For Dallas Art Fair 2022, Nino Mier Gallery presents a suite of works by Paris-based artist Antwan Horfee. Horfee paints in a mode that melds figuration with abstraction, incorporating a particular interest in sci-fi and fantasy aesthetics. Traversing between hazy color fields and airbrushed figuration, Horfee’s painterly gestures create narrative guides that bridge visual planes of varying depths and usher spectators into invented alternate realities. The marked distinction delineated by Horfee’s contrasting application methods denote the diverse potential for image making and consider the multitude of possibilities for working without technical training. The works endeavor to push amateurism and fuel creative curiosity. Manifested from emotion, the collage-like forms generated through Horfee’s action painting reflect layers of aesthetic references including Japanese ukiyo-e, graffiti, comics, and painters spanning art history such as Peter Paul Rubens and Charline von Heyl. Horfee’s vivid strokes and graphic undulating forms, palpable reminders of each work’s material flatness, are reminders of the power and joy of creation.
Antwan Horfee (b. 1983 in Paris, FR; lives and works in Paris, FR) studied Beaux-Arts de Paris. Horfee has presented solo exhibitions with Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles; Ruttkowski;68 in Paris; PLUS-ONE Gallery, Antwerp; and Palais de Tokyo, Paris. His works have also been included in group exhibitions at the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon; Galerie Derouillon, Paris; and the Michael Horbach Foundation, Cologne.