ERIC FISCHL: ART FAIR PAINTINGS │ Victoria Miro, London → 19 December 2014

Art Fair: Booth #1 Oldenburg’s Sneakers, 2013 Oil on linen. 208.3 x 172.7 cm, 82 x 68 in

Art Fair: Booth #10 Booty, 2014 Oil on Linen 208.3 x 284.5 cm, 82 x 112 in

Art Fair: Booth #17 Instructions, 2014 Oil on Linen 177.8 x 208.3 cm, 70 x 82 in

Art Fair: Booth #3 Deathmask, 2014 Oil on linen 137.3 x 172.8cm, 54 1/8 x 68 in

Art Fair: Booth #1 Play/Care, 2013 Oil on linen 208.3 x 284.5 cm, 82 x 112 in

Art Fair: Booth #40 Shopgirl (study), 2014 Oil on linen 76.2 x 101.6 cm, 30 x 40 in

Art Fair: Booth #27 Ridiculous Sublime, 2014 Oil on Linen 172.7 x 208.3 cm, 68 x 82 in

Art Fair: Booth #60 Shoot/Please (study), 2014 Oil on Linen 91.4 x 121.9 cm, 36 x 48 in

Art Fair: Booth #4 The Price, 2013 Oil on linen 208.3 x 284.5 cm, 82 x 112 in

Art Fair: Booth #15 OOF, 2014 Oil on Linen 172.7 x 208.3 cm, 68 x 82 in

Installation View, Eric Fischl, Art Fair paintings, Gallery II, Victoria Miro, 16 Wharf Road London N1 7RW, 2014

“Eric Fišl md hiz repytešn in ɖ 1980z wɖ lj-scêl fiğṛtv ýlpêntñz dpictñ ambiğs, irotcli čājd ṣnẹrioz set in ɖ Americn subrbz. Sns ɖt tîm hiz practis hz dveḷpt, olɖo hiz fôc̣s rmenz on repṛzentešnz v ɖ hymn figr, dpictd sngli, az in hiz sculpčṛl wrc n wōtrculrz, or in complex grūpñz, az in ɖs ny bodi v pêntñz.

Ɖs siriz têcs az its subjct ɖ cntmprri ātmācit. Ɖ pêntñz dpict ātferz n gaḷriôṗnñz, n fīčr intric̣t comṗzišnz ẇr ppl n ātwrcs r leyrd in sfisticetd arenjmnts v fwm n culr. Fišl hz olwz bn a cīn obzrvr v ɖ rlešnšps btwn ppl, n btwn ppl n ɖer srândñz. Ɖz pêntñz demnstret ɖ ātist’s akt obẓvešn v bodīlanĝj n ɖ sml dītelz ɖt rflct sošl rlešnšps, ptklrli in ɖ hedi invîrnmnt v ɖ ātfer, wɖ its čājd atṃsfir v muni n têst, fnanšl n culčṛl capitl.

Ātferz r ntwrı̣sli bizi, n ɖz pêntñz gv a sens v ɖ eṇji n busl az vizitrz muv amñst ɖ standz, apaṛntli gvñ az mč atnšn t č uɖr – n t ɖer môbîl fônz – az t ɖ ātwrcs on dsple. In ɖz imijz, rɖr ɖn actñ az a bacdrop t ɖ hymn actiṿti, ɖ ātwrcs funẋn az caṛctrz in ɖ sìn, sîḷnt witṇsz t ɖ drāma unfoldñ arnd ɖm. Fišl hz dscrîbd ɖs ifct:

Ɖ spês in ɖz pêntñz z c̣lapst, clutrd, irašnl n agresv. Ɖoz dpictd in ɖ sìnz sīm oblivı̣s t ɖ mêňa v ɖer cndišn…. Ẇt I’v dscuvrd az I muvd intu ɖs wrc z ɖ isnšli abstract nêčr v ɖ ātfer spêsz. Ɖe r nirli kbistc in ɖer flatṇs n ɖer jarñ c̣lāžd cnstruẋnz. Y si a buʈ n ʈru it anɖr n ʈru it anɖr, č buʈ šowñ wrcs ɖt hv ɖer ôn, ofn cntrastñ, spêšl ilužnz. Fr a pêntr, it z a rič invîrnmnt t trî n capčr. Leyrz v conšsṇs on top v leyrz v crosprṗsz. I am fwlñ in luv wɖ it. Nt bcz it z ɖ propr plês fr āt bt bcz it z sč a rič invîrnmnt t mc āt abt.

Ɖz wrcs hv bn infwmd bî ɖ dveḷpmnt v ɖ cntmprri ātwrld ovr rīsnt decedz, az a prīvı̣sli mr insylr, scolrli culčr hz trnsfwmd intu a mr mācitdrivn sìn apilñ t a ny clas v inṭnašnl plūṭcrats. Fišl’z fersìnz r popyletd bî an are v tîps ɖt apir recgnîẓbl bt ptnšli olso ambiğs n fluid in ɖer îdntti: ātists, c̣lctrz, gaḷrists, kretrz n hañrz-on.

In cīpñ wɖ Fišl’z yžl wrcñpractis, ɖ stātñpýnt fr ɖ siriz r fôṭgrafs, in ɖs cês pridominntli têcn bî ɖ ātist hmslf at ātferz includñ Āt Bāzl Mîami Bīč n ɖ Sâʈamtn Ātfer n at ôṗnñz v gaḷriexibišnz in Ny Ywc. Fišl uplodz imijz t Fôtôšop, ẇr h c̣lāžz ɖm untl h cnstructs an imij ɖt h wnts t trnzlet intu a pêntñ. Az ɖ siriz hz groun so hz ɖ cmplx̣ti v ɖ reẓnnsz v ɖ imijz, indivijli n in rlešn t č uɖr. Ɖ pêntñz r a šāp sošl satîr az mč az ɖe r a luvñ tribyt t ɖ wrld ɖ ātist nz bst: ɖ inṭnašnl ātsìn.

Fišl wz born in 1948 in Ny Ywc Siti. H cuṛntli livz n wrcs in Sag Hābr, Ny Ywc. Hiz rīsnt sôlo šoz includ Eric Fišl: Frendz, Luvrz n Uɖr Consṭlešnz at ɖ Alḅtīna, Viena, Ostria (2014); Dîv Dīp: Eric Fišl n ɖ Prôses v Pêntñ at ɖ Penslveňa Acaḍmi v Fîn Āts, Fiḷdelfia, travlñ t San Hôze Myziym v Āt, Caḷfwňa (2012-2013); Eric Fišl: Bīčlîf at ɖ Gildhwl v Īst Hamtn, Ny Ywc (2012); Eric Fišl: Corrida en Ronda at ɖ Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spên (2010); Eric Fišl: Ten Breʈs at ɖ Kestnergesellschaft, Haṇvr, Jrṃni (2007); Eric Fišl: Prints n Drōñz at ɖ Deḷwer Sentr v Cntmprri Āt, Wilmñtn (2006); Eric Fišl at ɖ Fondazione Cassa Di Risparmio in Ḅloňa, Iṭli (2004); n Eric Fišl, Pêntñz n Drōñz 1979-2001 at ɖ Cnstmŭzeum Wlfsbrg, Jrṃni (2003). Hiz wrc z in nymṛs public c̣lẋnz, includñ Ātgaḷri v Ny Sâʈ Wêlz, Sidni, Ostreła; Ātgaḷri v Ontẹrio, Ṭronto, Caṇda; Ātinstityt v Šicago, Šicago; Bāzl Cnsthala, Switṣḷnd; Cānegi Myziym v Āt, Pitsbrg; Daḷs Myziym v Āt, Txs; Fîn Āts Myziym v San Fransisco, Caḷfwňa; Soḷmn R. Ggnhîm Myziym, Ny Ywc; Hiršwn Myziym n Sculpčrgādn, Wošñtn, D.C.; Kunstmuseen der Stadt, Crêfelt, Jrṃni; Luīziana Myziym v Modn Āt, Humlebaek, Denmāc; Ɖ Menil C̣lẋn, Hystn; Ɖ Metṛpolitn Myziym v Āt, Ny Ywc; Musée National D’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, Frans; Myziym v Modn Āt, Ny Ywc; Našnl Gaḷri v Āt, Wošñtn, D.C.; Neue Galerie, Āħn, Jrṃni; Fiḷdelfia Myziym v Āt, Penslveňa; San Fransisco Myziym v Modn Āt, Caḷfwňa; n Ẇitni Myziym v Americn Āt, Ny Ywc. Victoria Miro z dlîtd t b wrcñ alñsd Eric Fišl’z loñstandñ gaḷriz Mẹri Būn in Ny Ywc n Yablonca in C̣lôn.”