Event
Florian Heinke Black Figure Paintings | Solo Art Exhibition | CHARLIE SMITH
9 Sep 2016 – 8 Oct 2016
Regular hours
- Friday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 11:00 – 18:00
Cost of entry
Free: GBP 0
Address
- 336 Old Street
- London
- EC1V 9DR
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus: 8, 26, 48, 55, 67, 388
- Tube: Old St (Exit 2) or Liverpool St
German enfant terrible Florian Heinke presents realist black paintings in first London solo exhibition 'ALLES WIRD GUT' at Shoreditch art gallery CHARLIE SMITH LONDON.
About
CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is delighted to present Florian Heinke with his first solo exhibition in London.
Heinke is known for his paintings that alternate between political polemics and transcendental beauty. Combining text and image only in black acrylic on unprimed canvas, Heinke's methods are unique and highly impactful. Schooled initially on the streets of Frankfurt, Heinke discovered studio painting after being arrested for graffiti writing:
"Once I got arrested and they put me into a programme in a workshop. They offered me an alternative punishment: to work in their painting studio. I did my first canvas there with brushes and colour. Graffiti was just the valve to show my rage, incomprehension and sadness."
Heinke went on to study at Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz before untertaking his Masters at the renowned Städelschule. Since then he has gone on to become one of Germany's most vibrant young painters, exhibiting globally and being placed in prominent private collections, including that of Michael & Susan Hort in New York.
Despite retiring his spray cans at an early stage, elements of street semiotics continue to endure. The use of text in both German and English; an absorption of advertising techniques; and a clash of imagery derived from various sources coalesce to reference high, low and mass culture.
'ALLES WIRD GUT' – translated as 'Everything will be fine' – will present a typically Heinkian worldview. Smattered with irony, poetry, longing, derision, optimism and fury, the exhibition will embody Heinke's ongoing notion of 'Paradise Overdosed', traversing contemporary and modern politics; celebrity; glamour; greed; beauty and decay.
The event will take place at CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, 336 Old Street, Shoreditch, London EC1V 9DR. Open from 11am-6pm Wednesday to Saturday. Please contact the gallery for further information on 020 7739 4055. Follow the gallery @CHARLIESMITHldn.
Category: Arts | Visual Arts | Galleries / Art.
Artist / Speaker: Florian Heinke.
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