17"x13.5" Signed archival giclee print, from Speaking Belly Series, 1996 (note - not from original limited edition).

Swiss photographer Hans Gissinger was born in 1946 in Zurich, Switzerland. Gissinger is a photographer who is obsessed by perfection and esthetic exploration. He is passionate about the grotesque and the reality of his characters and protagonists, who often seem to be taken from the Comedia dell’arte. In his work, violence and contempt are perfectly balanced, and the highest plastic quality is maintained and idealized.

Gissinger’s work has been featured in several individual exhibitions in museums and galleries in the United States and in France, including the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris en 2000 and the Musée de la Citadelle en 2004, as well as in numerous group exhibitions in France and around the world.