Urs Fischer b. 1973
Overview
Sigh, Sigh, Sherlock! , 2004
Urs Fischer’s work thrives on the unexpected. Mining the expressive potential of diverse materials and paint to more ephemeral or unconventional substances such as bread, fruit, wax, and dirt—Fischer creates sculptures, installations, paintings, and photographs that disorient and provoke. His art frequently plays with scale, illusion, and the incongruous pairing of everyday objects, challenging viewers’ assumptions about reality, perception, and representation. At once irreverent and incisive, Fischer’s practice is imbued with a mordant humor that undercuts aesthetic convention while raising deeper questions about the fragility, absurdity, and impermanence of life and art itself. Fischer’s work resonates with the shifting sensibilities of Dada, Pop Art, and Conceptualism. His open-ended approach allows for works that are at once playful and profound, collapsing the boundaries between permanence and impermanence, art and life.
Works
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Sigh, Sigh, Sherlock! , 2004
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