SOLO SHOW ONLINE

Leave Your Mark

23.10.22 – 05.11.22

Thierry Furger’s impressions, observations and inspirations of the ephemeral graffiti are reflected in his creative work. His new exhibition entitled Leave Your Mark will be presented online from October 23rd, 2022 and encompasses the three series Beschriftungen, flüchtig and Negative.

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Artist – Thierry Furger
Type – Solo Exhibition
Location – Online
Dates – 23.10.22 – 05.11.22

relevant safety-relevant lettering on the vehicles again. In Furger’s long lasting observations he noticed that safety-relevant lettering is usually cleaned long before the train car is thoroughly cleaned. These art works juxtapose the corporate font and the buffed graffiti. One of them seems clean and institutional and the other one, soft and muddy. Here, Thierry Furger succeeds in capturing a moment that often goes unnoticed by society. The buffed fonts, represent statements which are representing the punchy, ironic and witty spirit of graffiti.

In his series flüchtig Furger reflects on the transience nature of train graffiti on various levels. The word flüchtig in german means, „fugitive, volatile as well as transient“. The multi-layered process of graffiti spraying, cleaning and over-spraying represents a further level of transience. Often the cleaning works, with aggressive solvents, leave stains, discoloration and shadows on the original material (e.g. train surface). The repainting of a cleaned area can again cause unintentional and spontaneous chemical reactions. The process of intervention by third parties, either the “writer” or the cleaning staff, is transient and therefore always in transformation .

„Why buff the good stuff.“

Thierry Furger, 2022.

Wipe marks are clearly visible. Negative – points to the work process of this series. It is no longer paint that comes out of the spray can, but the aggressive graffiti remover with which Furger exposes surfaces from the paint. The applied material has changed. Likewise, it is no longer applied but removed. Through his many years of practice and observations in urban space, even Furger can virtuously and without smearing lacquered paint from the aluminum substrate and thus extract letters and slogans. graffiti brut, here is only applied with hands, fingers and sponges or blurred. The message always remains clear.

The essence of Furger’s artistic practice is to capture the ephemerality of graffiti and make it visible. The multi-layered process of graffiti spraying, cleaning and over-spraying represents graffiti and the everlasting cycle of transience and infinite variation of its aesthetic.

Tania Di Brita