Eric Fischl: If Art Could Talk : Dallas Contemporary, Dallas, TX

Eric Fischl reflects on contemporary thought through the language of history. In Fischl’s artworks communication is non-existent and boredom is always relevant. He incorporates most of a hierarchy of subjects together to create his own unique lineage of information to capture current universal conditions. This exhibition was the largest exhibition of Fischl’s work since the 1980s and focused on his long history of incorporating art objects into his own paintings.

Eric Fischl is one of only a handful of contemporary painters who regularly, though by no means exclusively, employs sourced images, culled from the internet, newspapers, and magazines, to inform his paintings. Fischl adds his own photographs and blends a final ensemble of information and storytelling.