| | | | | | | | Philipp Keel
Julie, 2014
153 x 102.8 cm
Color Print on Arches Water Color Rough 650g
Edition 5 & 2 AP | | | | | | LAST SUMMER | | | | 5 September ‐ 19 October, 2019 | | | Vernissage: Thursday, 5 September, 6-9pm
Guest Speakder: Benedict Wells, Author | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Philipp Keel
Palm and a Palm Leaf, 2019
71 x 56 cm
Imbue Print
Edition 7 & 2 AP | | | | | | | "The most glorious summers are often also the most painful. Because we rarely feel more alive. And at their end, we are all the more reminded that everything will have to pass by eventually. If you look at Philipp Keel's new works for 'Last Summer', you notice the absence of people--aside from a single nude. Instead, there are predominantly images of palm trees, pools, drinks, in addition to still lifes, that initially seem cool and summery, as well as interspersed snapshots and playful poetry glanced from the tail of his eye. All the images are united by the artist's attention to special details and moods, but closer inspection reveals the melancholy that permeates many of the works. Often the moment has already passed or can only be seen blurred at the edges of consciousness. What remains is a feeling of transience, perhaps even a touch of loneliness. ... | | | | | | | | | Philipp Keel
Sea, 2017
220 x 151 cm
Imbue Print on Baryte Paper
Edition 3 & 2 AP | | | | | | ... One of the great strengths of these works is that the images remain subtle and reserved. The viewer can find in them what s/he wants to find. Sometimes the melancholy is light-hearted and only like a gentle, not unpleasant tug at a taut chord deep inside us. But sometimes there's more to it than meets the eye. 'Last Summer' leads us to a threshold. The evening has dawned, one stands alone on the porch with a drink and looks out, notices the laughter of friends in the background, sees the last daylight fading. The memory serves us sometimes flickering, sometimes clear images of a day that passed far too quickly. Maybe one becomes momentarily wistful, but perhaps one might simply turn around and return to the others."
Benedict Wells, July 2019 | | | | | | | | | Philipp Keel
Cherry, 2019
51 x 40.2 cm Imbue Print
Edition 8 & 2 AP
| | | | | | Philipp Keel, artist and author, is also the publisher of Diogenes. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston and at Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen in Munich, before moving to California and working in various artistic disciplines. Keel’s photographs, paintings, drawings, and prints have been exhibited worldwide.
He became internationally known for the bestseller series "All About Me" (Broadway Books, 1998), for Color (Steidl, 2003) and the book series "Simple Diary" (TASCHEN). In 2014 Keel published the catalogue "State of Mind" (Nieves) to accompany his exhibition at Villa Flor in S-chanf, featuring drawings, watercolors, and Silkscreen Editions. In 2017 Steidl published the monography "Splash" (Steidl, 2017), which presents a rigorous selection of Keel’s photographic work from the past years. | | | | | | | | | Philipp Keel
Palms in a Pool, 2017
217 x 150 cm
Imbue Print on Baryte Paper
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