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Jack Hanley Gallery is pleased to present a group show featuring works by Peter Bo虉hnisch, Sophie Treppendahl, and Paul Wackers. Combining the abstract with the figurative, these artists approach everyday scenes and objects using various techniques.

Based in Berlin, Peter Bo虉hnisch explores the possibilities of painting beyond oil on canvas. There is an alchemical quality about his creative process: different powders are mixed together, substances react with and on each other, harden or break up and, when combined, produce entirely new components. The texture is sometimes reminiscent of archaeological artefacts and fossilised shells, static mementos of time. The beauty of the motifs often contrasts with the coarseness of the surface, while humor and meaningfulness balance each other out.

New Orleans based painter Sophie Treppendahl paints quiet scenes that capture ordinary moments of unexpected bliss. Using light as a tool for abstraction, the artist鈥檚 compositions frequently depict colorful interiors full of shapes and shadows鈥攑laygrounds for paint and patterns that are rarely populated by figures. Treppendahls鈥檚 work explores how the associations contained in pleasant reminiscences bring us together. Treppendahl鈥檚 studio is featured frequently in her works, appearing to have just been vacated by the artist; the objects left behind serve to reflect on the painter at work, including a collection of art books, tangled headphones, coffee mugs, and car keys.