The Magic Of Football Sculpture

"There is no such thing as a flat surface." Give it some thought and you will realise that this somewhat unusual statement is nothing but a simple truth - everything that we usually consider to be flat turns out to be a three-dimensional relief when sufficiently magnified. A flat surface is an illusion, a mere misapprehension - one that illustrates perfectly the fact that the world around us is often completely different than we imagine. The man behind this statement is Dave - born in Switzerland in 1969 and an artist by trade. More than a decade ago, Dave invented or discovered "fusionism", a completely new creative philosophy that unites within itself sculpture, painting, people and media. Dave creates three-dimensional reliefs and adorns them with two-dimensional images, each of which only becomes recognisable when viewed from a specific angle. In the space between these motifs, the picture becomes abstract, turns into a wild dance of untamed colour: The viewer is thus forced to move around in front of the object in order to discover its images. Within this fact lies a challenge to the viewer: Move. Find your own perspective. Don't just accept what has been placed there for you to see. This challenge is not limited to the realm of art. Every subject one can encounter in everyday life has an abundance of perspectives and aspects to it, and which one it is you perceive most strongly is a consequence of your personal standpoint. There can be no insight without movement - in life, too, there is no such thing as a flat surface. Dave has always stayed true to this credo in his own life, and in his work - be it with the official works of art that he has created for every FIFA football world cup since 1998, to be signed by all players of both finalist teams, be it with his international performances, held amongst others at the Acropolis in Athens and at Berlin's world-famous Brandenburg gate, or be it with his countless other works that have succeeded time and time again in astounding amateurs and connoisseurs of art alike.