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The opening of the annual outdoors exhibition ART IN THE PARK in the lovely gardens of the BAUR AU LAC hotel has been a highlight of Zurich’s summer social calendar since its beginning. Hosted by Gigi Kracht, in collaboration with Galerie Gmurzynska, this year’s INSIDE OUT is a solo showcase of sculptures by artist Allen Jones, one of the pioneers of British Pop Art.

His sinuous, brightly colored reinventions of the human form will be on display until August 23, 2015  in the property’s half-acre park set on the shores of Lake Zurich. The contemporary pieces, including «Taxi» and «Sprawl», are mostly abstract and use interlocking sheets of steel painted in colors like cobalt and primrose.

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Gigi Kracht, the wife of Baur au Lac’s owner, Andrea Kracht, created the show and collaborates with the international art gallery Galerie Gmurzynska to choose the artists. Here she is having a dialogue with Allen Jones during the seated lunch.

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Sandra_Bauknecht_Allen_JonesAllen Jones with me

Taxi © Dörte Welti DSC_1008«Taxi»

Jürg_Raquel_MarquardJürg and Raquel Marquard with Krystyna Gmurzynska

Sprawl © Dörte Welti DSC_1015«Sprawl»

Art_in_the_Park_2Mathias Rastorfer, Gigi Kracht, Krystyna Gmurzynska, Allen Jones and Andrea Kracht

German_De_la_Cruz_Patrick_Liotard_Vogt_Sima_Sandra_Bauknecht_Peter_MerianGerman De La Cruz, Patrick Liotard-Vogt, Sima Akhlaghi and her husband Peter Merian with me

The Conjurer © Dörte Welti DSC_1019«The Conjurer»

Sandra_Bauknecht_Allen_Jones_Gigi_KrachtMathias Rastorfer (Galerie Gmurzynska) with Gigi Kracht and me

If you are interested in last year’s Art in the Park, click here for the previous post.

LoL, Sandra

Photos: Courtesy of Art in the Park, © Dörte Welti, © Sandra Bauknecht