Israel Aten, Veit Laurent Kurz, Quintessa Matranga
What Pipeline•May 03, 2025 — Jun 14, 2025
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What Pipeline presents new paintings by Israel Aten, Veit Laurent Kurz and Quintessa Matranga. This show revisits three artists the gallery worked with previously; Israel Aten in a 2021 solo exhibition, Veit Laurent Kurz in SOAPY III (2014) and Agents of Syphilis (2015), and Quintessa Matranga in Age 81 (2019) and Tables and Chairs (2022).
Israel Aten (b. 1986, Detroit) is based in Detroit and Chicago. Aten’s work centers a colossal figure existing between figuration and abstraction. Informed by sources ranging from 14th century medieval icons to early video games, Aten’s linework delineates the tension between polarities of strength and vulnerability. Masculinity, queerness and race are explored; identity is concealed, revealed, and transcended. Aten will have a solo exhibition in September, 2025, at M. LeBlanc, Chicago.
Veit Laurent Kurz (b. 1985, Erbach, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Kurz’s paintings exist as excerpts from a...More
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Israel Aten, Veit Laurent Kurz, Quintessa Matranga
What Pipeline•May 03, 2025 — Jun 14, 2025
Press Release
What Pipeline presents new paintings by Israel Aten, Veit Laurent Kurz and Quintessa Matranga. This show revisits three artists the gallery worked with previously; Israel Aten in a 2021 solo exhibition, Veit Laurent Kurz in SOAPY III (2014) and Agents of Syphilis (2015), and Quintessa Matranga in Age 81 (2019) and Tables and Chairs (2022).
Israel Aten (b. 1986, Detroit) is based in Detroit and Chicago. Aten’s work centers a colossal figure existing between figuration and abstraction. Informed by sources ranging from 14th century medieval icons to early video games, Aten’s linework delineates the tension between polarities of strength and vulnerability. Masculinity, queerness and race are explored; identity is concealed, revealed, and transcended. Aten will have a solo exhibition in September, 2025, at M. LeBlanc, Chicago.
Veit Laurent Kurz (b. 1985, Erbach, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Kurz’s paintings exist as excerpts from a...More
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