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Urs Fischer: Sirens

The Sirens in this book look at us from the large silkscreen paintings of Swiss artist Urs Fischer, who intercuts and collages publicity shots of classic Hollywood actors with their own double images and naturally flowing abstractions. Due to these organic forms, the artist himself speaks of the pictures as landscape paintings, and he juxtaposes them as a different sort of landscape with a set of sculptures across the gallery floor: small figures interacting with found elements such as potatoes or a bent spoon. These witty inventions in painted bronze are grouped around a mirror pond framed by potted plants, whose slow dripping fills the spaces like another form of siren call. Work images and installation shots from both venues of these twin exhibitions at Galerie Max Hetzler in Berlin are accompanied by an essay from Gregor Jansen, who discusses the issues of physical reality, perception, and quasi-filmic projection reflected in these works.