Peter Feiler
Peter Feiler studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2008 he was nominated for the Thieme Award. In the Netherlands he is represented by Gallery Ron Mandos in Amsterdam, and in Germany by Gallery Adler in Frankfurt am Main.
Humour and horror overlap one another in the work of Peter Feiler. His crowded drawings and paintings reflect a multitude of opposing associative images, strung together in fragmented scenes that seem to defy any form of logic. Initially Feiler entices his on-lookers with colourful, skilfully made works of art, but after this he unrelentingly takes them on an oppressive journey into the darkest corners of the human spirit. In absurd stage-settings, grim subjects are depicted such as abuse, torture and rape, sometimes by the merest of hint, and sometimes explicitly.
Using pencil and ink, this Berlin-born artist examines the ambiguous border between the visible world and the world of our thoughts and imagination. Various fictitious worlds filled with bloody human characters and machine-like beings fight for our attention. On-lookers are challenged to create their own narrative by interpreting Feiler’s inimitable details, which are often replete with self-references. As Feiler puts it: “I am not a missionary. I do not want to change people, but maybe I can make them uneasy through provocation which has the potential to inspire them to recollect something good within themselves.”