Urs Fischer mines the potential of materials—from clay, steel, and paint to bread, dirt, and produce—to create works that disorient and bewilder. Through scale distortions, illusion, and the juxtaposition of common objects, his sculptures, paintings, photographs, and large-scale installations explore themes of perception and representation while maintaining a witty irreverence and mordant humor.
Fischer was the nominee of 2006 The Vincent Van Gogh Biennial Award for Contemporary Art in Europe, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; in 1999 he received Providentia-Preis, Young Art. Bundesamt für Kultur, Eidgenössisches Stipendium für freie Kunst, Zürich. His works feature in renowned public and private collections, such as: Burger, Collection, Berlin; FRAC- Provence- Alpes Côte d’Azur, Marceille; Fondation- Carmignac, Paris; Fondazione Morra, Naples; Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel; Museo d’arte della Svizzera Italiana (MASILugano), Lugano; Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich; MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City, NY; Punta della Dogana-Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice; Rubell Family Collection, Miami; and Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels.
cast bronze
124.4 x 36.2 x 48.4 cm |
49 x 14 1/4 x 19 in