In his fourth exhibition at Galerie Thomas Fischer, Friedemann Heckel presents a series of watercolors that have been created since 2020. Based on photographs taken with his mobile phone, he painted large-scale still lifes and idiosyncratic portraits. The material itself comes to the foreground: the watercolor runs across the surface and frays, opening to the abstract and contrasting against the untouched white of the paper. And the figures? A captivating light brightens their faces and bodies, the light of a screen, the sun, a lighter. They seem lost in reverie or to be looking vaguely into the distance. What do they see? What do we see? Speculative melancholy and lurking premonitions.
28.4.-17.6.2023
Friedemann Heckel – 2020-2023
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Friedemann Heckel, In the Flowers, 2023, Watercolor on paper, 175 x 114 cm
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Installation view, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
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Friedemann Heckel, Val di Catania, 2023, Watercolor on paper, 77 x 57 cm
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Friedemann Heckel, Im Schatten junger Mädchenblüte, 2022, Watercolor on Paper, 77 x 57 cm
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Installation view, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
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Installation view, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
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Installation view, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
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Friedemann Heckel, Tell It to the Bees, 2022, Watercolor on paper, 77 x 57 cm
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Friedemann Heckel, Mario, 2023, Watercolor on paper, 51 x 38 cm
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Friedemann Heckel, Tür 01, 2023, Watercolor on paper, 31 x 23 cm
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Friedemann Heckel, Z, 2021, Watercolor on paper, 77 x 57 cm
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Installation view, Galerie Thomas Fischer, Berlin
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Friedemann Heckel, L, 2020, Watercolor on paper, 77 x 57 cm
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Friedemann Heckel, Hütte, 2021, Watercolor on paper, 80 x 114 cm