Philipp Fürhofer
5/12/2023–11/5/2023

Phantom Islands

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About the Exhibition

Palm leaves, sunsets, forests – at the interface between installation and painting, tropical landscapes by the artist Philipp Fürhofer (b. 1982) radiate towards the viewer in light boxes and paintings. However, the romanticism of nature is deceptive: Beneath layers of paint bursts, questions regarding the existential, reciprocal influence of humans and nature, of capitalist civilisation, and the constant destruction of our living environment are revealed. With references from pop culture, Fürhofer highlights humankind’s ever-growing desire, in times of upheaval and uncertainty, for control over our immediate environment and ourselves – consumption, the body.

The Städel Museum presents the artist’s latest works in a focused solo exhibition. Its centrepiece is a wall-filling, site-specific work, with which Fürhofer enters into a dialogue with the architectural and artistic elements of the space. The result is a mystical jungle landscape in which not everything is as it seems.

Curator: Svenja Grosser (Deputy Head of Contemporary Art, Städel Museum)

Picture: Philipp Fürhofer, Fluids, 2023, Private Collection, South Germany, Courtesy of the artist, © Philipp Fürhofer, Photo: Henning Moser

Gallery

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    Philipp Fürhofer

    Portrait Philipp Fürhofer
    Courtesy Philipp Fürhofer
    © Photo Hannes Wichmann

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    Philipp Fürhofer, Ersatzwelt, 2022

    Philipp Fürhofer (*1982)

    Ersatzwelt, 2022
    Oil, acrylic and coloured pencils on acrylic glass, 120 x 120 cm
    Courtesy of the artist
    © Philipp Fürhofer, photo: Henning Moser

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    Philipp Fürhofer, Forever, 2022

    Philipp Fürhofer (*1982)

    Forever, 2022
    Oil on acrylic glass, spy mirror, LED-tubes and cables, 122 x 92 x 12 cm
    Private collection
    Courtesy of the artist
    © Philipp Fürhofer, photo: Henning Moser

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