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Adrian Geller
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Adrian Geller
Adrian Geller (b. 1997) is a Swiss artist based in Paris. Geller’s practice delves into the intersections of social behaviours, craftsmanship, tales, myths, and legends, expressed throughout histories. By merging elements of memory, art history and personal experience he constructs a reimagined world where new narratives emerge to interrupt normative processes around ideas of progress.
Populated by recurring male characters confronted to their most primitive instincts, Adrian Geller’s paintings often portray figures that are free to explore the world through their own means. Within his body of work, they travel and unearth their own peace and serenity trough wild and dramatic landscapes. Naked men oscillate between showcasing their vulnerability towards our human condition and moments of intimacy, which can be perceived as a way of conveying intimate feelings and deconstructing the male archetype.
The relevance and accuracy of Geller’s recreated world resides in his questioning and re-imagining of a symbiotic bond between humans and nature. At a time when environmental and sociological crises have unpredictable impacts on our collective experience, and life in general, Adrian Geller unveils our very own condition and leaves us gazing at the world in disbelief.
Adrian Geller studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris, France. Recent exhibitions include Capsule Venice, Perrotin, Paris, Capsule Shanghai, Villa Noailles, in Hyères, Chez Valentin, in Paris, Stone Oven House, in Turin, François Ghebaly, in Los Angeles ….
Aparté, 2024
Adrian Geller
Oil on canvas in 2 parts, 141 3/4 x 70 7/8 in, 360 x 180 cm
St Jean Baptiste
Adrian Geller
2023, oil on canvas, 100 x 150 cm.
JARDIN INTÉRIEUR
Adrian Geller
Villa Noailles, Hyères
© Luc Bertrand. Courtesy of the artist and Villa Noailles, Hyères.
Cloudburst
Adrian Geller
30 March-29 April, 2023
François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
© Paul Salveson. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.
Umbrella III
Adrian Geller
2022, oil on canvas, 100 x 170 cm. © Paul Salveson. Courtesy of that artists and Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.
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Nathanaëlle Herbelin,
Adrian Geller,
Nino Kapanadze,
Elené Shatberashvili...
7 January-25 February, 2023
Perrotin, Paris
© Tanguy Beurdeley. Courtesy of the artists and Perrotin, Paris.
Hide and Seek, 2022
Adrian Geller
The Loom
Adrian Geller
2021, oil on canvas, 120 x 210 cm. © Paul Salveson. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.
Der Hausgeist
Adrian Geller
2023, oil on wood, 60 x 75 cm.
Spring Bulb, 2024
Adrian Geller
courtesy of the artist and Super Dakota
The cake thief
Adrian Geller
2023, oil on canvas, 70 x 90 cm.
Wet portrait
Adrian Geller
2022, oil on canvas, 30.5 x 40.6 cm. © Paul Salveson. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles.
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