In her paintings Noemi Pfister (born 1991 in Switzerland) combines motifs from art history as well as pop culture. She symbolically weaves themes such as youth, digitality, ecology, and the human form into multilayered narratives. Her dreamlike landscapes are inhabited by enigmatic figures that seem to belong to a parallel world. Their anatomies appear distorted—they lounge on skateboards, scroll on their phones, or immerse themselves in video games. The visual language at times echoes the compositions of Old Master paintings, yet their clothing, postures, and props reflect today's youth culture. By intertwining the familiar with the uncanny, her works probe the kinds of communities we might inhabit in the future.
Noemi Pfister is the co-founder of the Basel art space
Palazzina.
