Tobias Kaspar (*1983, Basel) Rom

In the installation THE STREET (Chinatown) Tobias Kaspar combines apparently heterogeneous elements such as canvas made of hi-tech textiles, an archi­tectural relic from a film set, and cocktail stirrers, which stick in the wall like arrows. For the viewer who takes the time to read all the signs, the objects develop (even if not explicitly recognisable) a complex discourse on the existing relationships between pop culture and con­sumerism, between fashion and art, between cinematic illusion and sculpture. Thus Tobias Kaspar emerges as a critical, yet impartial observer of contemporary reality and the art world, of which he is also a part.