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Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries: Michael Kirkham - 6 Mar 2010 to 10 Apr 2010 Current Exhibition |
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Michael Kirkham, untitled 2009
oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm |
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michael kirkham new paintings British artist Michael Kirkham (1971 Blackpool) presents four new paintings in his latest solo at Galerie Aschenbach en Hofland. Trained at De Ateliers in Amsterdam, Kirkham lives and works in Berlin. In 2006, Kirkham�s work was featured in a solo exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum The Hague, which was accompanied by a comprehensive catalogue. His work often features characters engaged in explicit sexual acts or rather apathetic figures striking provocative poses. The subject matter is displayed in all its rawness, with neither mercy nor compromise. Kirkham�s paintings could be considered the painterly equivalent of the books by French author Houellebeque. Houellebeque highlights the excesses of liberal western society and portrays both love and lust as utterly banal. In the work of Michael Kirkham, sexual desire and surrendering to the appetites of the flesh is a mechanism that makes viewers feel uncomfortable. Nonetheless, Kirkham�s consistent and loving execution, his sincerity and all but cynical attitude forces viewers to look at his uncompromising scenes. Michael Kirkham completed his formal training at the Glasgow School of Art and Ateliers in Amsterdam. After graduating, he lived and worked in Brussels for three years before moving to Berlin in 2002. His work is represented in the collections of Gemeentemuseum The Hague, the Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem and the Scheringa Museum in Spanbroek. In 2009 Kirkham took part in the exhibition Diana + Actaeon, Der Verbotene Blick auf die Nacktheit in het Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf. Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries bilderdijkstraat 165-c NL-1053 KP Amsterdam tfn +31 (0)20 4121772 tfx +31 (0)20 4121778 mobile +31 (0)629 023 933 [email protected] |
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