Tobias Spichtig. Shows and Works 2016 - 2024

This comprehensive catalogue, published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Frank König, traces the history of Tobias's exhibitions and works, including It's Beautiful When the Spirits Arrive at TAP ART, Taipei City; Everything No One Ever Wanted at Kunsthalle Basel (2024); Good OK Great Fantastic Perfect Grand Thank You at the Swiss Institute, New York (2022); and Die Matratzen at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin (2022).

Spichtig is known for combining painting with discarded everyday objects-refrigerators, mattresses, vitrines-creating environments that disrupt and reframe the viewer's encounter with the work. His canvases move between pop-cultural references and intimate subject matter, marked by a distinctive blend of melancholy and wit. The book opens with a foreword by Benoit Lamy de la Chapelle and an introductory essay by Simon Castets and Daniel Merritt, and features further contributions by additional writers alongside an in-depth conversation with the artist. Together, these texts position Spichtig's practice within wider debates on consumption, decay, and hope, making this volume the definitive visual and critical record of one of his generation's most significant painters.

The publication features texts by Caroline Busta, Simon Castets, Elena Filipovic, Elisa R. Linn, Benoît Lamy de la Chapelle, Laura McLean-Ferris, and Alexander Scrimgeour.