Markus Raetz (1941-2020) is widely recognized as one of Switzerlands most significant contemporary artists. His multifaceted oeuvre includes some 1,500 sculptures, installations, and objects. They are works that make us playfully aware of how strongly our perception of the world depends on the point of view we take. This bilingual French-German book, published in conjunction with a major Markus Raetz retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Bern in summer 2023, focuses on the artists objects and mobiles, most of which have only so far been sporadically on public display. Essays by curator Stephan Kunz and French art historian and curator Didier Semin explore this part of Raetzs work and place it within the overall context of his art. These are complemented by images newly taken by Swiss photographer Alexander Jaquemet in Raetzs preserved studio, thus providing a direct insight into the artists former working environment.

Franz Müller ist Kunsthistoriker und wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter des Schweizerischen Instituts für Kunstwissenschaft SIK-ISEA in Zürich, wo er seit 2015 auch als Co-Leiter des Projekts Markus Raetz. Catalogue raisonné der Plastiken, Objekte und Installationen tätig ist. Tabea Schindler ist Kunsthistorikerin und leitet seit 2020 die Abteilung Kunstgeschichte des Schweizerischen Instituts für Kunstwissenschaft SIK-ISEA in Zürich.