Luca Gansser

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Luca Gansser (born August 27, 1945 in Bogotá , Colombia ; † June 22, 2019 ) was a Swiss painter and sculptor.

He was the son of the Swiss geologist and researcher Augusto Gansser and his wife Lina Biaggi and the brother of the photographer Ursula Markus .

Gansser dropped out of the arts and crafts school. He studied in Bhutan , the Thangka -Painting and created a "mystical and seemingly fantastic style." His works are difficult to classify, so, according to a description on the occasion of an exhibition in 2002, he is neither a pure surrealist , nor can his painting be called "art fantastique". In his paintings and sculptures he was influenced by Far Eastern mythology. Most often he used the colors saffron and gold. Since 1970 he has shown his works in exhibitions around the world. He also designed sets for film and theater and illustrations for books.

Arte Moris

Gansser lived in Mexico from 1970 to 1973 and then in Tuscany . From 1980 he stayed in Mexico, South America, Canada and Australia before settling in Lugano in 1982 , where he worked as a painter and set designer. In 1987 he began to travel the world again. In Soweto he held art workshops as he opposed the country's cultural boycott during apartheid . Gansser traveled to the Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar for a long time . Together with his German wife Gabriela, Luca Gansser founded the art school, cultural center and artists' association Arte Moris (“Living Art”) in East Timor in February 2003 , just nine days after the country was given independence. Timorese youths receive free art lessons here and exhibitions are presented. Gansser worked as a director of Arte Moris. Arte Moris is known as the heart of the East Timorese cultural scene.

Publications

  • Jacques Ivanoff and Thierry Lejard, in collaboration with Luca and Gabrielle Gansser: A journey through the Mergui Archipelago , Bangkok 2002.
  • Luca Gansser; Studio d'arte Harry Zellweger (Carabietta): Il trans-nomadismo di Luca Gansser: Studio d'arte Harry Zellweger, Casa "La Baracca", Carabiette / Lugano, 8 September - 29 September 1991, Lugano 1991.
  • Luca Gansser: Angkor Mio and Works in Kuk-Kak, 96/97 , Bangkok 1997.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Renate Treydel: Gansser, Luca . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 48, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22788-4 , p. 408.
  2. ^ Message from Arte Moris on June 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c Kulturschiene: Luca Gansser , 2002 , accessed on June 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ Markus, Ursula., Eichenberger, Ursula., Gansser, Augusto, 1910–2012 .: Augusto Gansser: from the life of a world explorer . AS, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-909111-98-5 , p. 158 .
  5. ↑ a b c NZZ: An art school in East Timor's year two , March 22, 2004 , accessed on June 23, 2019.
  6. ↑ Design & Art Australia Online: Luca Gansser b. 1945 , Retrieved June 23, 2019.
  7. ^ Art Asia Pacific: East Timor , accessed February 1, 2018.
  8. ↑ Indrajit Banerjee, Stephen Logan (Ed.): Asian Communication Handbook 2008 , p. 506, accessed on June 23, 2019.
  9. ^ East Timor Arts Society: About us , accessed June 23, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Gansser, Luca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Bogotá , Colombia
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 2019