AMIR FATTAL "UNTITLED (POOL)" 2023

Amir Fattal (b. 1978) is an artist and curator based in Berlin. His practice seeks to explore the intersection of painting, artificial intelligence, and contemporary image production. Using algorithmic image generation as both a tool and conceptual framework, Fattal examines how authenticity, desire, and identity are constructed within today's image-saturated visual culture, where taste is increasingly shaped by digital systems and collective data. Fattal produced this work for his solo exhibition, "I'm Just Here for the Pool" (2026), at KÖNIG Galerie's Mexico City location. Drawing inspiration from Mexico City's modernist legacy, the body of work turns to architecture as a psychological landscape. Depicting idyllic villas, quiet courtyards, and shimmering pools, Fatta's paintings exist somewhere between lived experience, cinema, and the algorithmic perfection of a social media feed. Unfolding like a vague memory, this painting captures the eerie suspended state between reality and simulation. The painting's uncanny stillness suggests a scene already filtered through countless digital images, inviting viewers to question whether they are witnessing a remembered place, an imagined ideal, or an algorithmically constructed fantasy. Rendered by hand in oil after being generated using AI, the work deliberately collapses the boundaries between technological production and traditional painting. In doing so, Fattal transforms familiar symbols of luxury and "good taste" into quiet reflections on authorship, performance, and the increasingly mediated ways we construct identity through images. Questions about this artwork? Email us, call +1.416.704.1720, or visit our Toronto gallery. Untitled Berlin, 2023 Oil on canvas 35.25"H 35.25"W (work) Very good condition