Joel Mesler: In the BeginningExhibitions
Joel Mesler: In the Beginning
Lévy Gorvy is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Joel Mesler, to open on 23 June 2021. Joel Mesler: In the Beginning will be the artist’s first solo exhibition in Asia.
Deploying both words and images, Mesler draws from childhood memories and life experiences, to make paintings that bring his private impressions into close contact with cultural touchstones and elements of universal human consciousness. The works on view in In the Beginning are composed with boldly stylized patterns that represent leaves of banana trees and other plants, along with animal forms, pools of water, and the sun. In subject and style, the tropical flora and fauna of the paintings bring to mind both the imagined jungles of Paul Gauguin and Henri Rousseau, and such iconic forms of mid-20th-century decorative arts as printed wallpaper depicting exotica. To these scenes, Mesler adds phrases rendered in script, experimenting with letter formation and its integration into his compositions.
Selected Works
Publications
Selected Press
artnet news | ‘We’re in Uncharted Territory’: Artist Joel Mesler on How a Career as a Dealer Prepared Him Not at All to Become a Market Darling
July 13, 2021
artnet news | Here Are the 300 Most-Searched Artists on Artnet’s Price Database in June 2021—and the Rising Talents Poised to Break in Soon
July 12, 2021
Vogue Hong Kong | 7月必看香港藝術展覽：由國際編舞家 William Forsythe 互動裝置到抽象、超現實大師作品，多角度用心感受藝術
July 12, 2021
China Daily | What's on: Childhood dreamscapes
July 12, 2021
Rolling Stone 大水花 | RS TV | Joel Mesler: 画面中隐匿的夏日童年夜间遐想与梦境
July 11, 2021
China Daily | US artist's solo exhibition in HK unfolds childhood dreamscapes
July 8, 2021
Art Absolute | 童年仲夏夜之梦，乔尔‧梅斯勒的热带雨林
July 7, 2021
Beijing Youth Weekly | Joel Mesler: In the Beginning
July 1, 2021
Yahoo News Hong Kong | 40歲才當職業藝術家，Joel Mesler亞洲首展正式登陸香港
June 30, 2021
Home Journal | 40歲才當職業藝術家，Joel Mesler亞洲首展正式登陸香港
June 30, 2021
Illinois News Live | The izzuex collection is literally wearable art
June 25, 2021
Ta Kung Pao | 黛西札记/生活的解药\李梦
June 24, 2021
Highsnobiety | THE IZZUE X JOEL MESLER COLLABORATION IS LITERALLY WEARABLE ART
June 24, 2021
Hi艺术 | 乔尔·梅斯勒：香港中环里的南加州梦境
June 23, 2021
Sohu.com | 乔尔·梅斯勒亚洲首展于厉蔚阁香港空间正式开幕
June 23, 2021
on.cc | 衫上「名畫」 散發異域風情
June 22, 2021
Vogue Hong Kong | 充滿異域風情的幻想叢林！美國藝術家 Joel Mesler 亞洲首展在 Lévy Gorvy 舉辦，與 izzue 推出服飾聯乘系列
June 20, 2021
galleries gal | Joel Mesler: In the Beginning at Levy Gorvy
June 18, 2021
National Arts | 国家美术丨一周资讯
June 17, 2021
Artforum 中文网 | 北京 上海 香港 | openings 开幕 2021.6.17 - 6.26
June 17, 2021
艺术圈社交平台 | 好多新的艺术活动和展览开了，一起“趣”看展览听讲座|北京 上海 深圳 香港 杭州 南京 苏州 成都 重庆
June 17, 2021
Art Absolute | 六月都市生活指南，把你和夏日都装进艺术里
June 16, 2021
GalleriesNow | Joel Mesler: In the Beginning
June 15, 2021
Hi艺术 | 乔尔 ‧ 梅斯勒：起初
June 1, 2021
Hi艺术 | 行程丨6月未读消息：近80个展览，简直看看看不完
May 31, 2021
Sina | 乔尔·梅斯勒首场亚洲个展下月亮相厉蔚阁
May 29, 2021
DuteNews | 乔尔·梅斯勒首场亚洲个展下月亮相厉蔚阁
May 29, 2021