Dave

"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 t...

1985 - 1988: Apprenticeship as a stonemason

1990 - 1993: Master School for Stonemasons in St. Gallen, Switzerland