{"title":"Claude Karfiol","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Claude Karfiol's diverse body of art is considered an outstanding achievement in contemporary art.\" Alexandra Steinacker-Clark, art historian and author.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter studying literature at the Sorbonne in Paris, Swiss artist Claude Karfiol (born 1954 in Basel) initially worked as a dramaturge and producer for Swiss TV. As a prize winner of the ITVA for his early video work in 1983, he embarked on an artistic career spanning video, performance, and the visual arts. His research into experimental forms of theater and his spectacular performances made him a key figure of the independent theater scene, with national and international recognition. With years of experience in painting, Claude Karfiol began experimenting at home during the COVID-19 lockdowns, sketching on his laptop with a standard mouse and the word-processing program Microsoft Word. This improvised approach soon evolved into a sophisticated technique, yielding a distinctive artistic signature that is attracting increasing attention among collectors. Notably, the visionary ARTMARATHON Collection took the initiative that made the present edition possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"claude-carfiol-nobodys-ghost","title":"Claude Karfiol - Nobody's Ghost","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition of 14 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClaude Karfiol (b. 1954) is a Swiss artist whose roots lie in theater. In the 1980s, his experimental performance works placed him at the forefront of the Swiss avant-garde. He has since turned exclusively to painting. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Covid lockdowns cut him off from his studio in 2020, Karfiol, with no prior digital experience, began sketching at home using nothing but a computer mouse in Word documents. What started as an improvisation evolved into an entirely new painting technique. Every subsequent work follows this same process: a hand-drawn mouse sketch in Microsoft Word, with no AI or digital aids, later translated into a one-of-a-kind physical painting through an elaborate mixed-media process on canvas. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarfiol had painted intensively alongside his performance work in the 1980s, but only returned to painting seriously just before the pandemic. His technique quickly earned him a devoted following among collectors, though he never sought entry into the formal art market. Having followed this body of work closely from its early stages, ARTMARATHON has encouraged him to share it more widely, culminating in this project with LITO. With over 600 paintings to date, it is considered an outstanding achievement in contemporary art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LITO Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59086464581896,"sku":null,"price":8800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/5411\/8664\/files\/2026-10-15_lito_nobodys_ghost_001_low_res_1x1_43417670-27d1-412b-ada9-a3cdbe345ee3.jpg?v=1792395816"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/5411\/8664\/collections\/RP_Portrait_93a26f95-5704-4d01-b00f-7d160a99176b.png?v=1793685427","url":"https:\/\/lito.io\/collections\/claude-karfiol.oembed","provider":"LITO Editions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}