Berlin | ArtRegion: Berlin, Tiergarten

Galerie Judin

Philipp Fürhofer: The Truths Behind

30. April – 11. Juni 2022

Philipp Fürhofer, born in Augsburg in 1982, has become a major figure in the national and international art scene over the last years. His name has become synonymous with a body of work that uses glass, mirrors, and light to create highly aesthetic and enigmatic effects. His work has not only been shown in numerous exhibitions, recently in the rotunda of the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, but also – quite literally – on the big European stage. Fürhofer’s installations have served as playful and profound backdrops for opera productions in Bayreuth and London’s Covent Garden. Fürhofer’s light boxes can be next seen at the Städel in Frankfurt, embedded in an expansive, site-specific installation. Four such light boxes – in which complex light cycles transform acrylic glass, mirrors, and impasto painting into living organisms – are also on view in our exhibition, the artist’s third with Galerie Judin. First and foremost, it presents a group of works that revitalizes the traditional format of panel painting using the artist’s familiar visual language resulting in what could be understood as a summary of his previous practice.