Thomas Huber. Paintings

Rather than offering us realities in his work, Swiss painter Thomas Huber (b. 1955) provides us with locations that require us to think about their artistic fiction. Like an architect, he interweaves the picture space with design structures and by allowing motifs, such as diamonds and squares, to become a determining element of the work, he offers us an ironic reflection on the modernist myth.
The melancholic-sounding exhibition title (rauten traurig / sad facets) conveys the artist’s critical outlook, which calls into question the possibilities of a real encounter between the viewer and the work of art. By presenting his work to the public, Huber provides an occasion for this encounter, and his philosophical and poetic texts allow the viewer to experience the picture space as a meaning space and the picture depth as profundity.
In addition a facsimile edition of a recently produced scetch-book by the artist will be published.