Thomas Huber
7 September – 9 November 2013
Thomas Huber, recipient of the PRIX MERET OPPENHEIM 2013, has been known since the early 1980s for his continuous development of a vast visual cycle in which perspective and space play a central role. The Swiss artist’s paintings depict the creation, compilation, and exhibition of art. To this end, he embeds paintings, furniture, shelves, and vessels into various spatial and color configurations, or he interlocks multiple perspectives into peculiar systems of order.
Thomas Huber creates pictorial spaces in which the genres of still life, interior, landscape, and architecture are fused into a symbiosis. Within these, the enigma of “bringing forth” art plays a central role. He refers to his body of work as “Huberville,” conceived as a kind of city construct. The viewer will not find a definitive answer or concrete meaning regarding how art should be or function in Huber’s world. His paintings act as mirrors in which the image and the viewer reflect upon their relationship to each other. The viewer becomes an active participant in this engagement, imagining themselves entering the image rather than merely observing it from the outside.
Among colorful walls, spatial models, and image vessels, the viewer can position themselves, becoming either image creator or observer, able to inhabit Huber’s pictorial concepts and settle into them. Hengesbach Gallery presents exclusively the new painting cycle “The Red Frieze,” which extends throughout the entire gallery space. A red frieze depicted in the paintings is also part of the exhibition space itself. The paintings reference the exhibition space, and the space becomes part of the paintings. These intertwinings are constantly reconfigured in new ways. The tour invites associative exploration, which also offers humorous enjoyment.
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