Stefan Pfeiffer

no added sugars

Grenzen austesten und verrücken

For years, Stefan Pfeiffer (b. Schwedt, 1981; lives and works in Berlin) painted realist and hyperrealist pictures, portraits, and still lifes. Since 2012, the artist, who is a student in Thomas Zipp’s master class, has not only explored substantial questions of abstraction and figuration, he has also probed the premises and possibilities of painting. His works, which often sparkle with irony, revisit objects that boast long traditions in art history. Aware of this historical dignity, Pfeiffer combines paintings with sculptures he makes out of repurposed seating furniture. The incorporation of various materials enhances or constrains the works, tying in with cultural as well as art-historical codes. This approach lifts the objects above their conventional function and individual significance.
Stefan Pfeiffer’s first monograph, titled no added sugars, presents his more recent works. With essays by Zdenek Felix, Marcus Hurttig, and Gertrude Wagenfeld-Pleister.