Claudia Comte 'The Absurdity Of Contemporary Existence' Print Available

Artist: Claudia Comte
Title: The Absurdity Of Contemporary Existence
Medium: Framed Giclee Print on Canvas
Size: 22 x 32 x 3.5 cm
Edition: 20
Prices: CHF 1,400

*there is also a white lettering on cream canvas version available

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Claudia Comte, born 1983 in Grancy, Switzerland, is a Basel based artist who turns forests, marble and cartoons into rhythmic, rule-based environments. Trained at ECAL and with a teaching MA, she builds each piece according to a self devised modular system so every curve, zig-zag or “HAHAHA” relates to the next, whether it is a five-storey stair mural, a six-ton Carrara marble bunny or an underwater cactus reef off Jamaica. Chainsaw carved wood, 3-D scans and ai generated lava flows sit side-by-side in her practice, underscoring a fascination with how the hand, machine and ecosystem co-author form. Wall paintings begin as architectural vectors, then swell into optical waves that echo sonar graphs or branching roots painted with sequoia dust left over from her own sculptures, binding process to image. Though the work tackles climate grief burnt “HAHAHA” spruce trunks, pipelines, plastic strewn beaches Comte cloaks the warning in Tintin-bright colours, cartoon outlines or carnival games, convinced humour can keep viewers inside the gallery longer than fear. Performers, DJs and even motocross riders are invited to activate her spaces, turning exhibitions into living scores where marble columns might be read aloud from Neruda or tapped like xylophones. Whether carving minimal benches from volcanic rock or releasing helium “HAHA” balloons that slowly deflate over a photojournalism show, she insists that beauty, play and ecological anxiety are not opposites but interlocking modules in the same fragile pattern.