Roman Signer Reisefotos/Travel Photos 1991 2022

Roman Signer has substantially expanded the notion of sculpture in a host of inimitable +actions+ that have made him one of Switzerland’s most renowned contemporary artists.Less known are his +travel photographs+ that record more or less chance encounters and events.Items shaped by the forces of nature or fashioned by hands unknown often recall Signer’s own objects.He is an accidental photographer with a keen, sympathetic eye for the whimsy of anonymous sculptures.Published on occasion of the exhibition ‘Roman Signer: Travel Photos’, 1st Jul 2023 – 22 Jun 2024, Villa Garbald, Castasegna.English and German text.Co-published with Peter Zimmermann.