Michael Werner Gallery, Beverly Hills is pleased to present strike the dust, the first West Coast exhibition of new paintings by prominent German-born, New York-based painter Florian Krewer.
Full of rampant desires and fervent dreams, Krewer chronicles his recent travels, experiences, and revelries on the canvas. He celebrates community and love, while at the same time documenting his profound feelings of injustice, isolation, loneliness, and loss. Deeply personal and autobiographical, Krewer’s visceral and impassioned paintings are also universal. They offer up a world in which everyone has the freedom to love without barriers and bask in the fullness of nature and humanity.
Florian Krewer (born in Gerolstein, Germany in 1986) has exhibited around the world. Recent solo exhibitions include Nice Dog, M WOODS Museum, Beijing; light the ocean, Michael Werner Gallery, New York; everybody rise, Aspen Art Museum; Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; and ride or fly, Michael Werner Gallery, London. The artist received the Prix Jean-François Prat awarded by the Bredin Prat Foundation in 2022. Krewer lives and works in the South Bronx, New York.
Florian Krewer
“twinz”, 2024
Oil on linen
108 1/4 x 118 1/4 inches
275 x 300.5 cm
KRE 268
Florian Krewer
“ground under your feet”,
2024 Oil on linen
118 1/4 x 108 1/4 inches
300.5 x 275 cm
KRE 272
Florian Krewer
“under the face of feeling”, 2024
Oil on linen
112 1/4 x 122 inches
285 x 310 cm
KRE 297
Florian Krewer
“between the times”, 2024
Oil on linen
122 x 112 1/4 inches
310 x 285 cm
KRE 298
Florian Krewer
“only one life peace”, 2024
Oil on linen
122 x 112 1/4 inches
310 x 285 cm
KRE 299
Florian Krewer
“new orleans”, 2024
Oil on linen
112 1/4 x 122 inches
285 x 310 cm
KRE 303
Florian Krewer
“thunder judges”, 2024
Oil on linen
118 x 108 1/4 inches
299.5 x 275 cm
KRE 305
Florian Krewer
“into the sun”, 2024
Oil on linen
112 1/4 x 122 inches
285 x 310 cm
KRE 306
Florian Krewer
“loss average”, 2024
Oil on linen
106 1/2 x 102 1/2 inches
270.5 x 260.5 cm
KRE 312
Florian Krewer
“no looking back”, 2024
Oil on linen
92 x 80 inches
233.5 x 203 cm
KRE 314
Florian Krewer
“safe haven”, 2024
Oil on linen
92 x 80 inches
233.5 x 203 cm
KRE 315
Florian Krewer
“time is now”, 2024
Oil on linen
92 x 80 inches
233.5 x 203 cm
KRE 316
Florian Krewer
"up and down", 2024
Oil on linen
92 x 80 inches
233.5 x 203 cm
KRE 318
Florian Krewer
“Untitled”, 2023
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches
61 x 45.5 cm
KRE 263
Florian Krewer
“Untitled”, 2024
Oil on linen
24 x 18 inches
61 x 45.5 cm
KRE 276
Florian Krewer
“Untitled”, 2024
Oil on linen
12 x 10 inches
23 x 25.5 cm
KRE 310
