KÖNIG is pleased to present I’m Just Here for the Pool, a solo exhibition by Amir Fattal. Fattal is an artist and curator based in Berlin. His practice is one of the reflection grounded in the history of aesthetics and cultural references.
In this new exhibition, Fattal deepens his exploration of AI as both a tool and a mirror, an engine that exposes our collective desires around taste, aspiration, and cultural identity. Through architectural scenes, swimming pools, graphic murals, and carefully staged human figures, he examines how aesthetics function as social codes, especially within the visual language of mid-century modernism and contemporary “good taste.”
This exhibition places special attention on Mexico City, where Fattal has lived part-time for the past four years. The influence of Mexican modernist architecture, particularly the geometric clarity and emotional restraint of Luis Barragán, can be felt throughout the works. The paintings unfold like imagined memories of aspirational spaces: modern villas, sunlit courtyards, quiet pools, and curated walls that might exist somewhere between reality, cinema, and a social media feed.
Fattal’s protagonists inhabit these environments with a composed awareness, as if already performing for an audience. They are surrounded by architecture, artworks, and atmospheres carefully designed to convey identity. In this way, the paintings investigate how we choose to present ourselves, how desire, self-image, and the aesthetics of the art world are increasingly shaped by algorithms, and how our “good taste” is being learned and repeated through AI.
Adress: Calle Yautepec 111, Condesa, Cuauhtémoc, 06140, CDMX
Opening: 03.02.2026
