WES HEMPEL
GBGLA is pleased to present the gallery's fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Wes Hempel. The exhibition features the artist's recent oil paintings and continues through November 14th.
Wes Hempel takes assumed narratives of masculinity and myth and deftly recontextualizes them - supple flesh, classical architectural forms, and pastoral landscapes take on new meaning under Hempel’s virtuosic brush strokes. By setting psychologically acute portraits of modern-day men against backdrops appropriated from such disparate sources as neoclassical history painting and Dutch golden age landscapes, the artist’s works forge provocative dialogues between past and present...... READ MORE
Wes Hempel takes assumed narratives of masculinity and myth and deftly recontextualizes them - supple flesh, classical architectural forms, and pastoral landscapes take on new meaning under Hempel’s virtuosic brush strokes. By setting psychologically acute portraits of modern-day men against backdrops appropriated from such disparate sources as neoclassical history painting and Dutch golden age landscapes, the artist’s works forge provocative dialogues between past and present...... READ MORE
Wes Hempel,
Hollywood Hills After the Rain, 2023,
oil on canvas,
20x16 in.,
$4,200
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Wes Hempel,
Unexpected Blessing II, 2020,
oil on canvas,
48x32 in.,
$14,000
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Wes Hempel,
Before the Miracle, 2020
oil on canvas, 36x24 in., $10,500
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Wes Hempel,
No Longer Tied to the Past, 2009-2020
oil on canvas, 48x44 in., $19,500
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Wes Hempel,
A New Way Forward, 2020,
oil on canvas,
30x36 in.,
$11,500
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Wes Hempel,
Farewell #4, 2012,
oil on canvas,
18x36 in.,
$6,200
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Wes Hempel,
Farewell #4, 2012,
oil on canvas,
18x36 in.,
$6,200
