‘Scratch & Sniff’ by Urs Fischer at Sadie Coles HQ, London

Urs Fischer’s Scratch & Sniff offers a captivating exploration of painting, digital media, and installation. This marks Fischer’s twelfth solo show at the gallery since 2003, continuing his innovative experiments with image-making. The exhibition features a series of complex, layered paintings that combine traditional painting techniques with photography and ink-jet printing. These works create dynamic, textured surfaces that oscillate between flatness and depth, analog and digital. The gallery floor is also reimagined with a vinyl print of Fischer’s studio flooring, immersing viewers in the artist’s creative environment. By intertwining the process of art-making with the final pieces, Scratch & Sniff offers a nostalgic reflection on the evolution of Fischer’s practice, emphasizing the relationship between image, process, and space.