AUSTIN EDDY | IN THE OFF-HOURS.

We are pleased to present our second solo show with Austin Eddy (*1986, Boston, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York). On this occasion, Austin Eddy will present new paintings, sculptures and works on paper.

Austin Eddy is always exploring new boundaries in his work, which he sets for himself. He left non-figurative painting behind because he missed a connection to life and certain rules. Everything was possible! In the motif of the bird, to which he found in the organic work process rather by chance than from a conceptual consideration, he discovered a metaphor for our existence. The bird is a recurring motif in the history of art. Artists such as Jean Arp, Constantin Brancusi, and Paul Klee created countless works for which the depiction of the bird served as a point of departure. For Paul Klee, the animal symbolized total freedom, because unlike humans, it can move completely detached from gravity. Klee recognized an “Urtragik” (Ur-tragedy) in human existence: while the body is bound to the earth by gravity, the spirit moves completely freely. The duality of our lives also preoccupies Austin Eddy in his new paintings. He places the painting of an empty cage next to a bird with its wings spread, with no limits.

Read the full exhibition text by Fabienne Eggelhöfer here, and the German version here.