column two, 2014

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer’s sculptures and paintings explore the tension between the material and the digital, object and image. Drawing on Western art history and popular culture, he continuously recalibrates the techniques and modalities underlying the creation and consumption of artworks. 

https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/exhibitions/urs-fischer

Fischer has an innate ability to play with the mechanisms of perception to challenge people’s awareness of the physical and ideological contexts of their surroundings. 

Mining image traditions and artistic materials to introduce ideas of time and transience, his installations often have the character of an uncanny and fleeting illusion.

https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/exhibitions/urs-fischer 

boy in a chair, 2014

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

The Thinker by Rodin in the Court of Honor at the Legion of Honor

With more than thirty works installed throughout the Court of Honor, rotunda and upper level galleries at the Legion of Honor, Fischer’s sprawling exhibition offers a unique opportunity to appreciate his inventive transformation of iconographic traditions in the context of a historic collection.

https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/exhibitions/urs-fischer

big foot

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

 

 

To read the San Francisco Chronicle review of the Fischer Show by Charles Desmarais on April 23, 2017, go to:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-Legion-goes-engagingly-modern-11089735.php

 

 

Bronze sculptures by Swiss artist Urs Fischer in the Court of Honor at the Legion of Honor

Invisible Mother, 2015

Cast bronze, enamel, enamel spray paint, dirt, bronze dust, copper dust, opoxy, lacquer, stainless steel plumbing, stainless steel plumbing, copper tubing, electric pump, rubber hose

Urs Fischer

Invisible Mother, 2015

Cast bronze, enamel, enamel spray paint, dirt, bronze dust, copper dust, opoxy, lacquer, stainless steel plumbing, stainless steel plumbing, copper tubing, electric pump, rubber hose

Urs Fischer

Kratz, 2011

Cast aluminum, epoxy, fiberglass, wire mesh, epoxy primer, polyester putty, one-component fill primer, waterborne base coat, poyurethane matte clearcoat, and polyurethane paint

Urs Fischer

Kratz, 2011

Cast aluminum, epoxy, fiberglass, wire mesh, epoxy primer, polyester putty, one-component fill primer, waterborne base coat, poyurethane matte clearcoat, and polyurethane paint

Urs Fischer

Dazzled, 2016

Glass, ceramic silkscreen medium, two component silcone medium, adhesive, velvet, silcone, steel pins, acrylic paint, wax, and aluminum armature

Urs Fischer

Dazzled, 2016

Glass, ceramic silkscreen medium, two component silcone medium, adhesive, velvet, silcone, steel pins, acrylic paint, wax, and aluminum armature

Urs Fischer

UF, 2015

Aquaresin, steel, pigment, nails, adhesive

Urs Fischer

Adam

This 8-foot-tall male figure is made of pigmented wax; a wick at the top is lighted each day, and the man will gradually melt, head first.

Pigmented paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, encaustic pigment, oil paint, steel, and wicks

Urs Fischer

Adam

This 8-foot-tall male figure is made of pigmented wax; a wick at the top is lighted each day, and the man will gradually melt, head first.

Pigmented paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, encaustic pigment, oil paint, steel, and wicks

Urs Fischer

Adam

Pigmented paraffin wax, microcrystalline wax, encaustic pigment, oil paint, steel, and wicks

Urs Fischer

Mr. E & Spotzy, 2011

Mirror-polished stainless steel box with a prosaic photographic images of an iron and ironing board

Urs Fischer

Mr. E & Spotzy, 2011

Mirror-polished stainless steel box with a prosaic photographic images of an iron and ironing board

Urs Fischer

Mr. E & Spotzy, 2011

Mirror-polished stainless steel box with a prosaic photographic images of an iron and ironing board

Urs Fischer

Snail Crossing Helmet, 2016

cast bronze, cast stainless steel, acrylic primer, gesso, oil paint

Urs Fischer

Mr. E & Spotzy, 2011

Mirror-polished stainless steel box with a prosaic photographic images of an iron and ironing board

Urs Fischer

 

Drained, 2016

Aluminum panel, aramid honeycomb, two-component polyurethane adhesive, two-component epoxy primer, galvanized-steel rivet nuts, acrylic primer, gesso, acrylic ink, acrylic silkscreen medium, acrylic paint, and oil medium

Urs Fischer

Drained, 2016

Aluminum panel, aramid honeycomb, two-component polyurethane adhesive, two-component epoxy primer, galvanized-steel rivet nuts, acrylic primer, gesso, acrylic ink, acrylic silkscreen medium, acrylic paint, and oil medium

Urs Fischer

 

Invisible Mother, 2015

Cast bronze, enamel, enamel spray paint, dirt, bronze dust, copper dust, opoxy, lacquer, stainless steel plumbing, stainless steel plumbing, copper tubing, electric pump, rubber hose

Urs Fischer

Invisible Mother, 2015

Cast bronze, enamel, enamel spray paint, dirt, bronze dust, copper dust, opoxy, lacquer, stainless steel plumbing, stainless steel plumbing, copper tubing, electric pump, rubber hose

Urs Fischer

Kratz, 2011

Cast aluminum, epoxy, fiberglass, wire mesh, epoxy primer, polyester putty, one-component fill primer, waterborne base coat, poyurethane matte clearcoat, and polyurethane paint

Urs Fischer

Dazzled, 2016

Glass, ceramic silkscreen medium, two component silcone medium, adhesive, velvet, silcone, steel pins, acrylic paint, wax, and aluminum armature

Urs Fischer

Dazzled, 2016

Glass, ceramic silkscreen medium, two component silcone medium, adhesive, velvet, silcone, steel pins, acrylic paint, wax, and aluminum armature

Urs Fischer

The Russian Bride's Attire, 1889

Oil on canvas

Konstantin Makovsky (1839-1915)

Columbus as a Boy, 1872

Marble

Giulio Monteverde (Italian 1837-1917)

Water Lilies, ca. 1914-1917

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet (French 1840-1926)

Columbus as a Boy, 1872

Marble

Giulio Monteverde (Italian 1837-1917)

Invisible Mother, 2015

Cast bronze, enamel, enamel spray paint, dirt, bronze dust, copper dust, opoxy, lacquer, stainless steel plumbing, stainless steel plumbing, copper tubing, electric pump, rubber hose

Urs Fischer

 

 

Crying Horse, 2016

Cast bronze, acrylic primer, gesso, and oil paint

Urs Fischer

(In the Robert Dollar Gallery)

Crying Horse, 2016

Cast bronze, acrylic primer, gesso, and oil paint

Urs Fischer

(In the Robert Dollar Gallery)

Model for Horse/Bed, 2013-2015

Milled aluminum, galvanized steel screws, polyurethane adhesive, and epoxy adhesive

Urs Fischer

Model for Horse/Bed, 2013-2015

Milled aluminum, galvanized steel screws, polyurethane adhesive, and epoxy adhesive

Urs Fischer

Model for Horse/Bed, 2013-2015

Milled aluminum, galvanized steel screws, polyurethane adhesive, and epoxy adhesive

Urs Fischer

Crying Horse, 2016

Cast bronze, acrylic primer, gesso, and oil paint

Urs Fischer

Model for Horse/Bed, 2013-2015

Milled aluminum, galvanized steel screws, polyurethane adhesive, and epoxy adhesive

Urs Fischer

Model for Horse/Bed, 2013-2015

Milled aluminum, galvanized steel screws, polyurethane adhesive, and epoxy adhesive

Urs Fischer

Lead and Tin, 2016

Aluminum panel, aramid honeycomb, two-component polyurethane adhesive, two-component epoxy primer, galvanized-steel rivet nuts, acrylic primer, gesso, acrylic ink, acrylic silkscreen medium, acrylic paint, and oil medium

Urs Fischer

Monet: The Early Years is the first major US exhibition devoted to the initial phase of Claude Monet’s (French, 1840–1926) career. Through approximately sixty paintings, the exhibition demonstrates the radical invention that marked the artist’s development during the formative years of 1858 to 1872. In this period the young painter developed his unique visual language and technique, creating striking works that manifested his interest in painting textures and the interplay of light upon surfaces.

This exhibition is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience Monet’s mastery before Impressionism, and includes paintings that are profoundly daring and surprising. Depictions of moments both large and small, with friends and loved ones, in the solitude of forests and fields and in the quiet scenes of everyday, offer new revelations about an artist that many consider to be ubiquitous.

By following Monet before Impressionism, visitors can see the emergence of his style and how he helped shape the movement. Monet: The Early Years is on view at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco from February 25 through May 29, 2017.

 https://legionofhonor.famsf.org/monet-early-years

 

The Chailly Road in the Forest of Fontainebleau, 1865

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

The Pointe de la Heve at Low Tide, 1865

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Le Phare de l'Hospice, 1864

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

An Oak at Bas-Breau (The Bodmer), 1865

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

The Red Kerchief, ca. 1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

 

 

Quai du Louvre, 1867

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Detail of Quai du Louvre, 1867

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Boats in the Port of Honfleur, 1866

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

 

Detail of Boats in the Port of Honfleur, 1866

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

The Seine at Bougival, 1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Detail of The Seine at Bougival, 1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

The Cradle, 1867

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

 

Jean Monet Sleeping, 1868

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Detail of Jean Monet Sleeping, 1868

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

La Porte d'Amont, Etretat, ca. 1868-1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Red Mullets, 1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

La Grenouillere, 1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt, 1868

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Jeremy Sutton working on his digital version of Bathers at La Grenouillere

http://jeremysutton.com

Bathers at La Grenouillere, 1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Jeremy Sutton working on his digital version of Bathers at La Grenouillere

http://jeremysutton.com

Jeremy Sutton working on his digital version of Bathers at La Grenouillere

http://jeremysutton.com

Jeremy Sutton working on his digital version of Bathers at La Grenouillere

http://jeremysutton.com

 

The Bridge at Bougival, 1869

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Hyde Park, 1871

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Meditation, Madame Monet Sitting on a Sofa, 1870-1871

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Green Park, 1871

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Houses by the Zaan at Zaandam, 1871

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Windmill at Zaandam, 1871

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

The Wooden Bridge, 1872

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Still Life with Melon, 1872

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Regatta at Argenteuil, 1872

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

View of a Port, 1871

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Detail of View of a Port, 1871

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

A Hut at Sainte-Adresse, 1867

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Fishing Boats, 1866

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

Detail of Fishing Boats, 1866

Oil on canvas

Claude Monet

 

Dazzled, 2016

Glass, ceramic silkscreen medium, two component silcone medium, adhesive, velvet, silcone, steel pins, acrylic paint, wax, and aluminum armature

Urs Fischer

To read the San Francisco Chronicle review of the Fischer Show by Charles Desmarais on April 23, 2017, go to:

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/The-Legion-goes-engagingly-modern-11089735.php

Installation view of “Urs Fischer: The Public & the Private” in the Court of Honor at the Legion of Honor

lion in chains

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

 

lion in chains

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

man on pile and pile

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

boy in a chair

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

Detail of boy in a chair

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

pieta, 2014

Cast bronze

Urs Fischer

In the Court of Honor at the Legion of Honor

 

 

 

Installation view of “Urs Fischer: The Public & the Private” in the Court of Honor at the Legion of Honor

Closing time at the Legion of Honor