Daniel Spoerri
Art is life, life is art. This was the motto of the Nouveaux Réalistes, whose co-founder was Daniel Spoerri (* March 27, 1930 in Galați, Romania as Daniel Isaac Feinstein). The group of artists, including Yves Klein and Jean Tinguely, had set themselves the goal of integrating the reality of everyday life into art using new techniques and found objects - the objets trouvés. Daniel Spoerri in particular set himself the task of freezing snapshots of everyday life in his work.
Daniel Spoerri was one of the very first artists to make dealing with found situations and objects the central theme of his world of ideas and his artistic work. His artistic career began with the creation of the "Fallenbild". Spoerri's entire life's work is based on the experience and method of letting the "trap" snap shut at a certain - the right - moment. Fixing reality, taking up everyday things in life, makes us see everyday life anew and, above all, makes us appreciate it, and that is the eternal gift of Daniel Spoerri that remains.