Urs Fischer: Eugène Atget

Urs Fischer exhibition at Gagosian Athens.

Why go

The exhibition title references Eugène Atget's documentary archive of disappearing Paris; Fischer applies a comparable fragmentary sensibility to LA's visual chaos, blending figuration with abstraction across monumental canvases using gesso, latex, acrylic, and alcohol ink.

What to expect

Large-scale paintings (up to 110 × 198 inches) combining silkscreening, hand-painting, and stenciling, displayed in the neoclassical interior of 22 Anapiron Polemou Street. Works layer original photographs with found and manipulated imagery to conjure metropolitan landscapes saturated with figures, text, and graphics.

Things to know

• First solo presentation by Fischer at Gagosian Athens.
• Title cites French photographer Eugène Atget, whom Walter Benjamin credited as a pioneer of photographic fragmentation.
• Works employ collage aesthetic informed by Robert Rauschenberg and Cady Noland.
• Fischer's observations drawn from his adopted home of Los Angeles.
• Exhibition transforms an intimate neoclassical interior with contemporary urban imagery.
• Materials include gesso, latex, acrylic paint, alcohol ink, and modeling paste on canvas.

Plan your visit

Gallery hours: Tuesday–Saturday 11–7, Thursday 11–8. Located at 22 Anapiron Polemou Street, Athens. Contact +30 210 36 40 215 or athens@gagosian.com for inquiries.