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Urs Fischer

1973, Zurich, Switzerland 
He lives and works in New York, USA

temporary artwork

Omen

2024
Hand-blown, mirror-finish glass

The photographs, paintings, sculptures and installations  of Urs Fischer often radically transform the exhibition  spaces. Revisiting the classical genres of art history, such  as portraits, still lifes, nudes, landscapes, and everyday  objects, Fischer spans styles from Baroque to Pop Art.  He introduces elements of imperfection that create  a paradoxical or transient effect through the use of  ephemeral materials. In some cases, these materials do  not even last the duration of an exhibition, for example,  the large wax sculptures or the bread house. 

For the temporary exhibition, Fischer presents the  environmental installation Omen, featuring 600 drops of  mirrored blown glass made in Murano. Suspended from  the ceiling, these drops cascade down like rain, creating  a kaleidoscopic immersive effect and a sense of osmosis  between the inside and the outside, between the artwork  and the city.

Photos by Massimo Pistore

site-specific | permanent artwork

Good Luck Peanuts

2024
Acrylic, acrylic spray, enamel on frescoed sand and lime  plaster

Good Luck Peanuts is a permanent work created for the  ceiling of the movie theater at Palazzo Diedo using various  painting techniques, ranging from acrylic paint to enamel  on sand, and from fresco to lime plaster. Playing on the  visual illusion offered by the perception of plasticity, the  marked texture of the brushstrokes on the frame, and  the deep perspective of a clear sky, Fischer, with his  characteristic biting humor, gifts Palazzo Diedo with a  contemporary trompe l’oeil.

Photos by Massimo Pistore

Palazzo Diedo
Berggruen
Arts & Culture

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