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Louise Bonnet, Wailer, 2019, oil on linen, 172.7 x 279.4 cm.; 68 x 110 in.
Exhibition
Louise Bonnet: New Works
16 Jan 2020 – 29 Feb 2020
Regular hours
- Monday
- Closed
- Tuesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 11:00 – 17:00
- Sunday
- Closed
Address
- First Floor, 41 Dover Street
- London
England - W1S 4NS
- United Kingdom
Galerie Max Hetzler is pleased to present new large-scale paintings by LA-based artist Louise Bonnet, in her first solo exhibition in the UK.
About
Known for her portraits of voluminous bodies, Bonnet presents the weight of human stresses and emotions in physical form. In her paintings, the figures’ bodies swell and bloat to exaggerated proportions, as though heavy with the feelings of the mind.
Simple actions, like kneeling or hiding, stretch and bend the bodies into uncomfortable extremes, often bringing the figures to the edge of the canvas itself. Interested in the tension of limbs, muscles and the materials that cover them, Bonnet transforms the human form as we know it, all the while retaining a masterful sense of corporeality.
