Remy Zaugg

Remy Zaugg was an artist from Switzerland. He was educated in Basel, at the School of Art. He created art in both Switzerland and France. He established his studio in France and created and exhibited art there as well. His studio is notable because it was designed by Herzog & de Meuron, who were awarded the Pritzker Prize for the studio based on its innovative overhead lighting. Their concept subsequently influenced the architects’ work on the Tate Modern in London. Remy Zaugg is known best for his precise typographical paintings. He composed works which included chromatic backgrounds with short lines of text in English, French, or German set over them. Some have fluorescent colors which clash, while others are comprised of monochromatic color palettes. He created silkscreen prints on aluminum and works on paper. Notable examples of his work include Ein Blatt Papier II (SOP 205), 1973-1985, which is made of cotton stretched onto a frame and paper mounted on it. The work is a silkscreen with pencil, oil and synthetic varnish. His work, Ich, ich sehe Dich. 1998, a silkscreen on aluminum with varnish, is one example of his ongoing concern with the human conditions of blindness and seeing. Zaugg was also a sculptor, an urban analyst, an architectural designer, art curator, and author of several texts for artists and art historians. For this reason, he is known as a philosopher as well as an artist; due to his focus on the importance of proper spaces for artists to share their work with the public.