MS Bastian

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MS Bastian (real name Marcel Sollberger ; born January 23, 1963 in Biel ) is a Swiss artist who made a name for himself in particular with his comix art. Since 2003 he has been working with the artist Isabelle L., real name Isabelle Laubscher (* 1967). The two are now under the name MS Bastian & Isabelle L. known.

Live and act

MS Bastian learned to be a draftsman and then attended the school for design in Bern and Biel. He then continued his education in New York and Paris for a year. MS Bastian has been working as a freelance (comix) artist since 1993. MS Bastian has received several grants and prizes, including the Anderfuhren grant from Biel, the Louise Aeschlimann grant from the Canton of Bern, and twice the Swiss Federal Design Prize. In January 2019 MS Bastian and Isabelle L. were named "Bieler of the Year 2018" by an independent jury. The works of MS Bastian & Isabelle L. are very diverse and move between comix art, painting , sculpture, animation films and installation.

Exhibitions

Since 2005 MS Bastian has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums, in Switzerland and throughout Europe. Since 2000, all exhibitions have been together with Isabelle L.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017 - Bastokalypse & Bastomania, Egon Schiele Art Centrum, Český Krumlov (CZ)
  • 2017 - Bastocalypse, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence (F)
  • 2017 - Guernopolis, Kunsthalle Luzern (CH)
  • 2016 - Bastocalypse, Galerija Kresija Ljubljana (SL)
  • 2016 - Paradis mystérieux, Halle Nord Genève (CH)
  • 2015 - Paradis mystérieux, Museum Goch (D)
  • 2015 - Exhibition cycle on the four seasons - winter, New Museum Biel
  • 2015 - Exhibition cycle on the four seasons - spring, New Museum Biel
  • 2014 - Paradis mystérieux, New Museum Biel (CH)
  • 2014 - Exhibition cycle on the four seasons - spring, New Museum Biel
  • 2012 - Bastocalypse, Art Gallery Arbon (CH)
  • 2010 - Bastocalypse, Museum Goch / Reichswaldkaserne (D)
  • 2005 - From Zaffaraya to Bastropolis, Kunsthaus Grenchen (CH)
  • 2005 - MS Bastian - Pulp, Museum Goch (D).

Group exhibitions (selection)

  • 2017 - L'impermanence des choses; Africa Pulp in the permanent exhibition of the Musée d'ethnographie de Neuchâtel .
  • 2013 - Feu sacré. 200th anniversary of the Bernese Art Society, Kunstmuseum Bern (CH)
  • 2013 - The second decade, 20 years of Kunsthalle Arbon, Kunsthalle Arbon (CH)
  • 2013 - Deluxe! The comic magazine Strapazin, Cartoonmuseum Basel (CH)
  • 2011 - What are you doing after the apocalypse ?, Musée d'Ethnographie Neuchâtel MEN (CH)
  • 2009 - Armor & Robe, Bastocalypse, Part 1, Museum Tinguely Basel (CH)
  • 1999 - mutants. The German-speaking comic avant-garde of the nineties, NRW-Forum Düsseldorf (D)

Publications

  • 2018 Bastomania , Scheidegger & Spiess , Zurich.
  • 2010 Bastocalypse , Scheidegger & Spiess, Zurich.
  • 2008 Päng No. 2 , Edition Fästing Plockare, Biel / Bienne.
  • 2007 100 vues de Bastropolis , agpi Genève et Vertige Graphic Paris (F).
  • 2007 100 views of Bastropolis , Benteli Verlag, Bern (CH).
  • 2004 100 World Tour , Stripburger, Ljubljana (SLO).
  • 2004 pulp . Edition Clandestin , Biel / Bienne, (CH).
  • 2001 It's a wonderful World , Benteli Verlag, Bern (CH).
  • 2000 peep trash bubbles. Le dernier Cri , Marseille (F).
  • 1997 Squid. Le dernier Cri , Marseille (F).
  • 1997 chocolate bar . French edition: Les étoiles et les chochons, Paris (F).
  • 1997 squeeze . Self-published with Roli Fischbacher (CH).
  • 1997 CoMIXart , Benteli Verlag, Bern (CH).
  • 1995 Krampniz Rattenherz , Zyankrise Verlag, Berlin (D).
  • 1995 Päng , Edition Moderne, Zurich (CH).
  • 1995 Baluba , Amok Verlag, Paris (F).
  • 1995 Chocolate bar , Zyankrise Verlag, Berlin (D) Amok Verlag, Paris (F).
  • 1995 Crunch , Martin Barber Verlag, Berlin (D).

Texts about the work of MS Bastian & Isabelle L. (selection)

  • 2019 Bieler / In of the year: MS Bastian & Isabelle L. , Mario Cortesi in: Biel Bienne Zeitung, 23./24. Jan. 2019, pp. 1 and 9.
  • 2018 Africa-Pulp in MEN, Alice Henkes in: ARTMAPP, March – June 2018, pp. 38–43.
  • 2010 Woe woe woe , Konrad Tobler in: Bastokalypse, Scheidegger & Spiess , Zurich, (Dt./Engl./Fr.).
  • 2007 Saving the Bastian-World , Guido Magnaguagno in: 100 vues de Bastropolis. Vertige Graphic Geneva, pp. 11-13, (French).
  • 2007 Patckwork family , Andreas Meier in: 100 vues de Bastropolis. Vertige Graphic Geneva, pp. 6-10, (French).
  • 2001 It's a wonderful World , Wilfried von Gunten in: It's a wonderful World, Benteli Verlag, (Dt.).
  • 2001 Micky, the master detective , Andreas Meier in: It's a wonderful World, Benteli Verlag, (Dt.).
  • 1996 Image review No. 4 , Urs Dickerhof in: Comixart, Benteli Verlag, pp. 7-10, (Dt).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. MS Bastian [Sollberger, Marcel] - SIKART Lexicon on Art in Switzerland. In: www.sikart.ch. Retrieved January 8, 2017 .
  2. The African pulps were produced on behalf of MS Bastian and Isabelle L. from Kudjoe Affutu in Ghana. Regula Tschumi supervised this work on site and documented it for a film project.