Starting Friday, March 5th, Pretty Portal presents works by Pascal Schwendener.
The 22-year-old artist, Pascal Schwendener, from Switzerland, was accepted four years ago as one of the youngest students at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and is today one of Prof. Peter Doig's students.
His large-format paintings, in which Pascal Schwendener's background as a graffiti artist is clearly recognizable, soon attracted attention. Intricate, futuristic-looking worlds of forms, biocomputers, and fantastic visions of the future define the motifs of his works. The closer one approaches his paintings, the more abstract and multi-layered, detail upon detail emerges from the surface. Like superimposed layers of earth, rock, and stone, Pascal Schwendener superimposes visual layers in which the world is condensed. His works show influences from classical painting, graffiti, and comic art. In creating his works, he tries to incorporate all means and techniques of painting. Pascal Schwendener is considered a shooting star among the students at the academy. Pretty Portal presents his first solo exhibition in Düsseldorf.Pascal Schwendener : ICH
Vernissage: March 5th, 2010 from 7 PM
Exhibition: March 5th - March 26th, 2010