Open every day From April to October: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. From November to March: 10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m.	!!! Attention: this exhibition is over. Hafis Bertschinger - The power and its opposite : Sculptures and Installations From the 8th of May until the 24th of October 2010 Inspired by the castle and its architecture, the nomadic artist Hafis Bertschinger has created his latest extensive exhibition. A tour containing notable philosophical aspects, Bertschinger plays with ideas of transition and power. In the castle’s exteriors largely unedited huge metal sculptures take their place within the untouchable stronghold. With their slender structures they recreate towers, staircases and totem poles. Mobile and almost musical, their structures incorporate emptiness and wholeness, variations of light as well as the whisper of the wind. In the rooms and the square tower, the installations present symbols of power - such as a monumental throne and a playful chest - against the ethereal quality of painted explosions. It’s the brilliant expression and wisdom of the world which testify Hafis’ particular odyssey. Born in Bhamdoun, Lebanon, in 1933 to a Swiss father and a Lebanese mother, Hafis Joachim Bertschinger grew up in his native country; as an adolescent he moved to Zurich with his family. His mixed origins and multilinguism led to the double path of creation and extensive journeys around the world. Having studied plastic arts at the Slade School in London, and with his degree in history of art at The University of Fribourg, Bertschinger developed works out of his travels which have been widely performed and exhibited. Seizing the huge trends of our time, he transposes them into a personal language: one of simplicity, a pursuit of energy, and the drive of action. Since 1970, his workshop in Cormérod and his house in the Rue d’Or of Fribourg form a fixed haven where he lives with his wife Mara.