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interiors of the Art Hotel into places of dialogue and exchange. The
contemporary artworks inside Lasserhaus thus become an integral
part of the environment: a subliminal and unobtrusive cultural
presence, an "everyday occurrence that is part of a whole", explains
the curator.

The curatorship of the Faller family's collection, comprising more
than 100 works ranging from the 1600s to the mid-twentieth century,
has sought to create dialogue both between the oldest and the most
modern works, and between classical and conceptual exhibition
techniques, translating this encounter with lightness. The lift room on
the ground floor, known as the 'patrons' room', showcases portraits
of couples who formerly owned this estate, playing with the gazes of
the different characters. Prominent among them are two paintings by
Stephan Kessler (1622-1700) depicting the Thurner couple, with wife
Rosina greeting guests as they enter the room. A little further along,
in a 'conversation' corner, a series of more modern local landscapes,
painted by Lesley de Vries (1926-2012) have been placed side by side
to join the different horizons, thus creating a unique panorama and
transforming the fragmented series into a ready-made, simple, poetic
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