Purple Magazine
— The Magic Issue #42 F/W 2024
tobias spichtig
PHANTOM OF PARADISE
Swiss-German artist Tobias Spichtig uses sculpture and painting to explore themes of spectral identity and the dystopian nature of contemporary culture. His exhibition at Kunsthalle Basel, “Everything No One Ever Wanted,” features a series of haunting portraits depicting characters from his world, Like the designer Rick Owens, musicians Eartheater and Blackhaine, and visual artist and filmmaker Michella Bredahl. Together, they form a society of the mysterious and the grotesque.
ALL ARTWORK COPYRIGHT AND COURTESY OF TOBIAS SPICHTIG, COURTESY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE ARTS, BERLIN / BASEL
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Tobias Spichtig, Blackhaine, 2023, oil on linen, 47 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches, courtesy of kunsthalle basel
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Tobias Spichtig, Life, 2023, oil on linen, 110 1/4 x 61 inches, courtesy of jan kaps, cologne, and kunsthalle basel
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Tobias Spichtig, Stupid Sadness (part of a triptych), 2023, oil on linen, 82 5/8 x 55 1/8 inches, courtesy of jan kaps, cologne, meredith rosen gallery, new york, and kunsthalle basel
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Tobias Spichtig, Rick Owens, 2022, oil on linen, 47 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches
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Tobias Spichtig, Hand Holding the Void, 2023, oil on linen, 62 5/8 x 49 1/4 inches, courtesy of jan kaps, cologne, meredith rosen gallery, new york, and kunsthalle basel, photo philipp hänger
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Tobias Spichtig, Model Sitting, 2023, oil on linen, 78 3/4 x 49 1/4 inches, courtesy of jan kaps, cologne, meredith rosen gallery, new york, and kunsthalle basel
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Tobias Spichtig, Eartheater, 2023, oil on linen, 47 1/4 x 31 1/2 inches, courtesy of jan kaps, cologne, meredith rosen gallery, new york, and kunsthalle basel
