Tim Eitel something there somewhere outside Past Nov 17, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024 New York Exhibition Details:Tim Eitelsomething there somewhere outsideNov 17, 2023 – Jan 13, 2024Gallery:540 West 25th StreetNew YorkPress:Press ReleaseConnect: (opens in a new window) @pacegalleryAbove: Tim Eitel, out where, 2023 © Tim Eitel / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Pace is pleased to present a focused exhibition of new paintings by Tim Eitel at its 540 West 25th Street gallery in New York. The exhibition, titled Tim Eitel: something there somewhere outside, will feature a selection of works that meditate on painting’s relationship to time and space. On view from November 17, 2023 to January 13, 2024, this presentation, which takes its title from a line in a Samuel Beckett poem, will mark Eitel’s first solo show in New York since 2009.Eitel’s practice has been influenced by both European figurative painting and American abstract painting. He rose to prominence as a member of the New Leipzig School, a group of figurative painters that coalesced at the Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts in post-reunification Germany. After studying painting under Arno Rink, Eitel moved to Berlin and co-founded the cooperative gallery Liga in 2002. For the past two decades, the artist has culled and simplified elements from a rich repository of photographs and memories to create his atmospheric paintings. Methodically layered and meticulously composed, his work centers on precise representation.The eight new works in Eitel’s upcoming exhibition with Pace in New York vary in scale, with several works— including the two largest—painted entirely in egg tempera and two small-scale ones in oil. The show will be staged on the seventh floor of Pace’s New York gallery, and all the works on view can be understood as reimaginings, or hauntings, of exhibition settings—including their own. The most direct, clear-cut reference to Pace’s seventh floor appears in Out Where, which depicts a spectral figure reflected in the gallery’s floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Chelsea skyline. This work suggests that the figures in all the paintings in the show move through the same gallery space as the viewer—both the real and imagined visitors to the seventh floor occupy the space at different times.As with some of the artist’s most celebrated works from his early career, these contemplative, subdued paintings consider the ways that this two-dimensional medium can shape our understanding and experience of three- dimensional spaces—specifically, in the case of this body of work, the ways that gallery and museum spaces are supporting characters in the story of art. Featuring almost ghostlike depictions of tripods and electrical cords, Eitel’s new paintings also examine the presence of elements of reproduction, like photography and videography, in art and exhibition making.A distinct sense of quietude cuts across all the works in the show, which will be anchored by a large-scale diptych. In this painting, titled Loop, a figure traverses the gallery space as an apparition would, floating between Eitel’s two canvases. As its title suggests, this work focuses on the circuity of both time and movement.In his latest paintings, the artist uses vacant space or nearly vacant space to explore the relationships between abstract and figurative elements. Departing from his past work in figuration, Eitel’s new works insist on greater distance between the painted figure and the viewer—the result is an emphasis on the spatial conditions negotiated within the painting rather than the figure in and of itself.Eitel’s work is on view in the group exhibition Österreich – Deutschland at the Albertina Modern in Vienna through January 21, 2024. He was also included in Figures Seules, a 2023 group show at Lee Ufan's Espace MA in Arles, France. In the past several years, the artist has presented solo exhibitions at the Museen Böttcherstraße Stiftung in Germany, the Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig in Germany, and the Daegu Art Museum in Korea. Read More Featured Works Tim Eitel, out where, 2023, egg tempera on canvas, 86-5/8" × 74-13/16" × 1-3/8" (220 cm × 190 cm × 3.5 cm) Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Tim Eitel out where 2023 egg tempera on canvas 86-5/8" × 74-13/16" × 1-3/8" (220 cm × 190 cm × 3.5 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Tim Eitel, Split Moon, 2023, egg tempera on canvas, 27-11/16" × 23-3/4" × 1-7/16" (70.3 cm × 60.3 cm × 3.7 cm) Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Tim Eitel Split Moon 2023 egg tempera on canvas 27-11/16" × 23-3/4" × 1-7/16" (70.3 cm × 60.3 cm × 3.7 cm) Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Tim Eitel, Loop, 2023, egg tempera on canvas, 82-11/16" × 74-13/16" × 1-9/16" (210 cm × 190 cm × 4 cm), 2 panels, each Learn More Close modal View Previous View Next Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Carousel slide 3 Carousel slide 4 Carousel slide 5 Tim Eitel Loop 2023 egg tempera on canvas 82-11/16" × 74-13/16" × 1-9/16" (210 cm × 190 cm × 4 cm), 2 panels, each Inquire How can we reach you? First Name* Last Name* Email* Phone Inquiry Message Have you purchased from Pace before?* Yes No Submit Inquiry Or go back Installation Views 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4 Carousel slide 0 Carousel slide 1 Carousel slide 2 Carousel slide 3 About the ArtistTim Eitel (1971, Leonberg, Germany) conveys a deep command of color, technique, and form in his figurative paintings inspired by his observations of contemporary life and art history. Cofounder of the collective Galerie LIGA in Berlin, he was one of the leading protagonists of the New Leipzig School before gaining a reputation as one of the most important painters of his generation.Learn More Journal View All Essays Tim Eitel on Time, Space, and Memory in His New Paintings of Pace’s Seventh Floor Nov 17, 2023 Museum Exhibitions Tim Eitel at Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig Sep 02, 2019 Museum Exhibitions "Tim Eitel: Resident" at Kasteel Wijlre May 10, 2018 Museum Exhibitions Tim Eitel at Rochester Art Center Opens January 26 Jan 26, 2013 Overview Featured Works Installation Views About the Artist Journal