Representative work by Eric Fischl
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Artist

Eric Fischl

b. 1948, New York, New York, USA · American

  • California Institute of the Arts
  • West Nottingham Academy

Eric Fischl became known in the 1980s for suburban scenes in which leisure, sexuality and family life are charged with psychological unease. Cinematic staging and ambiguous narrative make ordinary environments feel unstable.

Painting; sculpture

Artist Films

Major Works

  • 1981Bad Boy
  • 1979Sleepwalker
  • 1983Birthday Boy
  • 1982The Old Man’s Boat and the Old Man’s Dog
  • 1983A Visit To / A Visit From / The Island
  • 1985Bayonne
  • 1984Daddy’s Girl
  • 1985Tumblers
  • 2002Krefeld Project
  • 2001Tumbling Woman

Interviews & Writing

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