Wes Hempel: A Portable Eden
October 17 - November 14, 2020
October 17 - November 14, 2020
Gallery Hours:
Tuesday By Appointment
Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4:45pm
Private appointments are also available. Contact us to schedule:
Online (Calendly)
Email (LA@georgebillis.com)
Call (310-838-3685)
Tuesday By Appointment
Wednesday-Saturday 10am-4:45pm
Private appointments are also available. Contact us to schedule:
Online (Calendly)
Email (LA@georgebillis.com)
Call (310-838-3685)
GBGLA is pleased to present the gallery's fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Wes Hempel. The exhibition features the artist's recent oil paintings and continues through November 14th.
Wes Hempel takes assumed narratives of masculinity and myth and deftly recontextualizes them - supple flesh, classical architectural forms, and pastoral landscapes take on new meaning under Hempel’s virtuosic brush strokes. By setting psychologically acute portraits of modern-day men against backdrops appropriated from such disparate sources as neoclassical history painting and Dutch golden age landscapes, the artist’s works forge provocative dialogues between past and present...... READ MORE
Wes Hempel takes assumed narratives of masculinity and myth and deftly recontextualizes them - supple flesh, classical architectural forms, and pastoral landscapes take on new meaning under Hempel’s virtuosic brush strokes. By setting psychologically acute portraits of modern-day men against backdrops appropriated from such disparate sources as neoclassical history painting and Dutch golden age landscapes, the artist’s works forge provocative dialogues between past and present...... READ MORE
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Artist Statement 2020
I make paintings using an arrangement of shapes to construct images of moments I experience during daily activities. I capture observations using photographs, later comparing them to my memory of the time, resulting in modified representations of specific spaces.... READ MORE |
Artist Biography and Resume
Hempel was born in El Monte, CA, in 1953 and received his BA from Cal State Northridge in 1985 and his MA from UC Boulder in 1988. He has exhibited extensively throughout the US since 1987 and his paintings are included in numerous private and public collections including the Denver Art Museum, Microsoft.... READ MORE |
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Wes Hempel
No Longer Tied to the Past, 2009-2020 oil on canvas, 48x44 inches, $19,500 |
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Wes Hempel
A Dream of Safety, 2020 oil on canvas over panel, 24x24 inches, $8,400 |
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Wes Hempel,
Before the Miracle, 2020 oil on canvas, 36x24 inches, $10,500 |
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Wes Hempel
Integration, 2020 oil on canvas, 32x24 inches, $9,600 |
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