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PAST EXHIBITIONS:
GERBEN MULDER
THE AFTERMATH
Saturday, March 11, 6-8 PM
 Newman Popiashvili Gallery is pleased to present second solo exhibition of New York-based Dutch artist Gerben Mulder. The title of the show, The Aftermath, comes from the title of one of the paintings in the exhibition. The underlying themes of Mulder?s work are innocence, love and the consequential tragedy related to the loss of both.
The remaining four paintings are single portraits of Annabelle Lee, Phantasm, Red Head Girl and Early Morning Tragedy. Each portrait is placed against a monochromatic background ranging from black to bright yellow. His Annabel Lee is posed ala Venus de Milo, armless with exposed breasts and a drape around her waist. The portrait refers to Edgar Allen Poe's poem of the same title.
 Gerben Mulder is known for his portraits of young girls in highly sexualized poses that all bare
a striking resemblance to the artist. With the character of Annabel Lee, the artist found the perfect protagonist that fully embodies his work young, unrequited love and the tragedy of lost innocence. But as before where his children seemed adult-like, now his adults are infused with childishnesslike in Phantasm and Red Head Girl.
Gerben Mulder had solo exhibitions at K4, Munich, Galerie Michael Janssen in Cologne and Fortes/Vilacain Sao Paolo, Brazil. His work will be featured in the upcoming show at the Akron Museum of Art.
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