BERTA FISCHER EXHIBIT AT JAMES FUENTES – NEW YORK – APRIL 4 – 29

James Fuentes is pleased to announce its forthcoming exhibition by Berlin based artist Berta Fischer (Born

Dusseldorf, 1973) this marks the artists debut in the United States.

Having used Plexiglas as a primary material for over a decade, Fischer’s sculptural work stands testimony

to a sublime post-industrial dialectic. Assembled and cut permutations of otherworldly material create

oscillating effects and dynamic refractions. Panels have been put through a furnace allowing the artist to fold

and form her sculptures in a process akin to origami. These compositions, however, are defined in a matter

of minutes while the plastic cools into shape. The inherent transparency of the material allows for an almost

absolute reduction of form as well as an illusory absence of mass.

In line with the Abstraction-Création movement, in particular the works of Georges Vantongerloo and Naum

Gabo, Fischer’s work, while a continuation of such history, encapsulates and marries the history of

abstraction to a unique and unlikely industrialized partner.

Fischer has recently presented solo exhibitions at Galerie Giti Nourbakhsch, Berlin (2011); Galerie Karin

Guenther, Hamburg (2008); and Krobath Wimmer, Vienna (2007). Group exhibitions include the Prague

Biennial, Prague (2007); Migros Museum, Zurich (2008); Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2007); and Museum für

Neue Kunst ZKM, Karlsruhe (2005). This will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in New York.