Vilma Gold is pleased
to present the first London solo show exhibition by Berlin-based
artist Stefan Rinck. For the past five years Rinck has documented
his peers and contemporaries rendering them in paint and stone-carvings.
Rinck's works form an imaginary world where his friends and
colleagues are depicted in invented scenarios, and surrounded
by religious iconography. Totemic busts, animals and reliefs
are carved from sandstone, drawing from the imagery of the primitive,
familiar symbols from Egyptian and Christian mythology and fairytale
folklore. Rinck's paintings are reminiscent of Fauvism,
and the harsh angular figures from the works of the German Expressionists.
Like the Expressionists, Rinck makes frequent depictions of
friends, lovers, and patrons from his inner circle of friends
and peers.
For further information or images please contact Sarah McCrory:
+44(0) 20 8981 3344 or: sarah@vilmagold.com
Installation view
Stefan Rinck
Stefan Rinck Untitled (Uwe), 2006
oil on canvas
93 x 72 cm
Stefan Rinck Melissa Kekec, 2006
oil on canvas
51 x 41 cm
