The artwork depicts two nude female figures in an intimate embrace, rendered in a warm, reddish-pink color palette. The figures' contorted poses and intertwined limbs create a sense of movement and dynamism within the composition. The drawing style is loose and expressive, utilizing soft, gestural lines that convey a sense of vulnerability and sensuality. The artwork's style and subject matter suggest it is a work of figurative expressionism, reflecting the artist's exploration of the human form and emotional state. ...
Will Sheldon creates immersive visual experiences where material textures and subtle forms converge, inviting viewers to explore the delicate interplay between spontaneity and control. His work navigates the boundaries between high and low culture, drawing from subcultural ephemera and fantastical imagery to develop a distinctive visual language. Sheldon’s compositions often incorporate doll-like figures and mirrors, exploring themes of identity, vanity, and the erotic imaginary. These figures engage with their own reflections, confronting or turning away, symbolizing the complex relationship between reality and illusion. His meticulous approach to form and line blends historical references with contemporary sensibilities, allowing him to reinterpret classical motifs through a modern lens. His practice balances precision and ambiguity, creating works that are visually striking yet conceptually layered. Through innovative symbolism and carefully rendered details, Sheldon probes the intersections of identity, perception, and the human experience, inviting viewers into spaces that reflect both intimacy and complexity. ...
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. ...
