Hal Fischer

Hal Fischer

BornNationalityBased In
1950AmericanSan Francisco
Biography

Hal Fischer is a San Francisco-based artist who works in photography, text and performance. One of the prominent figures of American conceptual photography of the 1970s, his work is documentation and celebration of "the gay universe", which was San Francisco's Castro and Haight-Ashbury districts for Fischer. His series, such as Gay Semiotics and 18th Near Castro Street x 24, are projects consisting of photo texts documenting cruising gay men in the city's streets. The writing over the black and white photographs of men in Gay Semiotics reveals a "hanky code", signs that indicate one's sexual preference and that are visible to all but can only be seen by the members of the gay community. Fischer's photography is quiet in its everydayness; it is unapologetic in its honesty, overflowing with 1970s Pride. Born in 1950, US, Hal Fischer's four-decade-long career spans across photography, art criticism and museum management. His work is part of collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art New York and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others. His usage of photo-text medium is one of the pioneering projects merging conceptual photography with linguistic structuralist movement. ...

Selected Artworks
Gay Semiotics
Hal FischerGay Semiotics, 197750.8 x 40.64cmPrice on Request
18th near Castro Street x 24, 1978, printed 2018
Hal Fischer18th near Castro Street x 24, 1978, printed 2018, 197850.8 x 40.6cmPrice on Request
Boy-Friends
Hal FischerBoy-Friends, 197920 x 25.4cmPrice on Request
Civic Center
Hal FischerCivic Center, 197947.5 x 57.5 x 2.7cmPrice on Request
Billboard Diptych, 1979, printed 2018
Hal FischerBillboard Diptych, 1979, printed 2018, 197964 x 79 x 3cmPrice on Request
Cheap Chic Homo
Hal FischerCheap Chic Homo, 197941 x 33 x 3cmPrice on Request
Gag Mask,
Hal FischerGag Mask,, 197761 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Leather Apparal,
Hal FischerLeather Apparal,, 197761 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Amyl Nitrite,
Hal FischerAmyl Nitrite,, 197761 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Bondage Device: Cross,
Hal FischerBondage Device: Cross,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Bondage Device: Open End Table Rack,
Hal FischerBondage Device: Open End Table Rack,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Bondage Device: Meat Hoist,
Hal FischerBondage Device: Meat Hoist,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Submission,
Hal FischerSubmission,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Sadism & Masochism,
Hal FischerSadism & Masochism,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Dominance,
Hal FischerDominance,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Street Fashion: Leather,
Hal FischerStreet Fashion: Leather,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Street Fashion: Uniform,
Hal FischerStreet Fashion: Uniform,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Street Fashion: Hippie,
Hal FischerStreet Fashion: Hippie,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Street Fashion: Forties Trash,
Hal FischerStreet Fashion: Forties Trash,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Street Fashion: Jock,
Hal FischerStreet Fashion: Jock,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Archetypal Media Image: Natural,
Hal FischerArchetypal Media Image: Natural,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Archetypal Media Image: Classical,
Hal FischerArchetypal Media Image: Classical,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Archetypal Media Image: Leather,
Hal FischerArchetypal Media Image: Leather,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Archetypal Media Image: Urbane,
Hal FischerArchetypal Media Image: Urbane,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Archetypal Media Image: Western,
Hal FischerArchetypal Media Image: Western,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Earring,
Hal FischerEarring,, 197761 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Keys,
Hal FischerKeys,, 197761 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Signifiers for a Male Response,
Hal FischerSignifiers for a Male Response,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Street Fashion: Basic Gay,
Hal FischerStreet Fashion: Basic Gay,, 197776.2 x 61cmPrice on Request
Handkerchiefs,
Hal FischerHandkerchiefs,, 197761 x 76.2cmPrice on Request
Gay Semiotics,
Hal FischerGay Semiotics,, 197750.8 x 40.5cmPrice on Request
18th near Castro Street x 24,
Hal Fischer18th near Castro Street x 24,, 197850.8 x 40.6cmPrice on Request
Boy-Friends,
Hal FischerBoy-Friends,, 197920 x 25.4cmPrice on Request
Gallery Representation
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