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Henni Alftan

HENNI ALFTAN

Contour Sprüth Magers 10 June–30 July 2022 London
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The exhibition by Henni Alftan is the artist’s first solo show at the London gallery, presenting new paintings that give a comprehensive insight into her artistic oeuvre. Her figurative subjects negotiate the relationship between medium and image, featuring a subtle palette and flat rendering style to transform their everyday subject matter from object to motif. Alftan’s compositions use the tight framing of close range photography to explore the similarities between painting and image-making while offering a fragmented vision of reality.

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About the Artist

The work of Henni Alftan (*1979) stems from a deep engagement with the medium of painting, its methods and its histories, resulting in pictures of daily life that are intimately familiar and yet intriguingly unknowable. Born in Helsinki and based in Paris, the artist depicts everyday scenes and objects, often cropped or otherwise fragmented, each rendered with a studied economy of means. In spite of her pared-down aesthetic, Alftan’s experiments with color, texture, scale and perspective produce canvases rich in layered meanings that double as metaphors for seeing and comprehending the world through the physical properties of paint.

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About the Gallery

Sprüth Magers has expanded from its roots in Cologne (Germany) to become an international gallery dedicated to exhibiting the very best in groundbreaking modern and contemporary art. With galleries located in Berlin Mitte, London’s Mayfair and the Miracle Mile in Los Angeles–as well as an office in Cologne and an outpost in Hong Kong–Sprüth Magers retains close ties with the studios and communities of the German and American artists who form the core of its roster.

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Spruth Magers contemporary art gallery in London United Kingdom
Sprüth Magers
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http://www.spruethmagers.com

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10am – 6pm
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