Thomas Locher
27 Mar - 17 May 2014
© Thomas Locher
Giotto.3.G-W-G', 2014
4/0C Print Vutek QS, Alubond, Aluminiumframe, Acrylglas. 110 x 90 x 8 cm.
© Photograph: Joaquín Cortés
Giotto.3.G-W-G', 2014
4/0C Print Vutek QS, Alubond, Aluminiumframe, Acrylglas. 110 x 90 x 8 cm.
© Photograph: Joaquín Cortés
THOMAS LOCHER
Absent Things
27 March - 17 May 2014
Thomas Locher (Munderkingen, Germany, 1956) presents his second exhibition at the Helga de Alvear Gallery. This show, entitled Absent Things, explores the relationship between language and economy and the influence both of them exert on the individual.
Thomas Locher, a pioneer of neo-conceptual art since the late 1980s, examines the rules of language and the complex pathways by which they operate, especially in an economic and legal context, an aspect of his work which has won him international acclaim. On this occasion, through a series of images, Locher addresses issues such as exchanges, free gifts, merchandise and structures of trust and credibility, taking account of their political implications as well as their impact on the daily lives of human communities.
All the works in the exhibition Absent Things juxtapose apparently contradictory concepts to generate an open dialogue between their different elements and with the viewers themselves. Locher uses dialectics, endowing each work with new political and psychological meanings which spring from the interaction between image and language. In short, Thomas Locher relativises established principles and rules as a tool to explore the political implications inherent in the structure of language, as well as their impact on society and human behaviour.
Absent Things
27 March - 17 May 2014
Thomas Locher (Munderkingen, Germany, 1956) presents his second exhibition at the Helga de Alvear Gallery. This show, entitled Absent Things, explores the relationship between language and economy and the influence both of them exert on the individual.
Thomas Locher, a pioneer of neo-conceptual art since the late 1980s, examines the rules of language and the complex pathways by which they operate, especially in an economic and legal context, an aspect of his work which has won him international acclaim. On this occasion, through a series of images, Locher addresses issues such as exchanges, free gifts, merchandise and structures of trust and credibility, taking account of their political implications as well as their impact on the daily lives of human communities.
All the works in the exhibition Absent Things juxtapose apparently contradictory concepts to generate an open dialogue between their different elements and with the viewers themselves. Locher uses dialectics, endowing each work with new political and psychological meanings which spring from the interaction between image and language. In short, Thomas Locher relativises established principles and rules as a tool to explore the political implications inherent in the structure of language, as well as their impact on society and human behaviour.