Eberhard Havekost “Expulsion from Paradise Freeze”
Anton Kern Gallery
[Image: Eberhard Havekost "De Kooning Traum B14/15" (2014-2015) oil on canvas, 17 3/4 x 31 1/2 in.]
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For his seventh solo exhibition at Anton Kern Gallery, German painter Eberhard Havekost has put together a group of 25 paintings under the title Expulsion from Paradise Freeze. The works in the exhibition fall under two categories, representational and non-representational, however, they are arranged in a way that suggests narrative links. These connections are often elucidated, sometimes challenged by the titles, which range from abstract terms, e.g. Wesen (being) or 3 Minuten (3 minutes) to descriptive names such as Baum (tree) or Oliven Öl (olive oil).
Havekost confronts the viewer with the familiar and the unfamiliar. Familiar to most viewers, along with the clearly depicted objects, will be the artist’s meticulous and confident painting technique and his evidently photographic reference material. Unfamiliar, at least at first view and in this juxtaposition, will be the gestural paintings that Havekost introduces here on such pronounced scale.
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Schedule
from February 25, 2016 to April 02, 2016
Opening Reception on 2016-02-25 from 18:00 to 20:00