Exhibitions in Galerie Baer

casa parallela

Eckehard Fuchs

Eckehard Fuchs’ depicted subjects occupy the intersection between observed human behaviours and an imagination pervaded by nightmares, sex and estrangement, a vision which has been formally trained by diverse impressions of visual codes throughout art history. The lavishly expressive Romanesque and early Gothic sculpture as well as the exaggerated caricatures of William Hogarth’s prints offer points of reference.
With his figures, Fuchs investigates interpersonal interactions. Visual tales are populated by characters that serve as ‘wildcards of human patterns of action’, at times well-disguised.
The most recent works are characterised by the author's lack of rootedness – by a to and fro between different localities and places of residence, without any ultimate destination. The animation casa parallela offers a tour of Eckehard Fuchs’ worlds, making clear the relationship between place and work of art.