David Pher Am Teich For Sale
David Pher
Am Teich, 2026
Acryl on Canvas
51 x 51 In
About this work
David Pher has emerged as a distinctive voice in contemporary European painting, developing a practice that navigates the intersection of figuration and atmospheric abstraction. Working primarily in acrylics, Pher builds layered compositions that investigate the relationship between landscape and memory, establishing a visual language that has garnered increasing attention from collectors and institutions across Germany and beyond. "Am Teich," translating to "At the Pond," exemplifies Pher's ongoing exploration of water as both subject and metaphor. The work belongs to a body of paintings in which the artist examines liminal spaces—those transitional environments where natural elements converge and dissolve into one another. At 51 by 51 inches, the square format creates a meditative symmetry that reinforces the contemplative nature of the composition, allowing the viewer's eye to move across the surface without the directional pull of a rectangular frame. Pher's technique demonstrates a sophisticated understanding of acrylic's possibilities, building translucent washes that suggest depth and reflection while maintaining the immediacy characteristic of his approach. The pond motif recurs throughout his recent work, functioning not merely as representation but as an investigation into perception itself—how we process stillness, how we read surfaces that simultaneously reveal and conceal. As a 2026 work, "Am Teich" represents the artist's current trajectory, positioning it as a significant addition for collectors following Pher's development in real time. The painting offers an opportunity to acquire work by an artist whose market presence continues to strengthen. For acquisition inquiries, please contact Guy Hepner, New York.
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Edition & Provenance
- Year
- 2026
- Medium
- Acryl on Canvas
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About the Paintings Series
The original paintings of David Pher move between psychological weight and raw chromatic force. Working large-scale from his Berlin studio, Pher builds surfaces through repeated layering, overpainting, and erasure, leaving the history of each canvas visible in its final state. The result is painting that feels accumulated rather than resolved.
Several works carry German titles that operate as interior landscapes. Am Teich, Leises Land, and Yellancolia hold a quieter register, weighted with stillness and psychological depth. The invented language of Yellancolia, merging yellow and melancholia, is characteristic of Pher's approach: meaning suggested rather than stated.
Others push outward. Noise Over Meaning, Say Yes - Mean No, and In Vino Traumatas address the contradictions of contemporary life with a directness that reads as both personal and cultural. Take It Or Leave It and The Reincarnation of Hugo Drax carry a more confrontational, even theatrical charge.
Sonetta stands apart as the most lyrical work in the group, its title evoking a musical form that mirrors the rhythm and color balance of the composition itself.
Pher uses acrylic, oil, chalk, and drawn interventions across surfaces that hold physical presence in a room. The scale is intentional. These are not works to be glanced at but moved into, their internal dynamics revealing themselves gradually.
Each painting is unique, hand-finished, and signed by the artist.
About David Pher
David Pher is a Berlin-based contemporary artist working primarily in large-scale painting. Born in central Germany in the 1980s, he developed an early focus on color, rhythm, and spatial tension, concerns that continue to structure his practice. His work sits at the intersection of gestural abstraction, chromatic field painting, and materially driven surface work, with color functioning as the primary compositional agent across the pictorial field.
Pher's approach resists a single visual language. Certain works move toward expansive, color-dominant compositions that border on abstracted landscape, while others draw in fragmented text, graphic notation, and moments of deliberate semantic disruption. Meaning in these paintings is neither fixed nor resolved, remaining open to the viewer's reading.
Central to his methodology is the accumulation of process. Surfaces are built through successive layering, overpainting, interruption, and partial erasure, keeping the temporal construction of each work visible. This is what gives the paintings their characteristic physical density.
Pher's work has been exhibited across Europe and the United States, including his debut at Art Miami in 2024. His paintings are held in private and public collections in Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. In 2023 he collaborated with Zara, and in 2025 with Berlin-based label August Eleven, extending his practice beyond the gallery context.