David Renggli: WORK, LIVE, BALANCE

Colourful, loud, memorable and subtle

WORK, LIVE, BALANCE, this monograph on the work of David Renggli takes a look at his artistic works from 2006 to the present day - without claiming to be a complete catalogue raisonné, but with respect for the striking heterogeneity of the work of this Swiss artist and musician. The book offers a broad overview of his work and provides revealing impressions of the artist's mischievously dandyish performances. Are these only to be understood as odes to hedonism? By no means! In his work, David Renggli kisses awake the most diverse clichés of longing and idyllic ideas in order to confront them with their refractions with finesse. He ironises ideals of beauty and the cult of beauty with a fierce wink, not shying away from the hurdles of self-optimisation and egocentric self-absorption. As a neo-Dadaist, David Renggli is always fully committed to the free play of art - and music: "My favourite instrument? Snare drum."

Exhibition:
Villa Merkel Gallery of the City of Esslingen, 8/3 - 12/7/2020