17 January to 23 December 2026
Exhibition opening during Bern Gallery Weekend on 17 and 18 January 2026, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day

It comes as no surprise that Peter Fischli enjoys reading Robert Walser and wandering through town and country with him in his mind. Both share a unique sense of humour rooted in everyday life and flourishing in the inconspicuous, without ever descending into banality. Fischli's collaboration with David Weiss was already characterised by this attitude: an art of seeing that trusts in chance and finds meaning in the incidental.
In “Wir Ungestalten”, Peter Fischli continues this idea. The “ungestalt” is not a deficiency, but a state of open form: the provisional, which eludes any definitive interpretation. The works move between sculpture and trace, observation and invention, wit and melancholy. They arise in the moment of discovery, in quiet amazement at what is almost overlooked.
The result is a poetic archive of fleeting traces: dreamlike images of those foam-born sculptures that appear at night on park benches, posts, letterboxes or door handles. Minimally invasive interventions in the public space, which these ephemeral gestures transform into a playground for mischievous vandalism.
Together with the team of the Robert Walser Centre, Peter Fischli has hung over two dozen works, giving free rein to his curatorial instincts. The “ungestalten” populate not only the offices of the staff, but also the otherwise inaccessible archive area.