![Working from photocopied images taken from art catalogues, magazines, and other reference materials, [Dan] Fischer’s dra...](https://scontent.fymy1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/s720x720/235973627_10159655392192834_3857676104423378666_n.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8024bb&_nc_ohc=kE5S580ISBgAX-Su_vI&_nc_oc=AQk3wco1hv-ET2WIcf8Z2WdZwvTJb6tz5yXkpqH9WkJ2iACGfPq6apyHcbefm85AzbMQ0KvCcgnkJ3ouV4f87m0c&_nc_ht=scontent.fymy1-2.fna&edm=AKIiGfEEAAAA&oh=61102b15bcf1115ac94abbb9267d79e7&oe=6160405A)
08/11/2021
Working from photocopied images taken from art catalogues, magazines, and other reference materials, [Dan] Fischer’s drawings are, as described by art historian and curator Robert Hobbs, “Xerox realistic.” Influenced by Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, and the broader history of appropriation and reproduction, Fischer creates a 1:1 ratio between the photocopied source and drawn image through the use of the grid. While the finished drawings appear photorealistic from a distance, upon closer inspection, grid lines and nuances from the graphite pencil impressions remains visible as both a formal and physical reminder of the mechanics of their reproduction. Fischer said of this process, “the drawings are highly analytical, both formally and conceptually. Line by line, I try to make these past moments of art history come back to life, to be more exotic, or more surreal than they actually were (perhaps all stories are told this way). I try to reproduce the excitement of a special moment or location in art history, and to celebrate the role of artists as myth, or as icon…the intense attention to detail, the touch of graphite on paper, and the passionate rendering of my favorite subjects are the driving forces of the project.”
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"Dan Fischer: Drawings, 1999-2021," a survey of over 70 of the artist's grid-based, graphite-on-paper drawings, closes this Friday, August 13, 2021, at The FLAG Art Foundation. For more information, visit: https://flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/dan-fischer-drawings-1999-2021/
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Image: Dan Fischer. "Lee Lozano in Studio," 2021. Graphite on paper, 20 x 22 ¼ inches (50.8 x 56.5 cm). Courtesy the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York.
Working from photocopied images taken from art catalogues, magazines, and other reference materials, [Dan] Fischer’s drawings are, as described by art historian and curator Robert Hobbs, “Xerox realistic.” Influenced by Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, and the broader history of appropriation and reproduction, Fischer creates a 1:1 ratio between the photocopied source and drawn image through the use of the grid. While the finished drawings appear photorealistic from a distance, upon closer inspection, grid lines and nuances from the graphite pencil impressions remains visible as both a formal and physical reminder of the mechanics of their reproduction. Fischer said of this process, “the drawings are highly analytical, both formally and conceptually. Line by line, I try to make these past moments of art history come back to life, to be more exotic, or more surreal than they actually were (perhaps all stories are told this way). I try to reproduce the excitement of a special moment or location in art history, and to celebrate the role of artists as myth, or as icon…the intense attention to detail, the touch of graphite on paper, and the passionate rendering of my favorite subjects are the driving forces of the project.”
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"Dan Fischer: Drawings, 1999-2021," a survey of over 70 of the artist's grid-based, graphite-on-paper drawings, closes this Friday, August 13, 2021, at The FLAG Art Foundation. For more information, visit: https://flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/dan-fischer-drawings-1999-2021/
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Image: Dan Fischer. "Lee Lozano in Studio," 2021. Graphite on paper, 20 x 22 ¼ inches (50.8 x 56.5 cm). Courtesy the artist and Derek Eller Gallery, New York.
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