We are very much looking forward to Albrecht Fuchs‘ first solo exhibition at VAN HORN, which opens parallel to the Düsseldorf Photo+ Biennale. For this occasion the gallery shows for the first time photography in a solo-exhibition.

Albrecht Fuchs has been photographing artists for more than 30 years in calm, almost stoic portraits. The result is a comprehensive collection of faces, bodies and spaces, a who’s who of contemporary art that depicts the art scene of a very specific time with great timelessness. The people depicted seem to linger in their own space, looking outwards and yet somehow inwards. What does their appearance tell us, did we imagine him or her to be completely different, are we disappointed or pleasantly surprised? A photograph only ever shows the surface of things and thus opens up scope for our own interpretations.

The exhibition „Here“ shows portraits of artists from here or with a connection to the Rhinish scene. It thus opens up the large field of the many people in art who are and were living, working or travelling in and through the Rhineland since 1995 to 2024. That’s just great to see.
Daniela Steinfeld 2024

The artist portrait has always been a category of its own. It aims to characterise and decipher the artist at the same time. It wants to get to the bottom of a mystery and find out whether connections can be made between the exterior and the work. Fuchs‘ approach is characterised by the renunciation of effort. He enables contact without it becoming chumminess. Does he nevertheless emphasise the special existence of the artists in his pictures? Yes and no. He is concerned with more than the mere depiction. But a psychologising element is more palpable than tangible when he keeps his distance without distancing himself.