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Urs Fischer BIOGRAPHY
Born 1973 Zurich, Switzerland. Known for: Large scale abstract sculpture, installations.
Following is a copy of a New Yorker exhibition review by Calvin Tomkins, October 19, 2009. ABSTRACT: ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about Urs Fischer. Urs Fischer, the thirty-six-year-old Swiss... Read full biography
Following is a copy of a New Yorker exhibition review by Calvin Tomkins, October 19, 2009. ABSTRACT: ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about Urs Fischer. Urs Fischer, the thirty-six-year-old Swiss artist, lives with his American girlfriend, Cassandra MacLeod, in a loft apartment on Bond Street. Any... Read full biography
Following is a copy of a New Yorker exhibition review by Calvin Tomkins, October 19, 2009. ABSTRACT: ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about Urs Fischer. Urs Fischer, the thirty-six-year-old Swiss artist, lives with his American girlfriend, Cassandra MacLeod, in a loft apartment on Bond Street. Any day now, they were expecting their first baby. Fischer was also getting ready for his first New York museum show, which will open on October 28th, 2009, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Fischer's... Read full biography
Following is a copy of a New Yorker exhibition review by Calvin Tomkins, October 19, 2009. ABSTRACT: ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about Urs Fischer. Urs Fischer, the thirty-six-year-old Swiss artist, lives with his American girlfriend, Cassandra MacLeod, in a loft apartment on Bond Street. Any day now, they were expecting their first baby. Fischer was also getting ready for his first New York museum show, which will open on October 28th, 2009, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Fischer's art, like Fischer himself, is highly memorable but hard to pin down. It consists, for the most part, of three-dimensional objects made from materials not usually associated with art. Fischer's Bread House (2004-05) is just what the title says: a... Read full biography
Following is a copy of a New Yorker exhibition review by Calvin Tomkins, October 19, 2009. ABSTRACT: ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about Urs Fischer. Urs Fischer, the thirty-six-year-old Swiss artist, lives with his American girlfriend, Cassandra MacLeod, in a loft apartment on Bond Street. Any day now, they were expecting their first baby. Fischer was also getting ready for his first New York museum show, which will open on October 28th, 2009, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. Fischer's art, like Fischer himself, is highly memorable but hard to pin down. It consists, for the most part, of three-dimensional objects made from materials not usually associated with art. Fischer's Bread House (2004-05) is just what the title says: a life-size one-room alpine chalet whose walls and roof are made from bread loaves in various shapes and sizes. The write... Read full biography
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Following is a copy of a New Yorker exhibition review by Calvin Tomkins, October 19, 2009
ABSTRACT: ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS about Urs Fischer.
Urs Fischer, the thirty-six-year-old Swiss artist, lives with his American girlfriend, Cassandra MacLeod, in a loft apartment on Bond Street. Any day now, they were expecting their first baby. Fischer was also getting ready for his first New York museum show, which will open on October 28th, 2009, at the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
Fischer's art, like Fischer himself, is highly memorable but hard to pin down. It consists, for the most part, of three-dimensional objects made from materials not usually associated with art. Fischer's Bread House (2004-05) ...But wait, there's more...
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