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CARBON 12 DUBAI: Eat when you can Sleep when you can - 10 Jan 2011 to 8 Mar 2011 Current Exhibition |
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Philip M�ller, salad day, acrylic on canvas, 150 x 250 cm, 2010
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Eat when you can Sleep when you can 10th of January-8th of March 2011 Philip M�ller's first international solo exhibition. Carbon 12 proudly presents the first international solo exhibition of Philip M�ller. With overflowing energy and impressive technique, his paintings are a wild ride: with subjects from pop culture icons to belles-de-nuits, Icelandic shamans, and the Adams Family, M�ller creates a symbolist universe where everything, anything, could and will happen. Dionysus meets Jesus, cannibal monkeys on LSD, the content is as radical as the style: painted with finger on linoleum floor, poured all-over-style, masterly brush technique combined with excessive speed. The canvas becomes a battlefield of chance and composition, assemblage and association. Like alchemy, M�ller's paintings can be seen as ecstatic rituals, a dialogue with the spirits, and cathartic acts that unleash primary forces. The paintings develop a life of their own, the portraits begin to speak, the scenes evolve: a constant flux is felt, as if the canvas is shivering and vibrating. The works preserve the traces of the strong Theatrical/performative presence: the playful approach to the material itself transform his oeuvre into documents, historic artifacts from parallel universes, imagined ages, trippy flashbacks. But M�ller's creative explosions go far beyond the medium of painting, and there will be a special performance by the artist and special guests on the opening night. So there is really no excuse to miss this groundbreaking exhibition, because like the title says: eat when you can, sleep when you can; but life never takes a break. |
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