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Whether tag, throw up, piece or masterpiece - graffiti is more than a juxtaposition of illegible letters. This is what Thierry Furger represents in his new series Schriftenmaler. In everyday life, letters are used to convey a rationalised message, but in the graffiti tradition, they represent part of a complete work of art. The medium becomes the object of representation and the transmission of the code becomes mediation.

With the title Schriftenmaler, Furger takes up a play on words in which he consciously identifies himself as a painter and not “writer" (“Maler“ german word for …