Photo credit: Thomas Locher
Vita
Born 1956 in Munderkingen, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
2017 - 2023Rector of the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, LeipzigSelected solo exhibitions
2024Thomas Locher. We have too many things and not enough forms,Galeria Helga de Alvear,MadridSelected group exhibitions
2024Demokratie / Democracy,Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland,BonnThomas Locher (*1956)
F.HANG.FRAME.GRID.[Bertoia]... fig. 1...
2020
Bertoia wire chair (black and white), acrylic paint, text on different aluminum elements (different shapes), wire
58 x 40 x 43 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
A.HANG.FRAMING-AND-BEING-FRAMED.LUMPEN
2020
Aluminum construction, stainless steel, aluminum panels, acrylic paint, textiles
226 x 152 x 8,2 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
B.HANG.FRAMING-AND-BEING-FRAMED.LUMPEN
2020
Aluminum construction, stainless steel, aluminum panels, acrylic paint, textiles
226 x 152 x 8,2 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
C.HANG.FRAMING-AND-BEING-FRAMED.LUMPEN
2020
Aluminum construction, stainless steel, aluminum panels, acrylic paint, textiles
132 x 110 x 8,2 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
D.HANG.FRAMING-AND-BEING-FRAMED.LUMPEN
2020
Aluminum construction, stainless steel, aluminum panels, acrylic paint, textiles
192 x 68 x 11 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
A.HANG.BRICK.LUMPEN.TOUCH
2020
Aluminum frames, wood, styrofoam, paint, aluminum panels, acrylic paint, digital print
149,4 x 137,4 x 10 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
B.HANG.BRICK.LUMPEN.TOUCH
2020
Aluminum frames, wood, styrofoam, paint, aluminum panels, acrylic paint, digital print
149,4 x 137,4 x 10 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Q.HANG
2019
Stainless-steel sheet, stainless-steel hooks, acrylic glass cut-outs
96 x 106 x 2,5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Elisabeth & Reinhard Hauff, Summer Break. Behind Closed Doors, 2023; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
R.HANG
2019
Stainless-steel sheet, stainless-steel hooks, acrylic glass cut-outs
130 x 103 x 2,5 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Object 08
2018
Fine art ink jet print on paper, framed
Ed.no. 1/1 + 1 AP
Photo: 136 x 108 cm, framed: 143 x 115 x 4,5 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Object 07
2018
Fine art ink jet print on paper, framed
Ed.no. 1/1 + 1 AP
Photo: 136 x 108 cm, framed: 143 x 115 x 4,5 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
D.HANG.FRAME.GRID.[Bertoia]... figure...
2018/2019
Bertoia wire chair (black), acrylic paint, text on different aluminum elements (different shapes), wire
73,3 x 54 x 57 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. inside/outside, outside/inside, 2020
Thomas Locher (*1956)
F.HANG
2017
Stainless-steel sheet, stainless-steel hooks, printed alucobond, acrylglas cut-outs
226 x 116 x 5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
G.HANG
2017
Stainless-steel sheet, stainless-steel hooks, printed alucobond, acrylglas cut-outs
226 x 116 x 5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
PLAY A4
2015/2016
Silkscreen, thermoformed acryl
82 x 78 x 6 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
PLAY B5
2015/2016
Silkscreen, thermoformed acryl
82 x 78 x 6 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
PLAY C3
2015/2016
Silkscreen, thermoformed acryl
82 x 78 x 6 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
PLAY B1
2015/2016
Silkscreen, thermoformed acryl
82 x 78 x 6 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
PLAY C2
2015/2016
Silkscreen, thermoformed acryl
82 x 78 x 6 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
PLAY C5
2015/2016
Silkscreen, thermoformed acryl
82 x 78 x 6 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Object 01
2015/2016
Fine art ink jet print on paper, framed
Ed.no. 1/1 + 1 AP
Photo: 70 x 50 cm, framed: 74,7 x 55 x 4 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Object 02
2015/2016
Fine art ink jet print on paper, framed
Ed.no. 1/1 + 1 AP
Photo: 70 x 100 cm, framed: 75 x 104,7 x 4 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Object 03
2015/2016
Fine art ink jet print on paper, framed
Ed.no. 1/1 + 1 AP
Photo: 70 x 50 cm, framed: 74,7 x 55 x 4 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Object 05
2015/2016
Fine art ink jet print on paper, framed
Ed.no. 1/1 + 1 AP
Photo: 59,4 x 59,4 cm, framed: 64 x 64,2 x 4 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Object 06
2015/2016
Fine art ink jet print on paper, framed
Ed.no. 1/1 + 1 AP
Photo: 42 x 59,4 cm, framed: 46,7 x 64 x 4 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, THOMAS LOCHER. Dead Letters. Living Words. Dying Metaphors. graft, press, hang, 2017
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Bosch.2.Fx
2013
Colour 4/0c direct print – Vutek QS, alubond, aluminum frame, acrylic glass
118 x 127 x 8 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Elisabeth & Reinhard Hauff, "Old" Masters, 2021
Thomas Locher (*1956)
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. Article 22
2012
C-Print, Diasec, aluminum frame
Ed.no. 1/2
Photo: 60 x 48 cm, framed: 62 x 50 x 3 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, CODE BREAKERS. Locher, Meckseper, Willats, 2018; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, i don't care, 2015; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Endlich. Alles zusammen, 2012.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
I AM NOT HERE WHERE YOU ARE YOU ARE NOT THERE WHERE I AM
2012
Chrome frame with aluminum plates, engraved and nickel-plated
78 x 42 x 53 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Kunstmuseum, Kubus. Sparda Kunstpreis im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, 2013; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Living With a LOT of Art, 2014; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Endlich. Alles zusammen. 2012.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE HERE. YOU KNOW THAT I AM THERE
2012
Chrome frame with aluminum plates, engraved and nickel-plated
78 x 42 x 53 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Kunstmuseum, Kubus. Sparda Kunstpreis im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, 2013; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Living With a LOT of Art, 2014; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Endlich. Alles zusammen. 2012.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
MARX / CAPITAL. THIS I CALL THE FETISHISM WHICH ATTACHES ITSELF TO THE PRODUCTS OF LABOUR, SO SOON AS THEY ARE PRODUCED AS COMMODITIES, AND WHICH IS THEREFORE INSEPARABLE FROM THE PRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES. Dies nenne ich den Fetischismus, der den Arbeitsprodukten anklebt, sobald sie als Waren produziert werden, und der daher von der Warenproduktion unzertrennlich ist
2012
Wood, acrylic paint, aluminum
approx. 193,2 x 265,2 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
from S1 to S2, from one place to another and back [again]
2009
Wallpaperwork
Dimensions varaiable
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Supplements Signs Signifiers, 2009
Thomas Locher (*1956)
MARX / CAPITAL. THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF THE INDIVIDUAL PRODUCERS, WITH REGARD BOTH TO THEIR LABOUR AND TO ITS PRODUCTS, ARE IN THIS CASE PERFECTLY SIMPLE AND INTELLIGIBLE, AND THAT WITH REGARD NOT ONLY TO PRODUCTION BUT ALSO TO DISTRIBUTION. Die gesellschaftlichen Beziehungen der Menschen zu ihren Arbeiten und ihren Arbeitsprodukten bleiben hier durchsichtig einfach in der Produktion sowohl als in der Distribution
2009
Wood, acrylic paint, aluminum
156 x 180 cm (157,2 x 181,2 x 4 cm)
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, i don't care, 2015; Stuttgart, Kunstmuseum, Kubus. Sparda Kunstpreis im Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, 2013; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Supplements Signs Signifiers, 2009.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
MARX / CAPITAL. A COMMODITY IS THEREFORE A MYSTERIOUS THING, SIMPLY BECAUSE IN IT THE SOCIAL CHARACTER OF MEN’S LABOUR APPEARS TO THEM AS AN OBJECTIVE CHARACTER STAMPED UPON THE PRODUCT OF THAT LABOUR; BECAUSE THE RELATION OF THE PRODUCERS TO THE SUM TOTAL OF THEIR OWN LABOUR IS PRESENTED TO THEM AS A SOCIAL RELATION, EXISTING NOT BETWEEN THEMSELVES, BUT BETWEEN THE PRODUCTS OF THEIR LABOUR. Das Geheimnisvolle der Warenform besteht also einfach darin, daß sie den Menschen die gesellschaftlichen Charaktere ihrer eignen Arbeit als gegenständliche Charaktere der Arbeitsprodukte selbst, als gesellschaftliche Natureigenschaften dieser Dinge zurückspiegelt, daher auch das gesellschaftliche Verhältnis der Produzenten zur Gesamtarbeit als ein außer ihnen existierendes gesellschaftliches Verhältnis von Gegenständen
2009
Wood, acrylic paint, aluminum
approx. 193,2 x 265,2 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
6. MARX / CAPITAL THIS FETISHISM OF COMMODITIES HAS ITS ORIGIN, AS THE FOREGOING ANALYSIS HAS ALREADY SHOWN, IN THE PECULIAR SOCIAL CHARACTER OF THE LABOUR THAT PRODUCES THEM. Dieser Fetischcharakter der Warenwelt entspringt, wie die vorhergehende Analyse bereits gezeigt hat, aus dem eigentümlichen gesellschaftlichen Charakter der Arbeit, welche Waren produziert
2007
Wood, acrylic paint, aluminum
157,2 x 181,2 x 4 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Marx III
2006
Wood, textile, acrylic, acrylic glass
97,5 x 101 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, CODE BREAKERS. Locher, Meckseper, Willats, 2018
Thomas Locher (*1956)
‚GIFT. TO GIVE. GIVING. GIVEN. GIFT, IF THERE IS ANY ... (J.D.)’ # 3
2006
Laserchrome, dibond, framed
Ed.no. 2
131 x 102,6 cm, photo: 128,4 x 100 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Die Rechnung. Die nicht aufgeht, 2006
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Alfred Sohn-Rethel. UNSERE BEHAUPTUNG IST, DASS DIESE IDENTIFIKATION DES GELDBESITZERS MIT DER GELDFUNKTION AUS DEN ALLEINIGEN GRÜNDEN DESSEN, WAS DAS GELD IST, DER URSPRUNGSAKT DER THEORETISCHEN SUBJEKTIVITÄT IST
2006
Wood, fabric, acrylic, framed with perspex
81 x 85 x 5,5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, MAD AS HELL. Decades of Protest, 2020; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Die Rechnung. Die nicht aufgeht, 2006.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Klossowski III. WENN ER GIBT, ERHÖHT ER SICH. ABER WIE KANN ER SICH GEBEND ERHÖHEN, ANSTATT SICH ZU VERMINDERN? ER GIBT, UM NICHT ZU EMPFANGEN, UND WEIL ER DAZU FÄHIG IST, ERHÖHT ER SICH
2006
Wood, fabric, acrylic, framed with perspex
73 x 91 x 5,5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Die Rechnung. Die nicht aufgeht, 2006
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Klossowski IV. WER GIBT, UM NICHT ZU EMPFANGEN, NIMMT JEDESMAL BESITZ VON DEM, DER, UM SEINES SEINS WILLEN EMPFANGEND, NICHT ZURÜCKGEBEN KANN
2006
Wood, fabric, acrylic, framed with perspex
73 x 91 x 5,5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Die Rechnung. Die nicht aufgeht, 2006
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Q – Z
2002/2015
Aluminum construction, powdercoated aluminum and stainless steel
48 x 48 x 9,5 cm
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Politics of Communication / Large Series l
2000
Aluminum, steel, powder-coated lacquered, foil, silkscreen
Ed.no. 2/3
148 x 142 x 5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Living With Art, 2012
Thomas Locher (*1956)
Fenster #15: DER SENDER KENNT DEN CODE, SONST KANN ER NICHT SENDEN
1999
Aluminum construction, glass, silkscreen
80 x 80 x 12,5 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, CODE BREAKERS. Locher, Meckseper, Willats, 2018; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Living With Art, 2012; Göppingen, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Im Wort, 2007; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Sender-Empfänger-Medium-Botschaft, 2000.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
ICH SCHAU DICH AN. DU SCHAUST MICH AN. ICH WERDE ANGESCHAUT. DU WIRST ANGESCHAUT
1991
Wood construction, engraved, fabric
Each 55 x 190 x 90 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Hospitalhof Stuttgart, DU UND ICH, 2016; Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, Living with MORE Art, 2013; Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein, WER SAGT WAS UND WARUM, 1992; Amsterdam, Stichting de Appel, 1992; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 1991.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
EITHER-OR / MORE OR LESS (in 4 parts)
1989
Silkscreen on Resopal/Multiplex
Each 160 x 108 x 8 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, CODE BREAKERS. Locher, Meckseper, Willats, 2018; Zurich, Kunsthalle Zürich, Tableaus, Fotografien, Bilder, 1993.
Thomas Locher (*1956)
ALMOST EVERYBODY / NEXT TO NOBODY (in 2 parts)
1989 / 1997
Silkscreen on Resopal/Multiplex
Each 110 x 110 x 7,2 cm
Exhibited: Stuttgart, Galerie Reinhard Hauff, CODE BREAKERS. Locher, Meckseper, Willats, 2018; Zurich, Kunsthalle Zürich, Tableaus, Fotografien, Bilder, 1993.
Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Galerie Elisabeth & Reinhard Hauff
Paulinenstr. 47
D – 70178 Stuttgart
Opening Hours:
Tuesday – Friday: 1 – 6 p.m.
and by appointment
Winter Break:
The gallery is closed from 21.12.2024 until 07.01.2025