To mark the 100th anniversary of its commitment to art, Swiss Post is presenting a book for the first time that offers the general public an insight into that commitment and into its collection in particular. The book features 100 artists, symbolizing 100 years of art promotion. Particular emphasis is placed on ten young artists under the age of 40, who are presented with portrait photos, biographies and descriptions of their works and provide insights into their worlds and works in short handwritten and illustrated interviews.
Conceptual collaboration on the portraits of the ten young artists and texts on their works in the Swiss Post art collection: Flurina Badel & Jérémie Sarbach, Dave Bopp, Andriu Deplazes, Dorota Gawęda & Eglė Kulbokaitė, Douglas Mandry, Marta Margnetti, Michael Meier & Rico Scagliola, Jean-Vincent Simonet, Mina Squalli-Houssaïni, Kelly Tissot.
The printed, multilingual (English/German/French/Italian) book can be ordered via Postshop or the publisher Scheidegger & Spiess, pdfs of the individual languages are available on the for download on the Post website.