The Passenger
Stems Gallery•Oct 07, 2021 — Nov 06, 2021
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Stems Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Paul Rouphail, marking his second solo show with the gallery. This new body of work entitled “The Passenger”, includes new large still-life paintings, small-scale portraits and a collaboration between the artist and his spouse and fellow painter, Lindsay Merrill.
In depicting various domestic and maritime scenes the artist considers the nature of selfhood—transmuted in paint through objects, food and beverages—as irresolutely at odds with the world. The suite of twelve paintings, curated linearly through the gallery, tells the story of a man who leaves his home for a trip at sea and subsequently becomes ill. Inspired by Thomas Mann’s novel, “Death in Venice” and Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1974 film “The Passenger,” the artist presents the plight of an elderly protagonist— who shares a likeness to that of his own—through a variety of figurative and non-figurative paintings. With the small-scale face paintings, the…
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The Passenger
Stems Gallery•Oct 07, 2021 — Nov 06, 2021
Press Release
Stems Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Paul Rouphail, marking his second solo show with the gallery. This new body of work entitled “The Passenger”, includes new large still-life paintings, small-scale portraits and a collaboration between the artist and his spouse and fellow painter, Lindsay Merrill.
In depicting various domestic and maritime scenes the artist considers the nature of selfhood—transmuted in paint through objects, food and beverages—as irresolutely at odds with the world. The suite of twelve paintings, curated linearly through the gallery, tells the story of a man who leaves his home for a trip at sea and subsequently becomes ill. Inspired by Thomas Mann’s novel, “Death in Venice” and Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1974 film “The Passenger,” the artist presents the plight of an elderly protagonist— who shares a likeness to that of his own—through a variety of figurative and non-figurative paintings. With the small-scale face paintings, the…
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