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Aug 2022 — Sep 2022

Parallel Universe

Adam Handler

Adam Handler is a Kawaii Faux Naïf artist from New York, and brings 14 brand new paintings to this exhibition. And for the first time, he brings his three iconic topics together: UFO (Abductions), little ghost and the sweet Asian girls, as to creating a parallel universe in his own way.

Adam Handler discovered his artistic spark as a child in his grandparents’ New York framing factory. Surrounded with paintings by the likes of Chagall, de Kooning, Basquiat and Haring, he has developed his own style and language through long-term artistic creation. Adam focused his own creative voice by studying life drawing in Italy and earning a BA in art history, aiming to avoid the strictures of fine art education and retain the sensibility of “an outsider, but an informed outsider.”

Employing candy-colored acrylics and the childlike scrawl of oil stick, often using oil painting sticks, pencils and markers for creation, he strives to channel the raw, confident energy of innocence and makes the whole artwork be filled with rich details. he confronts his own trepidation about the transience of life by enveloping it in joyful exuberance, ultimately seeking to catalyze an emotional reaction in the viewer.

Exhibition Details

Dates
Aug 18, 2022 — Sep 14, 2022
Curated by
Caelis Galería
Location
Shanghai, China

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About the Artist

Adam Handler

Adam Handler

Kawaii Faux Naïf

Childlike simplicity, quirky, colorful, primitive — these are just a few words to describe the extraordinary talent of New York-born painter Adam Handler. His recognizable characters such as bats, ghosts, and wide-eyed girls embody innocence and adolescent energy that the very best of artists will tell you is close to impossible to render with fresh authenticity.

Using acrylic paint, oil stick, pencil, and markers, Handler's child-like and passionate drawing technique produces distinctive outlined characters which almost appear flat, with little to no depth of field. Handler studied Life Drawing in Italy and later graduated from Purchase College with a degree in Art History. Handler's work has been exhibited internationally, namely throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

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