Opening next week A Vagrant’s Paradise A solo exhibition by Maximillian Brown In gallery II "Maximillian Brown speaks of painting with the conviction and clarity of someone who has, by natural born talent, or by practice, the ability to channel their lifeforce onto the canvas. But when it comes to his own work, Max is an iconoclast: “There is image making, and then there is painting-painting”, he explains and assures me, that he belongs in the latter category. What makes an image an image? Are abstract paintings, then, images or paintings? While I wonder, Maximillian smiles unconcerned and points to his canvases. It is inconsequential. He simply invites us to lose ourselves in their seductive surfaces. As if Monet’s famous haystacks had been dissected, dissolved and laid out on to a two-dimensional surface, these surfaces act as fulcrums for the endless play of light and shadow.” - Astrid Wang, Director V1 Gallery Pictured: Maximillian Brown CORRUPTED INFLICTION / ABSENT PRESERVATION (PRIDE + JOY), 2022 Oil on canvas 120 x 100 cm #maximillianbrown #v1gallery #astridwang #painting #entertheabyss @maximillianbrown 🖤💙 @baglaenskat