
Mathis Gasser
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Born in 1984 in Zurich, Switzerland.
Lives and works in London, UK.
Mathis Gasser's world is made up of motifs and content from science fiction, the
performing arts, and horror movies and thrillers, which he uses in his paintings,
collages, and installations. Fiction and reality are often interwoven to stimulate the
viewer's imagination. Such is the case with Heroes and Ghosts, an ongoing series of
small-scale oil paintings he began in 2007 and depicting individual characters he
draws from films and artworks. Removed from their original narrative context, the
characters' intentions and actions become ambiguous.
His current series of flying and hovering objects reflects his fascination with spaceships.
These can be seen as a projection of abstract ideas into this world, potentially expressing
something hidden in the collective unconscious. For Gasser, images themselves are
vessels that don't only represent but also contain and convey meaning. Their rep-
resentation is thus, in part, a reflection on the image and painting itself.
2025
Oil on canvas
145 × 100 cm. / 57 x 39 ¼ in.
MG-2503