"Lila Yellow Red Black Suitcase" was part of a the group show "Down the Hills" at Blue Velvet Projects in 2022. The question of authenticity and artificiality, of reality and its simulation, runs through the entire artistic production of Marius Steiger. This painting is an example of the pictorial reproduction of objects and subjects on pastel background.
About the Artist
Marius Steiger (b. 1999) is a young Swiss artist currently based in London. Originating from graphic design, he brings a new, fresh prospective into painting. His work explores questions of identity, authenticity, artificiality, consumerism and consumption and humans relationship with modern technology. He will have solo shows at Blue Velvet Projects in spring 2023.
Recent exhibitions
2023 Marius Steiger, Blue Velvet Projects, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2022 Burning Land, Labs Contemporary, Bologna, Italy, with Alessio Barchitta (solo)
2022 No title yet, Museum zu Allerheiligen, Schaffhausen (group)
2022 Free as a bird, La Placette, Lausanne, Switzerland (solo)
2021 Cast Away, La Voirie, Biel, Switzerland, with Floyd Grimm (solo)
Education
2022 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2015 Visual Communications, Schule für Gestaltung SfGBB, Biel
date
2021
material
Oil on canvas
size
90 x 70 cm
framed
No
gallery
Blue Velvet Projects