The visual experience of Thomas Eggerer's paintings is arresting -- the viewer cannot reconcile the exact location of figure and ground, architecture or brushstroke. All the pentimenti are visible, the construction of the architecture is not detailed; rather the structure of the image exists as a space of possibility. Each painting follows a different approach to color as an organizing principle. Within this world, Eggerer depicts figures in uneasy groups or collectives. Narrative is first suggested, and then interrupted.

Originally from Germany, Eggerer studied painting at the Art Academy in Munich. After moving to New York in the 1990s, he joined Group Material, an artist's collective. He has had numerous group and solo shows, both in the US and internationally; he is represented by Petzel Gallery in New York, Maureen Paley in London, and Richard Telles in Los Angeles.

Thursday, March 28, 12:30pm
Alfond Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 



Image: The Rules of the Fence, 2010, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 87.5 x 104 inches