Banana Phone

Henry Curchod

Banana Phone, 2024200 x 170cmSign in to view price
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MaterialGallery
oil and charcoal on linenClearing
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork showcases a striking visual composition with a vibrant color palette. The prominent feature is the use of bold, expressive brushstrokes in varying shades of green, which appear to depict organic, almost alien-like forms. The overall arrangement creates a sense of movement and dynamism, with the shapes and colors interacting in an abstract, yet captivating manner. The artist's unique style and experimentation with texture and abstraction suggest a modern, avant-garde approach, inviting the viewer to interpret the piece's subject matter and the artist's intention. This contemporary work likely reflects the artist's exploration of the human experience or a commentary on the natural world through a distinct, imaginative lens. ...

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Artist
Henry Curchod
B.1992, American

Henry Curchod paints vivid, tension-filled scenes where figures seem caught between memory and myth, reality and dream. Drawing from his Californian upbringing and Iranian–Kurdish heritage, he channels a hybrid visual language that blends personal narrative with global cultural reverberations . His process begins with light sketches in oil stick, followed by gestural brushwork dipped in turpentine, which blurs and diffuses lines. The final touches—charcoal work and surface adjustments—bring clarity and contrast, creating canvases that pulse with controlled chaos and emotional resonance . Curchod’s compositions teem with theatrical tension: figures wrestle, collapse, flee, or hover in stands of ambiguous action. These moments emerge from his habit of notebook sketching—quick drawings made from daily observations that morph, over time, into a dreamlike, anecdotal reality . Through his refined layering technique and rich color palette, Curchod captures the instability of identity and the unpredictability of life. His work maintains a poetic ambiguity that invites viewers to step into unsettled psychological terrain, where each scene feels precariously poised between narrative and abstraction. ...

Henry Curchod: Artworks
Turbine
Henry CurchodTurbine, 2023
200.7 x 170.2cm
Banana Phone
route de sospel
staying young
Clearing
Gallery
Clearing
New York City, Los Angeles, Brussels

C L E A R I N G is a contemporary art gallery based in New York, Los Angeles and Brussels. The gallery was founded in 2011, with the focus of showing emerging art. It now represents over 20 living artists, providing many of them - such as Harold Ancart, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Chase Hall, Calvin Marcus and Marina Pinsky - with their first gallery exhibition. The gallery also represents the estates of Eduardo Paolozzi, Bruno Gironcoli and René Heyvaert. C L E A R I N G supports its artists by producing works, exhibitions and books, as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...