![]() ![]() 1984, Philadelphia, PA) completed her BFA at the Tyler School of Art in 2007, and her MFA at Yale in 2012. Every surface is articulated with a combination of harshness and beauty, where light and emptiness play as important a role as the paint itself. Balancing between the figurative and the fractured, Packer lets shapes blend and flow into each other, with edges simultaneously precise and dissolving. In Packer’s own words, “In a painting like Ottoman (Cushion), even the objects can feel exhausted of their purpose.” This need to challenge conventions of what painting does and how it relates to its subjects is supplanted, however, by her obvious fascination with the medium, and her resulting skill as a painter. Subjects defy the privileged gaze of their audience, lounging languidly with a complete lack of interest in being watched or observed. There is a tension in the paintings of Jennifer Packer, between the people and objects represented, and the viewer. In 2007, Delachaux’s work was on view in the project space of Thomas Erben Gallery. He had numerous solo shows, at venues such as Galerie Une, Neuchâtel, Switzerland (2002, with Zoé Cappon) Haas & Fischer, Zürich (20) Schweizerische Botschaft, Berlin (2006) New Galerie de France, and b (both Paris, 2008) Foxy Production, New York (2009, with Lizzie Fitch) Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva (2011) and J & P Fine Art, Zurich (2012). 1976, Môtiers, Switzerland) graduated from the Ecole Superieure d’Arts Visuels, Geneva, in 1998. Once the result is transferred onto canvas, the lives of Vassili, Johan and Naima exist in the intersection between performance, photography and painting. Each work takes on the energy from a performance with his subjects, which he photographs, then paints with colors separated in reverse, on plastic foil. Beginning in an impulse to document the passing of time within his art, Delachaux has interacted with these characters, letting them age as he ages, mixing their lives with those of his friends and himself. In 1994, Jonathan Delachaux created three imaginary characters – Vassili, Johan and Naima – life-size puppets whose daily life and experiences ever since have formed the subject matter of his paintings. ![]() In 2011, he was one of the recipients of the SICF11 Prize. His work has been exhibited at AMP Gallery (2010), Turner Gallery (2011), and Nanzuka (2012), all in Tokyo. 1982, Tokyo) graduated from the Tokyo University of Arts in 2009. ![]() In his deeply personal work, the artist lets the abject intermingle with the sincere. In comparison, Akiba’s works on paper might seem toned down at first glance, but they pulsate with the same fierce energy of inner life being thrust to the surface. The figurative is pushed to the edge of abstraction, and though the colors may be far from natural, there is a markedly carnal quality to these paintings. Working in oil on canvas, he often focuses on the human face, either in pale and chalky black and white, or in jarring color. Kohei Akiba’s paintings are intense and bold, with thickly applied paint creating a physical presence extending from the painted surface. While based in different countries – China, Japan, Switzerland and the USA – these painters connect in their exploration of the medium’s relation to subject matter. The human form is intensely present throughout the show, with bodies sometimes breaking apart into abstract materiality, yet holding together as each artist balances urgency with precision. Thomas Erben is excited to present an exhibition featuring the work of five young painters. ![]()
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