WAGNER + PARTNER (Berlin) is pleased to announce the third solo exhibition of the Dutch photo-artist Erwin Olaf. In this new series, Skin Deep, Olaf addresses the human body in striking ways.
These sensitive and insightful nudes show people of differing ages and genders. Each scene is situated in an empty room, where the faded elegance and desaturated colors stand in stark contrast to the powerful rendition of these bodies’ skin.
The naked body is a classical theme in art history and the series Skin Deep explores it from a fresh viewpoint. Despite Olaf’s signature aesthetic, there is an unadulterated and pared back quality that this new body of work demonstrates.
The rooms are now free of objects and its subjects have also done away with their clothing. In this way their skin and resulting forms come to the fore. Through the dramatic lighting and the painterly backgrounds they indeed appear akin to a Baroque portrait.
Alongside the photographs in the exhibition Skin Deep at WAGNER + PARTNER, Erwin Olaf will premiere sculptural works. Under the influence of global political and cultural quarrels it is of high importance for the artist to show the naked body as a sign of freedom and liberalism.
Erwin Olaf – Skin Deep
28.04.2016 – 18.06.2016
Images courtesy of Erwin Olaf and WAGNER + PARTNER Galerie
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