Mireille Mosler Ltd. is pleased to announce Portraits by German photographer Albrecht Fuchs. This exhibition of about 30 portraits of different artists will be Fuchs’s first solo exhibition in New York.

Albrecht Fuchs photographs personalities who fascinate him, ranging from politicians to musicians. Most often his subjects are artists. His interest in artist portraiture seems to have originated in 1995 with a series of Martin Kippenberger portraits. For the documentation of M.K.-Projekt “Metro Net”, Fuchs accompanied Kippenberger to Dawson City in Canada, serving his “apprenticeship as a photographer”. Later, sessions at Kippenberger’s Cologne studio and in the Black Forest were added. Fuchs allowed himself to be inspired by Kippenberger, who was keenly aware of his photogenic qualities. Since then, many artists portraits have followed, including those of Lawrence Weiner, Mike Kelly, John Baldessari, Jonathan Meese, Elizabeth Peyton, Ed Ruscha, Matthew Barney, Raymond Pettibon, Paul McCarthy, Franz West, Cosima von Bonin, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gregor Schneider and Dana Schutz.

The artist portrait has a long tradition in photography, historically going back to artists such as August Sander, Man Ray and Hans Namuth. Although the framework of classical portraiture is evident in the carefully structured compositions, Fuchs’ subjects appear at ease in front of the camera, offering a candid portrayal. All artists are photographed from a respectful distance, often in their home or studio, revealing as much through their surroundings as through their own gaze.