Scapa ... und so nebenbei
By: Einführung: Matthias Frehner ; Texte: Roy Oppenheim [and 6 others]
Contributors: Scapa, 1931-; Kunstmuseum Bern
Publisher: Kunstmuseum Bern
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Bern
Language: ger
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9783952419762
Subjects: Exhibitions
Description: "Ted Scapa's life and work presents an extensive universe that is alive with exuberant creativity. The exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Berne, engages with Scapa's career as a fine artist, which has hitherto been obscured by his media presence as a TV moderator and cartoonist: it focuses on the paintings, sculptures, and design objects produced by the artist from 1992 onwards. Closely interlinked with his other occupations, he created a fine-art oeuvre that is characterized by wit and spontaneity, by vitality and playfulness. Scapa's art transformed the everyday into pictorial inventions packed with deeper meaning and a zest for life. He invented a narrative visual language that is remarkably simple and packs everyone directly as if by magic. Scapa's art and his person are definitely quite a phenomenon"--Publisher's website.
Notes: Catalog of the exhibition "Scapa ... und so nebenbei" held at the Kunstmuseum Bern, November 18, 2016 - February 19, 2017.