MARC-ANTOINE FEHR – NOCTURNE
2016-12-26Galerie Peter Kilchmann is pleased to present the second solo exhibition by Marc-Antoine Fehr. On view are new large- to small-format oil paintings as well as gouache works on paper.
The main emphasis, in contrast to the previous gallery exhibition in 2014, is on the human figure. Only in one of the four main works – the one with masks lying on an ice field – Fehr chose to use a substitute for human heads. Otherwise it would have came across too dramatic and pathetic. In spite of the gloomy and apocalyptic mood evoked by the theme,the work resonates a certain playfulness,even if grotesque and puppet play-like. Although it is very bright and almost colourless, the title of the exhibition ,“Nocturne”, also applies as the title of this work.
Opposite – The Kingdom of Death, 2016 (detail)
Exhibition runs through to February 18th, 2017
Galerie Peter Kilchmann
Zahnradstrasse 21
CH-8005
Zurich
Switzerland
