Angela Fisher
*1991, Vienna. Lives and works in Vienna.
It wouldn’t be entirely correct to describe Angela Fisher’s paintings and sculptures as kinetic art. And yet when one observes them they give the impression of moving more and more. For the artist, who at the time of writing is in her first year as a student of Heimo Zobernig at Vienna’s Academy of Fine Arts, forms the surfaces of her works in such a way that they glimmer and glow. Her preferred medium for achieving this is car paint which she applies to her objects in a very special way: she lightens areas that should actually be darker as a result of their position, creating illusionistic effects that constantly change as the viewer moves around the sculpture. Accordingly, the works of the artist are not so easy to capture visually. ‚In confronting the work the observer is active. If he changes his position he changes the angle, his viewpoint, opening himself up to new “layers”, new perspectives, new viewpoints,’ she says. ‘Because, in the spatial sense, every piece of visual information is seen ambiguously. And I find this perceptual complexity highly intriguing, it can be developed infinitely.’
In her picture Untitled (2016) the grid becomes the bearer of this glimmering effect. Fisher creates this by combining blue metallic car paint with plastic particles in the form of white technopolymer. She has a general preference for technological materials and also enjoys using carbon which is, for example, often used in space flight or shipbuilding. ‘I try to create traditional sculpture by using the latest materials in a contemporary way,’ she says.2 She takes the titles of her works (such as Investiere in Geschwindigkeit, 2016, or Rasender Stillstand, 2016) from literature that is important for her art – from books by writers such as Paul Virilio or Hartmut Rosa who have repeatedly addressed the notion – and the (social) perception – of time.
The basic forms of her sculptures are made from a far more traditional material –wood. ‘When I combine traditional and an innovative material the past and the future collide,’ says Fisher.3 This results in forms which emerge as if by coincidence and yet which in their materiality and surface finish appear perfect.
EXHIBITIONS / COLLECTIONS
09/2022 THE LEO GRAND 1010 Vienna Bauernmarkt 1
09/2022 Galerie Artmark 1010 Vienna Singerstrasse 17
07/2022 ATIL KUTOGLU 1010 Vienna Wildpretmarkt 6
06/2022 Academy of Fine Arts 1010 Vienna Eschenbachgasse 11
12/2021 Büro Weltausstellung 1020 Vienna Praterstrasse 42
10/2021 Studio building Academy of Fine Arts 1060 Vienna Lehargasse 8
09/2021 PARALLEL VIENNA Art Fair Artist Statement
08/2021 Galerie MUSASHI Ginza Tokyo Japan
06/2021 Academy of Fine Arts 1200 Vienna Engerthstrasse 119
07/2021 SAMMLUNG LENIKUS 1010 Vienna Bauernmarkt 9
05/2021 SAMMLUNG LENIKUS 1010 Vienna Bauernmarkt 9
03/2021 Brick Bohemians: A Laboratory, Performance, Exhibition and Film by Derrick Ryan Claude Mitchell/ SAINTGENET/ die Angewandte/ Project Management
09/2020 Collection URBAN 3340 Waidhofen/Ybbs Weyrerstrasse 22
08/2020 Galerie MUSASHI Ginza Tokyo Japan
03/2020 Exhibition at skyscraper Herrengasse 1010 Vienna
01/2020 Academy of Fine Arts 1200 Vienna Engerthstraße 119
05/2019 Collection URBAN 3340 Waidhofen / Ybbs Weyrerstrasse 22
04/2019 RADO 1010 Vienna Kärntnerstrasse 18
01/2019 Studio building of the Academy of Fine Arts 1060 Vienna Lehargasse 8
01/2019 Academy of Fine Arts 1200 Vienna Engerthstraße 119
12/2018 COLLECTION LENIKUS 1010 Vienna Parkring 10
01/2018 Academy of Fine Arts 1020 Vienna Kurzbauergasse 9
11/2017 Studio building of the Academy of Fine Arts 1060 Vienna Lehargasse 8
09/2017 Showroom Karlsplatz 1040 Vienna
08/2017 Showroom Volkstheater 1070 Vienna
01/2017 Academy of Fine Arts 1020 Vienna Kurzbauergasse 9
07/2016 Gallery Challery 1010 Vienna Kärntner Ring 11-13
11/2015 Gallery Katharina Maria Raab Berlin Germany
11/2015 Vok Dams Atelierhaus Wuppertal Germany
09/2015 Gallery Challery 1070 Vienna Gutenberggasse 1
06/2015 Gallery Challery 1010 Vienna Schwertgasse 4