TOBIAS SPICHTIG
b. 1982, SwitzerlandTobias Spichtig’s work oscillates between glamor and decay, fusing shimmering, almost Warholian surface allure with an incisive critique of contemporary life. His paintings, installations, and sculptures transform familiar images and objects into ghostly apparitions — frozen in time, stripped of depth, yet charged with uneasy vitality. Figures, flowers, and landscapes emerge as flat silhouettes, their stillness intensifying the sense of detachment and latent tension. Humor and melancholy co-exist in his practice, revealing the absurdity and fragility embedded in everyday culture.
Spichtig’s work has been presented in prominent institutional contexts, including Everything No One Ever Wanted at Kunsthalle Basel (2024), GOOD OK GREAT FANTASTIC PERFECT GRAND THANK YOU at the Swiss Institute, New York (2021), and I’m afraid I don’t know how to explain all this at Museum Folkwang, Essen (2019). Beyond CFA, he has held solo exhibitions at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; SALTS, Basel; and Centre d’art contemporain – la synagogue de Delme.
Courtesy Contemporary Fine Arts.
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