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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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Keywords (19)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Installation Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Aluminum/Aluminium
- •Bronze
- •Charcoal
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Fiberglass
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Gouache
- •Metal, Metalwork, Metal Plates, Metal Point
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Plaster
- •Resin
- •Wax
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Subject
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950