Spoerri, Daniel | Collage 1 - Z, 2017 — available on Composition Gallery

// Collage 1 - Z by Daniel Spoerri is a mixed media collage created in 2017. This artwork combines simple yet striking visual elements: a bold, sweeping pink brushstroke intersects with a small patch of fabric embroidered with a stylized blue letter Z. The interplay between the abstract brushwork and the textured textile element adds depth and invites tactile curiosity. The stamped text, reading Attention, Œuvre d'art, humorously comments on the concept of art as a collectible object, a recurring theme in Spoerri's oeuvre. Known for his work in the Nouveau Réalisme movement, Spoerri often explores everyday objects in unconventional compositions, creating an artwork that blurs the boundaries between ordinary materials and fine art.

Daniel Spoerri (Switzerland, 1930–2024) was a pioneering artist and writer, best known for his 'snare-pictures'—assemblages capturing everyday objects, notably meal remnants, affixed to surfaces and displayed vertically. A key figure in the Nouveau Réalisme movement, he also founded the Eat Art movement, exploring the intersection of art and gastronomy. Spoerri's works are featured in major institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Pompidou.

Daniel Spoerri

Collage 1 - Z, 2017

Name: Collage 1 - Z, 2017
SKU: 6966

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Drawing / Watercolor

Drawing / WatercolorDrawing and watercolor are two traditional art techniques which stand alone as media, but are often used in conjunction with each other. Drawing can create the basic outlines for watercolor painting. Drawing over dried watercolor or using watercolor pencils are combined media techniques.

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Collage

CollageCollage is a production art technique commonly used in visual arts where a new artwork is created by assembling various materials. These materials can include ribbons, newspaper and magazine clippings, pieces of handmade or colored paper, photographs, text fragments, and other objects, all combined to form a cohesive whole.

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When I had the money, I immediately associated art to food. Before the banquet comes food, then the kitchen, the restaurant and then the ‘Eat Art’.
- Daniel Spoerri

Daniel Spoerri is a Swiss artist who is well known for his art, snare-pictures. In this signature, Spoerri details a collection of objects notably meal remains, glasses, plates, and silverware secured on a board or table then depicted on a wall. As a young man, Spoerri developed an interest in dance and decided to join Olga Preobrajenska to study classical dance in 1950. He then went on to become the lead dancer at the State Opera of Bern in Switzerland in 1954. Subsequent years saw him stage a variety of avant-garde plays among them being the Bald Soprano, and the Desire Trapped by the Tail. In 1960, Spoerri came up with his first ever snare picture, and it is this same year that he came to be among the signatories that fostered the manifesto of New Realism. He also authored a book which he referred to as the Anecdoted Topography of Chance which was an annotation of the objects in his rooms. Daniel currently stays in Tuscany in Italy. (Artist website)

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