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Olivier Furter

Swiss, b. 1962
Olivier Furter is a Swiss artist born in 1962 who lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. Olivier Furter surrounds himself with images. We discover them stuck on the wall, placed on a table, leaning up against a shelf in a temporary arrangement. Random images, personal photos, bits and pieces of paper. Something – often almost nothing – might trigger his imagination – might lead to a painting. Or perhaps the unexpected may do the trick. If he enlarges an image, other visual surprises may well occur. A collection of indefinite and colorful traces, a treasure trove. A small cat, adopted from an animal rescue shelter, lounges in its chair outside the studio door. There’s more than meets the eye. Indeed, what we see may well be an absence. Eyes usually make the face, yet in Olivier Furter's painting of an enlarged face, the nostrils are the focal point. Out of focus, the eyes don’t appear, so to speak. What remains is ‘the absence of’… – inviting us to seek other meanings in the painting. Likewise, in many of his painted landscapes, "the cloud is the star" and "a cloud moves so fast," says Oliver. The focus in these paintings shifts to these new stars and their strange splendor captures our attention. Or the obviously stuffed creature the painter shows us in its snow and night setting! Surely, ‘in the absence of…’ reminds us of another creature? And so it’s Olivier Furter's paintings that strangely transform nature and shift the senses.
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Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Mensch III
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper - Framed 102 x 72 x 3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Stillleben Französisch
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Landscape II
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on wood cardboard - Framed 32 x 32 x 3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Oil, Wood, Cardboard

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Runway I
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Paper, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Nightfall SF
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Île-de-France IV
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper - Framed 72 x 102 x 3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Paper, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Gertrüde
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas
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2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Leaving SF III
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper - Framed 72 x 102 x 3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Paper, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Topographie Humaine II
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Speed of Nature
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas - 64.3 x 64.3 x 3.4 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Ohne Titel
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Zimmer I
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache on paper - 72 x 102 x 3 cm
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2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Red Mountain
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper - Framed 58.8 x 79 x 3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Oil, Paper

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Remembering I
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper - Framed 102 x 72 x 3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Paper, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Île-de-France III
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas - Framed 63.8 x 84 x 3.4 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - After the Rain II
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas - Framed 64.3 x 64.3 x 3.4 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - After the Rain I
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas - Framed 47 x 47 x 3.7 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - After the Rain III
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on linen canvas - Framed 64.3 x 64.3 x 3.4 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Canvas, Linen, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Face II
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper - Framed 62.3 x 82.4 x 3.8 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Paper, Oil

Swiss Contemporary Art by Olivier Furter - Berry I
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on paper - Framed 72 x 102 x 3 cm
Category

2010s Contemporary Olivier Furter

Materials

Oil, Paper

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