Tobias Pils’ black, white, and grayscale paintings and graphic works are almost beyond interpretation. His painting process is characterized by planning, which then negates itself throughout its execution. As a result, representation flips into abstraction, figuration turns into composition. Pils’ work creates an unease of interpretation and challenges the notion of subjectivity in painting: His method follows intuition and is created in the context of the painter’s everyday.
Quai des Brumes
2024
Oil on canvas
198 x 270 x 4 cm / 78 x 106 1/4 x 1 5/8 in
© Tobias Pils
A found egg
2023
Oil on canvas
270 x 199 x 4 cm / 106 1/4 x 78 3/8 x 1 5/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Happy Days (Triptych)
2023
Oil on canvas; 3 parts
Frame, each 196 x 156 x 6 cm / 77 1/8 x 61 3/8 x 2 3/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Femme en colère
2022
Oil on canvas
Frame 84 x 64 x 4.5 cm / 33 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 1 3/4 in
Image 80 x 60 cm / 31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
© Tobias Pils
The Rest
2021
Oil on canvas
Frame 36 x 204 cm / 92 7/8 x 80 3/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Alpha, Omega and Infinity
2020
Fresco
450 x 650 cm / 177 3/16 x 255 7/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Inheritance
2020
Oil on canvas
236 x 203.5 cm / 92 7/8 x 80 1/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Untitled
2020
Pencil on paper
Circa 42 x 29.5 cm / 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 in
© Tobias Pils
Lovers (sun in the woods)
2019
Acrylic and oil on canvas
201 x 231 x 4 cm / 79 1/8 x 91 x 1 5/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Old Lovers
2019
Acrylic and oil on canvas
208 x 186 x 4 cm / 81 7/8 x 73 1/4 x 1 5/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Untitled
2020
Ink on paper
102 x 74 cm / 40 1/8 x 29 1/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Target 1–4
2017
Mixed media on canvas
Each 202 x 65 cm / 79 1/2 x 25 5/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Marfa (two)
2016
Mixed media on canvas
294 x 202 cm / 115 3/4 x 79 1/2 in
© Tobias Pils
Untitled
2014
Mixed media on canvas
310 x 185 x 3 cm / 122 x 72 7/8 x 1 1/8 in
© Tobias Pils
Untitled (f.)
2014
Mixed media on canvas
310 x 185 x 3 cm / 122 x 72 7/8 x 1 1/8 in
© Tobias Pils
