Josef Fischnaller

The portraits and lush still lifes of flowers and fruits by photographer Joseph Fischnaller appear like painted. Sometimes the large-format tableaus are staged in the style of the Old Masters, sometimes they are printed in an innovative way that allow the viewer to immerse himself in an abstract world of flowers.

The portraits and lush still lifes of flowers and fruits by photographer Joseph Fischnaller appear like painted. Sometimes the large-format tableaus are staged in the style of the Old Masters, sometimes they are printed in an innovative way that allow the viewer to immerse himself in an abstract world of flowers.

Works

Josef Fischnaller: Ghismunda, 2023
Ghismunda, 2023, , 120 × 90 × 0,5 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Séduction, 2019
Séduction, 2019, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 120 × 90 cm
Josef Fischnaller: L´ami de l´art (Kopie) (Kopie), 2010
L´ami de l´art (Kopie) (Kopie), 2010, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 90 × 70 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Maria, 2020
Maria, 2020, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 150 × 200 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Sophie (Kopie), 2009
Sophie (Kopie), 2009, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 140 × 105 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Timetraveller, 2020
Timetraveller, 2020, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 120 × 90 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Lucretia - Sonderedition PRÄCHTIG - ohne Rahmen, 2011
Lucretia - Sonderedition PRÄCHTIG - ohne Rahmen, 2011, Pigment print on Hahnemühle baryta paper, 40 × 30 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Infantin Eva (Kopie), 2010
Infantin Eva (Kopie), 2010, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 80 × 60 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Isabella von B. (Kopie), 2009
Isabella von B. (Kopie), 2009, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 140 × 140 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Dina Alisah, Edition 1/3, 2010
Dina Alisah, Edition 1/3, 2010, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 93 × 70 cm
Josef Fischnaller: Bambino curioso, 2015
Bambino curioso, 2015, Chrome pigment print on Alu Dibond / acrylic, 200 × 150 cm, Sold
Josef Fischnaller: MARIA, 2022
MARIA, 2022, , 120 × 90 cm
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Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

Fairs

Exhibition list

Awards

2006
"Golden Award of Montreux Public Interest", Switzerland
2005
"Lead Award in Silber", Germany
2000
"Effi Award in Gold", Germany
1999
"Effi Award in Silber", Germany
1998
"KAPA Award Korea"
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Solo Exhibitions

2022
"Metamorphose", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
2020
"APOCALYPSE", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
2020
Galerie Barbara von Stechow, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2019
"Prächtig", Cadogan Gallery, London, Great Britain
2019
"Prächtig", Pavillon Bad Gastein, Bad Gastein, Austria
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Group Exhibitions

2023
"Private Choice", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
2021
"Kunstessenzen XXVI", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
2020
"15 Jahre Galerie Friedmann-Hahn", Galerie Friedmann-Hahn, Berlin, Germany
2018
"Fool the eye", Nassau County Museum of Art, New York, USA
2018
"Springtime", Cadogan Contemporary Gallery, London, USA
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Vita

Joseph Fischnaller is particularly known for his elaborate restagings of famous Renaissance and Baroque paintings. The elaborate costumes are made of materials that he detached from their original context to form a subtext that questions our pictorial memory with subtle irony.

In Fischnaller's latest series, the interplay between the traditional and the experimental blurs the boundaries between photography and painting further. The ink used to reproduce the photograph is not fixed but remains fluid, transforming the original motifs into expressive new forms. Fischnaller then continues to document this process of metamorphosis with his camera.

Fischnaller was born in 1964 in Grieskirchen, Austria. After training as a photographer, he opened his first studio in Vienna. In 2007 he moved to Berlin, where his artistic series 'Kings & Queens', 'Magnificent' and 'Erotica' were created.
Lives and works in Berlin.
1964
Born in Grieskirchen, Austria
1982
Trained as a photographer in Vienna
1987
Founded own photo studio in Vienna, Neustiftgasse
2000
Relocation to Berlin
2007
Foundation of own photo studio in Berlin

Press

n-tv online: "Die Erotik der Apokalypse" Bild: "Posieren statt protestieren" Hamburger Abendblatt: "Fotokünstler besetzt alte Meisterwerke mit Promis" Süddeutsche Zeitung: "Fotografie von Josef Fischnaller: Witz und Wahn" Der Herr der Dinge New York Photo Review If Winter comes can Spring be far behind Berliner Morgenpost Österreichisches Kulturforum Der Tagesspiegel Die Welt www.vangardist.com BILD-Zeitung Zarte Muse, herber Humor

Publications

Josef Fischnaller: Prächtig!

Josef Fischnaller: Prächtig!

208 pages, 96 figures
Berlin 2017, 58 €

Josef Fischnaller: QUEENS, KINGS & OTHER FRIENDS

Josef Fischnaller: QUEENS, KINGS & OTHER FRIENDS

48 pages, 32 figures
Berlin 2013, 15 €

Josef Fischnaller: Dudes, Hustlers and other Weirdos

Josef Fischnaller: Dudes, Hustlers and other Weirdos

30 pages, 23 figures
Wien 2011, 15 €

Josef Fischnaller

Josef Fischnaller

20 pages, 14 figures
Berlin 2010, 5 €