Michael Bauer's first solo show at the gallery, which will also be his first solo show in New York. His work is well known in Europe, and has been presented in numerous museum exhibitions there. He recently moved from Berlin to New York, and we are very pleased to be presenting this new, energetic group of works.
In Michael Bauer's paintings, figurative elements appear throughout the work, and just as quickly disappear into chaotic moments of abstraction. He speaks about the paintings as being portraits of gangs, families, music bands, collectives, or mobs - a grouping of characters revealed through the occasional eye or profile emerging from shadowy abstraction. Flat, crisp, bright, patterns usually provide the structure from which these organic nebulas originate.
Shown: "H.S.O.P. - Ambro Gardens - 49" 2012, Oil on canvas,
72 x 60 inches, 182.9 x 152.4 cm
New York City, NY; NYC