Alain Huck

Alain Huck was born in Vevey, Switzerland, in 1957. He lives and works in Lausanne.

Co-founder of the M/2 space in Vevey, Alain Huck has participated in the dynamism of the Swiss artistic scene since the 1980s. His drawings are comparable with those of other European artists who refused the categorization of “abstract/figurative.” Over the last years Huck has been making cycles of works on paper, which are simultaneously anchored in his personal life and the reservoir of styles and forms available from the 20th century.

Since 1985, Alain Huck has been exploring a variety of concerns: man's relationship to nature, the dialectic between autobiography and history, the autonomy of matter and that of language. These thoughts take shape through large charcoal drawings, landscapes of ashes or complex scenes juxtaposing multiple images. Fed by recurring literary references, Huck's paintings, sculptures and installations also express the artist's own introspective act. Twists inflicted on language reflect a distrust of the power of language; the ambivalent exaltation of nature resonates with an environmental concern.

Through Huck's example we ultimately understand that the work of an artist is made to visually state its relationship to the world while tempting to reach the universal experience.

— Courtesy David Lemaire

 Available works

 Exhibitions

Selected outdoor exhibitions

Documentation about Alain Huck

Alain Huck’s Biography (French)

Alain Huck’s Biography (English)

David Lemaire, “Alain Huck. Drawing History”, 2015 (English)

Katia Schwerzmann, “Le réconfort des mousses», in Novembre magazine, n° 8, 2013-14 (French)

Marco Costantini, “Surtout mais surtout ne nous dites plus comment survivre à notre folie”, 2013 (French)

Katharina Holderegger, «Alain Huck – Auf der Seite der Opfer»,  in Kunstbulletin, N°12, 2013 (German)

Marianne Dautrey, “Le théâtre des ombres d’Alain Huck”, 2012 (French)

Julie Enckell Julliard, « Tragedy or Position », 2011 (French)

Julie Enckell Julliard, « Tragedy or Position », 2011 (English)

Laurent Wolf, « Un moment de silence dans la foire», in Le Temps, 11.06.2011 (French)

Julien Rouyet “1 artiste, 1 moment de vie, 1 œuvre - Alain Huck” (French)

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