LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
D CONTEMPORARY
“IN THE EMANCIPATION OF SELF”
May 3 – May 26, 2024
"In The Emancipation Of Self" brings together a diverse selection of UK-based and international artists, each offering their interpretation of agency and personal transformation. Through paintings, sculptures, photography and installations, artists will explore the inherent capacity of individuals to shape their lives according to their own choices and aspirations. The exhibition celebrates the journey of self-discovery, embracing both strengths and weaknesses while advocating for authenticity and self-acceptance.
Shining a spotlight on new perspectives and narratives that redefine our understanding of self, this exhibition invites audiences to engage with artworks that transcend traditional boundaries, exploring the intersections of personal histories and contemporary realities.
Examining how our individual journeys intersect with larger societal narratives. Through rituals, events, and experiences, we navigate our paths, shaping our personal myths and contributing to broader social change. "In The Emancipation Of Self" seeks to reflect and comment on the current zeitgeist, offering fresh insights and perspectives on the complexities of the human experience.
“IN THE EMANCIPATION OF SELF” is on view May 3 through May 26, 2024, with an Opening Reception on Friday, May 3, from 6-8 pm. RSVP: irene@dcontemporary.com
Sales inquiries: irene@dcontemporary.com
General and press inquiries: info@dcontemporary.com
Tel: +44 20 7318 9208
Learn more about this exhibition at www.dcontemporary.com
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D CONTEMPORARY
23 Grafton Street
London W1S 4EY
United Kingdom
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Gallery Hours:
Tue 10am-5pm
Wed 10am-5pm
Thu 10am-5pm
Fri 11am-4:30pm
Sat 11am-4:30pm
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GALERIE BRUNO MASSA (PARIS, TBILISI, SEOUL)
Maxwell Stevens
Exhibition Postcard
"Beach Girls" (Detail)
Oil on Canvas
41 x 51 in, 104 x 130 cm
2022
MAXWELL STEVENS “LAST DAYS OF SUMMER” NEW PAINTINGS
February 11 – March 22, 2024
Preview Weekend: February 9, 10, 11
Opening Reception: February 11, 2024 6 - 10pm
GALERIE BRUNO MASSA is pleased to present MAXWELL STEVENS with LAST DAYS OF SUMMER, a powerful collection of new oil paintings. Taking on the grand tradition of gestural abstraction inspired by the North Atlantic coast and especially along Long Island with de Kooning and Pollock, the artist superposes explosively energetic abstractions directly atop intimate beach scenes rendered with meticulous precision. Overpainted in jewel-like blues, aquas, and teal, they are a celebration of leisure, friendship, and family, as well as the mutually voyeuristic nature of public beaches where everyone is willfully exposed. Focusing on the populated shorelines and delving into a personal trove of beach photos taken over many summers spent at Long Beach, one of the most popular beaches near NYC and a summertime destination for many New Yorkers.
As an avid beachgoer, Maxwell Stevens spent his adolescence on the Atlantic coast. “Some of my most memorable experiences have been at the beach, it’s a place of uninhibited leisure and of letting go of everything. At the same time, it is a place for reflection, a site for us to readjust through life’s journey. I want these paintings to convey that same positive effect on the viewer.” The artist’s visual language of sinuous contours and smears has given way to a burst of highly energetic expressions of scattered brushstrokes, sweeping gestures, drips, and plops of paint that fly across the paintings’ surfaces, immersing each scene into his own signature approach to abstraction. The looser and playful compositions skidding into and over the top of beachgoers, sunbathers, and surfers alike.
In the large paintings filling the front of the gallery, bright abstractions and figural compositions shift ceaselessly from image to image. “Beach Scene, Siblings” presents a group of leisurely young sunbathers. The enticing position of the woman fixing her hair is counterbalanced with the innocence of her companions in the scene, as her sisters laugh and relax under their colorful beach umbrella. Hundreds of other beachgoers disappear onto the horizon. In “Beach Scene, In Repose” a young man sits in contemplation as friends chat under the hot sunlight. And in “Bikini Girl” the over-life-size figure turns powerfully away, her athletic physique and dominating scale displaying a sense of self-empowerment and grandeur balanced with classical beauty. In other works, figures, sand, and surf all dissolve entirely into luminous soft focus. In a final set of smaller panels entitled “Last Days of Summer” figures are seen at a distance conversing under stormy skies, as summertime draws to a close. There are many magical moments at play throughout the series, now on view.
MAXWELL STEVENS “Last Days of Summer” New Paintings, is on view February 11 through March 22, 2024, with an Opening Reception on Sunday, February 11, from 6-10 pm. Previews begin Friday, February 9, 2024.
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In partnership with KUNSTMATRIX
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 27
10553 Berlin, Germany
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GALERIE BRUNO MASSA
14 Merab Kostava, Vera
Tbilisi 0108 Georgia
T: +995 599 073 886
12 rue Vivienne
Paris 75002 France
T: +33 (0) 6 61 00 10 33
via Signal & WhatsApp
161-12, 1F Samsung Dong
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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MADRID, SPAIN
IRYO
April 15 – April 29, 2024
(MADRID, SPAIN) MONAT GALLERY is pleased to invite you to “IRYO,” a new group exhibition now on view in the gallery that starts on the 15th until the 29th of April.
“IRYO” is more than just an exhibition; it is a celebration of resilience, a homage to the indomitable spirit of humanity, and a testament to the enduring power of creativity. Each piece showcased within these walls represents a unique perspective, a personal narrative, or a collective expression of the human condition. From strokes of vibrant colors to intricate compositions, our artists delve into the depths of emotion, memory, and introspection, inviting you to embark on a contemplative voyage.
Visit Artsper to view works included in this exhibition. For further information about the exhibition and related works contact info@monatgallery.com
IRYO
April 15 – April 29, 2024
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MONAT GALLERY
Calle de los Estudios, 7
28012 Madrid, Spain
+34 910 73 55 14
info@monatgallery.com
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HOURS
Mon 10am-6:30pm
Tue 10am-6:30pm
Wed 10am-6:30pm
Thu 10am-6:30pm
Fri 10am-6:30pm
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MILAN, ITALY
(Un)Fair Milan
March 1 - March 3, 2024
(MILAN, ITALY) From March 1st to 3rd, the event for the new generation of collectors returns with its third edition. At Superstudio Maxi, (un)fair presents international galleries featuring works by emerging and mid-career artists, showcasing pieces by well-known names alongside others completely outside the mainstream that deserve to be discovered.
Dive into a rich program that also includes artistic performances, musical experiences, and stimulating conversations. The desire for art, the spark that drives collecting, stands as a fil rouge of this edition, coming to life at the fair as well as in the image of the campaign captured by the creative eye of artist Rooy Charlie Lana, in the bathrooms of Superstudio Maxi. WE AWAIT YOU AT THE FAIR TO FULFILL YOUR DESIRES!
"(un)fair is a young and courageous contemporary art fair. It was born in the middle of the pandemic, at a time when the whole world and Italy was on pause, waiting for the end of a long lockdown that has forced the art world to wait and reschedule. (un)fair was born as a reaction to this long pause. It works for a new restart, inaugurating this new format with a beautiful first edition in 2022, in Milan, at the Superstudio Maxi venue. (un)fair wants to create a space for new relationships, works outside the box to bring a new and wide audience closer to contemporary art, while supporting galleries and artists and the artistic production of our days. The fair introduced a new format called the “fair-not-fair”, being a 360 degree experience with contemporary art. As the manifest states: “It wants to create a new relationship between the public and art, galleries and new collecting, market and culture. It is the ideal place for the development of collecting. It supports the contemporary system. It arises from the need to find a space for relationships and sociality. It is a space for contemporary content.” (un)fair was born as an ironic negation of the very concept of a fair. It proposes itself as a contemporary art fair that breaks out of the box to propose new ways of interacting with the art world, involving and creating new generations of collectors and supporting the art system, galleries and artists who are making history in our time. (un)fair is fair: attentive to sustainability, equal opportunity, inclusive and supportive of cultural diversity."
-KOONESS 2024
(UN)FAIR MILAN
March 1 - March 3, 2024
Preview Party: February 29, 2024
SUPERSTUDIO MAXI
VIA MONCUCCO 35
ITALY – MILANO
PRESS PREVIEW
FEBRUARY 29TH
17:00 – 18:00
OPENING PARTY
FEBRUARY 29TH
18:00 – 22:00
(BY INVITATION ONLY)
PUBLIC OPENINGS
MARCH, 1-3
FRI 11:00 – 21:00
SAT 11:00 – 21:00
SUN 11:00 – 20:00
For further information contact:
MONAT GALLERY
Calle de los Estudios, 7
28012 Madrid, Spain
+34 910 73 55 14
info@monatgallery.com
international@monatgallery.com
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MADRID, SPAIN

WHITE NOISE
January 15 - January 30, 2024
(MADRID, SPAIN) MONAT GALLERY is pleased to invite you to “White Noise,” a new group exhibition on view in the gallery that starts on the 15th until the 30th of January.
In a world inundated with information and constant stimuli, the concept of white noise takes center stage as a metaphorical space of reflection, introspection, and the interplay between order and chaos. Through the works of diverse artists, "White Noise" navigates the subtle nuances and profound resonances of this multifaceted concept.
The notion of white noise, in this context, serves as a metaphorical refuge—an antidote to the cacophony of contemporary life. As you explore "White Noise," allow the convergence of stillness and sound to transport you into a contemplative space, where the boundaries between art and life, noise and silence, dissolve into a harmonious continuum.
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MONAT GALLERY
Calle de los Estudios, 7
28012 Madrid, Spain
+34 910 73 55 14
info@monatgallery.com
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HOURS
Mon 10am-6:30pm
Tue 10am-6:30pm
Wed 10am-6:30pm
Thu 10am-6:30pm
Fri 10am-6:30pm
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NEW YORK, NY
Maxwell Stevens
Exhibition Postcard
"Beach Girls" (Detail)
Oil on Canvas
41 x 51 in, 104 x 130 cm
2022
MAXWELL STEVENS “LAST DAYS OF SUMMER” NEW PAINTINGS
September 1 – October 15, 2023
Preview Week: September 1 - 8
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 9, 6 - 9 pm
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11 am - 6 pm, Sunday 1 - 5 pm, and by appointment
(NEW YORK, NY) - ONETWENTYEIGHT is delighted to present MAXWELL STEVENS “Last Days of Summer” a powerful collection of new oil paintings. Taking on the grand tradition of gestural abstraction inspired by the North Atlantic coast and especially along Long Island with De Kooning and Pollock, the artist superposes explosively energetic abstractions directly atop intimate beach scenes rendered with meticulous precision. Overpainted in jewel-like blues, aquas, and teal, they are a celebration of leisure, friendship, and family, as well as the mutually voyeuristic nature of public beaches where everyone is willfully exposed. Focusing on the populated shorelines and delving into a personal trove of beach photos taken over many summers spent at Long Beach, one of the most popular beaches near NYC and a summertime destination for many New Yorkers.
As an avid beachgoer, Maxwell Stevens spent his adolescence on the Atlantic coast. “Some of my most memorable experiences have been at the beach, it’s a place of uninhibited leisure and of letting go of everything. At the same time, it is a place for reflection, a site for us to readjust through life’s journey. I want these paintings to convey that same positive effect on the viewer.” The artist’s visual language of sinuous contours and smears has given way to a burst of highly energetic expressions of scattered brushstrokes, sweeping gestures, drips, and plops of paint that fly across the paintings’ surfaces, immersing each scene into his own signature approach to abstraction. The looser and playful compositions skidding into and over the top of beachgoers, sunbathers, and surfers alike.
In the large paintings filling the front of the gallery, bright abstractions and figural compositions shift ceaselessly from image to image. “Beach Scene, Siblings” presents a group of leisurely young sunbathers. The enticing position of the woman fixing her hair is counterbalanced with the innocence of her companions in the scene, as her sisters laugh and relax under their colorful beach umbrella. Hundreds of other beachgoers disappear onto the horizon. In “Beach Scene, In Repose” a young man sits in contemplation as friends chat under the hot sunlight. And in “Bikini Girl” the over-life-size figure turns powerfully away, her athletic physique and dominating scale displaying a sense of self-empowerment and grandeur balanced with classical beauty. In other works, figures, sand, and surf all dissolve entirely into luminous soft focus. In a final set of smaller panels entitled “Last Days of Summer” figures are seen at a distance conversing under stormy skies, as summertime draws to a close. There are many magical moments at play throughout the series, now on view.
MAXWELL STEVENS “Last Days of Summer” New Paintings, is on view September 1 through October 15, 2023, with an Opening Reception on Saturday, September 9, from 6-9 pm. Previews begin Friday, September 1, 2023.
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galleryonetwentyeight.org
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PARIS, TBILISI, SEOUL

MAXWELL STEVENS
"Thin Space, Sewing"
Oil on Panel
16 x 12 in, 41 x 30.5 cm
2016
TRAIT D'UNION
PEPE HIDALGO & MAXWELL STEVENS
April 22 – June 21, 2023
Opening Reception Saturday, April 22 and Sunday, April 23
galerie bruno massa is thrilled to introduce to an international audience TRAIT D'UNION with PEPE HIDALGO & MAXWELL STEVENS and curated by ARIN FRUT.
TRAIT D'UNION draws a line between two very different universes from North America, one is based on Spanish culture & dissipated folklore inherited by PABLO PICASSO, Cubism or JUAN GRIS, the other one is more constructed and sophisticated with MAXWELL STEVENS's detailed oil, quasi-architectural, even for his abstracts.
PEPE HIDALGO is a Canadian artist with Spanish origins born in 1953 who lives and works in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. An important purpose in his work is that it can speak for itself. When we sit, look, and listen, we often find meaning and understanding in what is in front of us. Imagery, symbolism, color, texture, shape, and volume are used to express his thoughts and feelings. Many of his paintings narrate a story, experience, or thought he wants to share with the audience. Just as each individual has their interpretation of events, viewers have their own interpretation depending on their life experiences. Pepe's work is abstract and figurative narrative. For a painting to be narrative the artist needs to incorporate elements the viewer can identify, this allows them to participate in the narrative of the painting. The paintings are open so the viewer can penetrate the artwork and feel as if they are the creator themselves. This allows people to have different interpretations and give their own meaning to his painting. His objective is finally for people to have a personal and unique experience with his marvelous art.
MAXWELL STEVENS is an American artist born in 1971 who lives and works in New York, USA. He received an MFA in Painting from the School of Art at Washington University in Saint Louis in 1995, and a BFA in Painting from The Atlanta College of Art, now SCAD Atlanta in 1993. He is best known for his multi-layered paintings and drawings that overlay photorealistic images with vivid, energized abstractions. Shortly after moving to New York City, after many years of working exclusively in non-representational abstraction, Maxwell Stevens embarked on a significant stylistic shift in his approach to his art. He began composing his canvases with recognizable imagery, incorporating photorealist figures and lifelike scenes into his works, and then abruptly superposing these paintings directly with tumultuous abstractions. This new period is clearly identifiable by large abstract painted gestures superimposed directly on top of photorealist paintings that have become increasingly descriptive, with each series correlating the seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, around a deeply personal and often autobiographical theme. In an essay entitled Maxwell Stevens: Thesis, Antithesis & Synthesis, NYArts Magazine observed “These vivid gestures of thick impasto grow invariably in an upwards motion as abrupt expressions that reach the viewer with immediate emotional charge and the space far beyond the canvas.” By dramatically increasing the surface tension of the canvases, from the chaotic clouds of brushstrokes that remain individually visible underneath, to the bowlike tension of a unified flat and hard mirror surface, the artist makes them most accessible to the viewer. Writing for Meer Magazine, Art Critic Alejandro Pardo described the paintings this way, “The surface you see becomes both the frontier that separates and the gate that opens and integrates the outer and inner spaces.” The possibilities with his newly invented approach has allowed him to introduce a wide variety of content and narrative situations into what at first glance often appears as a purely abstract picture, opening up to new subject matter while raising important questions about the very nature of representation, perception, and pattern recognition, constantly questioning and pushing the limits of painting as a form. Often working with everyday scenes drawn directly from life, the artist has said “I’m interested in the domestic arena as the primary site for our psychological and emotional experiences, and in how we exist differently, historically, within each passing moment. I try to use abstraction and the fragmentation of representational imagery to evoke this.” Exploring an array of subjects over the years, his pictures address many of the shared aspects of the human condition. Maxwell Stevens has exhibited extensively and internationally in contemporary venues from Tokyo to Dallas to New York, alongside major artists such as Cy Twombly, Joseph Beuys, and Dorothea Rockburne. His paintings and projects have been featured in numerous publications including Art in America, NY Arts Magazine, Meer Magazine, The Museum of Modern Art Contemporary Drawing and Print Associates Bulletin, Fine Art Connoisseur, The
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and Art Papers, among many others.
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In partnership with KUNSTMATRIX
Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 27
10553 Berlin, Germany
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GALERIE BRUNO MASSA
34-36 Irakli Abashidze Street, Vake
Tbilisi 0179 Georgia
T: +995 599 073 886
12 rue Vivienne
Paris 75002 France
T: +33 (0) 6 61 00 10 33
via Signal & WhatsApp
161-12, 1F Samsung Dong
Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea
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NEW YORK, NY
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MAXWELL STEVENS
"Evening (second version)"
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Paper
Limited Edition Set
18.75 x 24.5 in, 47.5 x 62.25 cm
2023
THE BRIDGE
May 26 – June 4, 2023
Opening Reception: Friday, May 26th, 6-8 PM
The Bridge (Die Brücke)
From form to expression
Van Der Plas presents All Art+
(NEW YORK, NY) From Friday, May 26th through Sunday, June 4th, 2023, Van Der Plas presents an All Art+ Group Exhibition titled: “The Bridge.”
Die Brücke was an art movement and collective that began as a reaction against the older and bourgeois social order of Germany at the time. Its members focused on non-academic forms of expression such as woodcut prints, carved wooden sculptures, and modes of painting considered primitive. This provided the platform for experimentation to portray feelings on bohemian freedom and urban life. The artists desired to create a passage to the art of the future, bringing about artistic techniques that provoke an emotional response, often depicting nudity, harsh edges, and bold colors.
This All Art+ “The Bridge” invites artists to consider Die Brücke as an inspiration to bridge the old and the new. Hoping to explore how the city destabilizes perspectives and ways of making, artists may apply this art historical moment to our current time and show their interpretations of Die Brücke within their visual languages.
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VAN DER PLAS GALLERY
156 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
T: +1 212 227 8983
www.vanderplasgallery.com
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HOURS
Sun 11am-5pm
Mon-Tue 12pm-5pm
Wed-Sat 11am-6pm
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MADRID, SPAIN
MAXWELL STEVENS
"Two Musicians, Central Park"
Giclée Print on Hahnemühle Paper
Limited Edition Set
24 x 18 in, 61 x 46 cm
2023
COLOURS OF SOUND
Maxwell Stevens
Kristina Norvilaite
Bulgan Khatanbaatar
July 9 - August 9, 2023
(MADRID, SPAIN) From Saturday, July 9th through Wednesday, August 9th, 2023, MONAT GALLERY welcomes visitors to "Colours of Sound," an immersive online art exhibition that celebrates the beauty and power of music through captivating paintings and prints.
Explore a virtual gallery filled with vibrant artworks inspired by the harmonies, rhythms, and emotions of music. From abstract expressions to realistic portraits, each artwork captures the essence of different genres and evokes a symphony of emotions. Join us on this virtual journey where music and art intertwine, inviting you to experience the magic of melodies from the comfort of your own screen.
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In partnership with ARTSPER
23-25 Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Paris, Ile-de-France, 75001, France
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MONAT GALLERY
Calle de los Estudios, 7
28012 Madrid, Spain
+34 910 73 55 14
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