Lutz Bacher

Pat Hearn Gallery, New York

Pat Hearn Gallery

Grainy photograph showing an installation view of two white walls forming a corner of a gallery. On each wall is a row of framed pictures. The row on our left has a steep perspective, while on our right the row of ten framed pictures is nearly flat or parallel to the picture plane. In both cases, the subject matter is difficult to make out, but there appears to be some repetition from picture to picture.

Installation view of the two rows of framed pictures on each of two walls forming the corner of the gallery. From this angle, it's clear that, like the row on our right, the row on our left also has ten framed pictures.

Installation view of the two rows of framed pictures on each of two walls forming the corner of the gallery. The subject matter is difficult to make out, but there appears to be some repetition from picture to picture.

Installation view of the two rows of framed pictures on each of two walls forming the corner of the gallery, with mainly the row on our right visible. The pictures appear to be framed, black and white photographs, each one cropped from a larger photo of a group of muscular figures, many of whom are shirtless. One reclining figure at the front of the group is wearing what looks like a sailor's cap.

Black and white photo in a gray frame, showing a small group of shirtless young men with light to medium-light skin tones and short hair, all smiling at the camera. Some of the figures are only partially in frame, indicating that this image was cropped from a larger photograph. They are outdoors in direct sunlight. The figure on the bottom left has tan lines from a tank top.

Black and white photo in a gray frame cropped from a larger group photo of young men with light to medium-light skin tones and short hair, many of whom are shirtless. This image is cropped so that only a torso and some limbs are visible. The central figure is sitting cross legged on some sand, his left leg overlapping slightly with the outstretched legs of the figure beside him. He is holding his own leg just beneath his knee.

Black and white photo in a gray frame cropped from a larger group photo of young men with light to medium-light skin tones and short hair, many of whom are shirtless. At the center of this image, a hand rests on a bare, muscular shoulder between two figures who look directly at the camera, squinting in the sun. At the bottom left is a figure wearing what looks like a white sailor's cap.

Black and white photo in a gray frame cropped from a larger group photo of young men with light to medium-light skin tones and short hair, many of whom are shirtless. In this cropped image, a reclining, shirtless young man wearing what looks like a sailor's cap squints at the camera. On closer inspection, in the shadow cast by his face onto his chest, it's possible to make out a white swastika. Parts of other figures crowd around him — for instance, a bare torso behind him, and two pairs of feet and shins, which rest in front of him on the right side of the image.

Black and white photo in a gray frame cropped from a larger group photo of young men with light to medium-light skin tones and short hair, many of whom are shirtless. In this cropped image, the reclining figure in what looks like a sailor's cap is in the foreground and takes up the bottom third of the image.  On closer inspection, in the shadow cast by his face onto his chest, it's possible to make out a white swastika. Behind him is a row of three young men, two with their arms draped over each other's shoulders. Behind this row is another row of three bare torsos.

Black and white photo in a gray frame cropped from a larger group photo of young men with light to medium-light skin tones and short hair, many of whom are shirtless. This image is cropped to show only a seated figure from knee to shoulder, bare except for a white towel draped over his lap, and the back of another figure seated beside him on the sand.

The full group photo of young men with light to medium-light skin tones and short hair, many of whom are shirtless. There are twelve figures sitting, kneeling, or reclining together on a sandy beach in front of some shrubby foliage. Some appear to be nude except for a towel draped over or wrapped around their waist. In this image, the swastika on the chest of the central figure is especially pronounced.

An even closer crop of the image of the reclining figure in what looks like a sailor's cap in the foreground taking up the bottom third of the image. Behind him are two young men with their arms draped over each other's shoulders. And behind them is a bare torso with a hairy chest.

An even closer crop of the image of a hand resting on a bare, muscular shoulder between two figures, the one at the bottom left wearing white sailor's cap.

An even closer crop of the photo with two figures squinting at the camera with other figures crowded around, partially in frame. The figure on the left appears to have damp hair.

Lutz BacherMen at WarPat Hearn Gallery, New York

Exhibition Images

Lutz BacherMen at War
Pat Hearn Gallery, New York