Urs Fischer: Phantom Paintings
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0996413022 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In other works, the abstractions obstruct images taken from vintage Hollywood publicity headshots as well as close-up photographs of the artist’s own face. Finally, bold paintings on cutout aluminum panels push the limits of line, color and shape, transforming facial features into intersecting organic shapes that slide and mutate in a new form of landscape painting.. Phantom Paintings gathers several series of paintings on aluminum panel produced over the last three years by the Swiss artist Urs Fischer (born 1973).From far away many of these paintings appear to be large-scale gestural