Exhibition Opening: Erik Sille - The adventures of Junshi and Stillborn II Since his early work, the visual fascination of Erik Sille draws energy from sources, which are not quite usual for the medium of painting, but thanks to his artistic activities, they settled in contemporary Slovak paining quite well. The fact that Erik Sille cunningly appropriates means of expression, objects, methods, and themes of the so-called consumerist culture, pop-culture or visuality of the electronic media is a clearly identified attribute of his individual visual language. Without any problems we recognize elements known from the wild and mad visuality of the present times: comic book, animated cinema, internet, computer games, street art, graffiti, tattoo, package design, iconography of advertising and entertainment business, political propaganda all the way to the design of serially produced plastic objects including toys. Storytelling through a picture belongs to the inherent and characteristic attributes of Sille's work. Various animal or comic book characters are usually the carriers and agents of stories. Characters in Sille's paintings find themselves in situations which are almost contrary to the clear and ideal world in which they are placed, or – if these are citations or found objects – to the world from which they come from. These situations are at least wrong if not pathological. The canvases emanate sticky sweetness of infantile naivety, childish pseudo-purity and hyped-up harmony of well-made up world, with its brightness shadowing the cruelty, rawness, brutality and perversion of the pictured situations or narrated stories. - Noro Lacko Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 5 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 8 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 9 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 12 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 16 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 19 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 22 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 23 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm Erik Sille - The Adventures of Junshi and Stillborn 29 Original work Watercolor on paper Signed by the artist Size: 19 x 28 cm 5 Pieces Gallery is pleased to show these new interesting works by leading Slovakian painter Erik Sille. The exhibition will run at www.5piecesgallery.com from today to June 15 2014. 10% off for 5 Pieces Gallery members. Private Sale: Patrick Bremer In this month's private sale, we are offering our members 15% off on all original works by Patrick Bremer. Just enter the code ps4134 at checkout to get the special members-only discount. The code is valid until June 15 2014. Patrick Bremer - Siren of Titan High quality giclee print on 310gsm Hahnemuhle German etching 100% cotton rag archival paper Signed and numbered by the artist Edition: 50 Image Size: 85 x 60 cm Print Size: 90 x 65 cm Patrick Bremer - Self High quality giclee print on 310gsm Hahnemuhle German etching 100% cotton rag archival paper Signed and numbered by the artist Edition: 50 Image Size: 60 x 50 cm Print Size: 65 x 55 cm Patrick Bremer - Hydra High quality giclee print on 310gsm Hahnemuhle German etching 100% cotton rag archival paper Signed and numbered by the artist Edition: 50 Image Size: 80 x 55 cm Print Size: 85 x 60 cm About the artist: Patrick Bremer (1982, Brighton/UK) explores the boundaries of collage using old magazines and books from thrift stores and car boot sales, producing portraits of the people around him. The medium allows for quick breaks between figurative and abstract elements, adding a fluidity and dynamism to what is essentially a traditional portrait. The piece begins with a rough plan, and then takes on its own direction, pushed by the shapes, colours and lines that come up in the paper to hand. Collage encourages this playful use of chance elements, sucking in text, stories and imagery from an array of different sources to create their own narrative on the canvas. Patrick Bremer received his BFA from Wimbledon School of Art in London and has won The DeLazlo Foundation Award from The Royal Society of Portrait Painters for his figurative work. He currently lives and works in Berlin. Introducing new artists We are pleased to welcome four new artists this month. Please have a look at fascinating works of Luca Zampetti, Hans Wilschut, Stephen j Shanabrook & Veronika Georgieva, and Eivind Blaker. Luca Zampetti Hans Wilschut Stephen j Shanabrook & Veronika Georgieva Eivind Blaker For press inquires or questions, please contact us. We are looking forward to hear from you! And thanks for sharing, commenting and liking our work! 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