Daniel & Geo Fuchs
Daniel (* 1966) and Geo (* 1969) Fuchs are a German artist couple and have been working together on conceptual photography series as well as video works and installations for over 20 years, gaining international renown in the process. Their works have been shown in many international solo and group exhibitions and art fairs and can be found in many private and public collections.
In general, Daniel & Geo Fuchs’ comprehensive oeuvre since the beginning of their international career can be divided into six major projects: ”Conserving”, “Famous Eyes”, “Stasi – secret rooms”, “Toygiants” “Forces” and “Nature & Destruction”.
Daniel & Geo Fuchs’ photographs have in common that they at first pretend to the viewer the certainty of having grasped the motif with one glance. Intuitively, however, it demands a more intensive examination of details or arrangements, combined with the inevitable question of what was actually already there at the moment the picture was taken and what was not. It does not matter whether it is an arrangement of photographed miniatures as in the series of works “Toygiants” or a mountain massif as in “Nature and Destruction”. Regardless of whether the photographs were taken in nature, in an archive or in a studio, the viewer becomes aware that reality and fiction must have been mixed – more or less tangibly, depending on how the respective series of works is laid out.
Ambivalence is one of the central characteristics in the work of Daniel & Geo Fuchs and is present in several respects. The fine oscillation with what cannot exist in reality and if it does, then only under different conditions, is one of them. Another is the tightrope walk between opposites – there is hardly a series of works that does not live from the antagonists death and aesthetics, destruction and beauty, decay and perfectionism. Examples of this are the “Forces” and “Nature and Destruction” series.
Through this extraordinary interest in the environment, Daniel & Geo Fuchs have developed a strong affinity for that which must first be discovered, that which lies hidden or in secret, and – shoulder to shoulder with this – for the fascinating world of the collected and the archives. This affinity gave rise to the series of works “Conserving”, “Toygiants” and “STASI – secret rooms”.
Text: Heike Borowski
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Exhibitions (single & group, selection)
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- 2022 nüüd.berlin gallery, “Nuit 2.0”, Group Exhibition
- 2022 Museum Ludwig for contemporary Art, Budapest, „Emplotment“ Group Exhibition
- 2022 NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, „Wonderwalls“, Group Exhibition
- 2022 Galerie an der Pinakothek der Moderne Barbara Ruetz, München, „Nature & Destruction“, SingleExhibition
- 2021 Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart, „Berge“, Group Exhibition
- 2020 NRW Forum, Düsseldorf, „#cute. Inseln der Glückseligkeit?“, Group Exhibition
- 2019 H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast Augsburg, „Die Sammlung Neue Kunst IX“, Group Exhibition
- 2019 Photo Basel, Art Fair, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxemburg
- 2018 Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart, „Nature & Destruction“, Single Exhibition
- 2018 Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, „Nature & Destruction“, Single Exhibition
- 2018 Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norwegen, „Contemporary Chaos“, Group Exhibition
- 2017 Haugar Vestfold Kunstmuseum, Tonsberg, Norwegen, „Reality Check“, Single Exhibition
- 2017 Art Miami, Galerie von Braunbehrens
- 2015 Pori Art Museum Finnland, „Toygiants, Forces & Explosions“ and „STASI – secret rooms“, Single Exhibition
- 2015 Brandts Museum Odense, „Selfie – from self portrait to staging the self“, Group Exhibition
- 2015 Villa Merkel, Galerie der Stadt Esslingen, „Jäger & Sammler in der zeitgenössischen Kunst“, Group Exhibition
- 2014 Nikolaj Kunsthal, Kopenhagen, „STASI – secret rooms“, Single Exhibition
- 2014 Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais Grunewald Berlin, „STASI – secret rooms“, Single Exhibition
- 2014 Galerie Clairefontaine Luxemburg, „FORCES“, Single Exhibition
- 2014 Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen, „Jäger & Sammler in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Group Exhibition
- 2014 KunstRAI Amsterdam, Artitled Contemporary
- 2014 Fotografiska art fair Stockholm, Young Gallery
- 2013 Fotografins Hus – Contemporary Photography Exhibition Hall Stockholm, „STASI – secret rooms“, Single Exhibition
- 2012 Arco Madrid, Art Fair, ADN Galeria
- 2011 KUNSTHALLEwien project wall, Vienna, Austria, Single presentation within the exhibition: „Weltraum“. Die Kunst und ein Traum
- 2010 ADN Galeria Barcelona„ FORCES“, Single Exhibition
- 2010 Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, „Daniel & Geo Fuchs“, Single Exhibition
- 2010 Arco Madrid, Art Fair, Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin
- 2010 Art Brussels, Art Fair, ADN Galeria
- 2010 Art Hongkong, Art Fair, Galerie Caprice Horn
- 2010 Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, “Eros & Stasi“, Group Exhibition
- 2009 Museo de Bellas Artes Santander, “STASI – secret rooms”, Single Exhibition
- 2009 Young Gallery, Brüssel, „Toygiants“, Single Exhibition
- 2009 Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, “Recent Additions to the Norton’s Photography Collection”, Group Exhibition
- 2009 The Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh, “The End. Analyzing Art in troubled times“, Group Exhibition
- 2009 Art Dubai, Art Fair, Galerie Caprice Horn
- 2008 FOAM Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, “STASI – secret rooms”, Single Exhibition
- 2008 Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, “Toygiants“, Single Exhibition
- 2008 Stiftung Starke, Löwenpalais Grunewald, Berlin, „in liquid“, Single Exhibition
- 2008 Kiaf Korea, Art Fair, Galerie Caprice Horn
- 2007 Biennale of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Group Exhibition
- 2007 photo London, Art Fair, Galerie Caprice Horn
- 2007 Art L.A., Art Fair, Galerie Caprice Horn
- 2007 Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, “Stasi– secret rooms”, Single Exhibition
- 2006 Museum Villa Stuck, München, „Toys“ und “STASI- secret rooms“, Single Exhibition
- 2006 Viennabiennale, Wien, Group Exhibition
- 2006 Photo New York, Kunstmesse, Galerie Caprice Horn
- 2005 Fotoforum West, Innsbruck, “Famous Eyes“, Single Exhibition
- 2005 Museum für Fotografie, Braunschweig, „Polaroid als Geste“, Group Exhibition
- 2004 Photoforum PasquArt, Biel/Bienne, “Conserving”, Single Exhibition
- 2003 Kunsthal Rotterdam, „Four centuries of smoking in art“, Group Exhibition
- 2003 Fotomuseum Den Haag, „Mortalis“, Group Exhibition
- 2003 Paris Photo, Art Fair, Flatland Gallery
- 2002 Kunsthaus und Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, „Famous Eyes“, Single Exhibition
- 2001 Aipad New York, Art Fair, Stephen Bulger Gallery
- 2000 Rencontres internationales de la photographie, Arles, “Conserving”, Single Exhibition
- 2000 Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt am Main, “Conserving”, Single Exhibition
- 2000 Göteborg Museum of Art, „New Natural History“, Group Exhibition
- 1999 Kunsthaus / Barlach Halle K, Hamburg, “Espada“, Single Exhibition
- 1999 National Museum for Photography, Bradford, “New Natural History”, Group Exhibition
- 1997 Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, “Espada”, Single Exhibition
- 1997 Neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin, “Im falschen Körper”, Single Exhibition