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Opening on June 27th, The Ballery is pleased to present the fine art photography group exhibition We Met In Summer I I Might Have Burned Myself.
The exhibition is curated from the collection of Swiss-based collector Marco Habrik. The group show displays a selection of over 20 works, spanning more than 40 years. The selection « We Met in Summer » is inspired by a love affair that started when two young men met during the summer of 1994 on a sunny day by the lake of Zurich. We Met in Summer features works by famed artists such as Wolfgang Tillmans, Walter Pfeiffer, Herbert List, Jack Pierson, David Armstrong, Greg Gorman, Ryan McGinley, Bruce Weber, Anthony Goicolea among others.
The exhibition also introduces emerging Zurich based visual artist Arthur Heck, whose new body of work « I Might Have Burned Myself » will premier in Berlin on the occasion of this presentation.
The Collection
Marco Habrik
Since 2000, Marco Habrik has been collecting international photographers works. Marco has developed an extensive collection of emerging and established Swiss artists including Walter Pfeiffer, Augustin Rebetez, Shirana Shahbazi, and international artists including Anthony Goicolea, Ren Hang, Herbert List, Ryan McGinley, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Torbjørn Rødland, Wolfgang Tillmans, Bruce Weber, as well as photographers of the Boston School and New York’s downtown scene such as David Armstrong, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Peter Hujar, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mark Morrisroe, Jack Pierson.
Marco has been supporting Swiss based artists with their first showings in Berlin at the Ballery since 2015 including Alexandre Haefeli – The Company of Men and Laurence Rasti – There are no Homosexuals in Iran.
Featured Artist
Arthur Heck
Arthur Heck (*2000, Strasbourg) is a visual artist based in Zurich who earned his Master’s with distinction from the Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in 2024 and a Bachelor’s from Haute École des Arts du Rhin in 2022. He has presented two recent solo exhibitions and his work has been displayed in several group shows, including Instituto Svizzero in Milan.
In his recent body of work, Arthur depicts intimate moments. Fleeting, tender, and layered with unspoken meaning. Yet, beneath the surface of passion and connection, lies an undercurrent of disappearance and loss.