisée/brewer Dunham

With the generous support of: Loterie romande, Genève; Fonds d’art contemporain, Ville de Genève; Ville du Grand-Saconnex.