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Expo Chicago

Jan-Ole Schiemann

September 22 - 25, 2015

Booth E719

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Blouin Artinfo
Blouin Artinfo
5 Must-See Shows in New York: Graham Collins, Rachel Rossin and More October 2015

I first saw this young German painter’s work at EXPO Chicago, where LA-based MIER Gallery gave him a solo outing. The paintings, made with ink on unprimed linen, are all based on gestural moments borrowed from early “Betty Boop” films — a quirky genesis, but one that you don’t need any clue about in order to appreciate the squiggly, kinetic energy of the works.

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Blouin Artinfo
Blouin Artinfo
At Expo Chicago, New Discoveries and Unexpected Deals September 2015

…I also seriously covet Mier Gallery’s graphite drawings by Cologne-based Jan-Ole Schiemann, which, culling their imagery from abstract shapes and forms in 1930s Bettie Boop movies, have the energy of comic-book pages with all the players removed and only the explosive remnants of the action left behind.