The Smoker
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oil on canvasBalice Hertling
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This artwork features a striking portrait of a figure in a dark, fur-lined coat against a vibrant purple background. The subject's face is pale and ghostly, with piercing eyes and a neutral expression, accentuated by the dramatic lighting and shadow play. The overall composition is balanced and centered, drawing the viewer's attention to the central figure. The artist has employed a blend of realism and expressionistic techniques, creating a powerful and enigmatic visual presence. The work may explore themes of isolation, mystery, or the human condition, reflecting the artist's unique perspective and artistic vision. ...

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Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Artist
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
B.1989, Chinese

Xinyi Cheng’s enegramic paintings depict the subjects of the artist's daily encounters. Her – at first glance – soft and pensive works manifest complexities of intimacy, emotion and desire, capturing and translating the state of being in the world. Through a gentle play of light and colour, the gestures, portraits and landscapes become translucent while remaining vivid in their emotive force. A man sitting on the sofa in his boxes and speaking on the phone, a small dog called Monroe staring at a bone, anonymous hands lighting someone’s cigarette, a couple frozen in embrace, the artist’s visual universe is familiar in its hazy everydayness. Reminiscent of the style and colour palette of such artists as Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas and Picasso, Cheng’s is strikingly unique yet universal. Cheng’s work is an intimate exploration of what it means to be human, together in the world. ...

Xinyi Cheng 程心怡 : Artworks
Lighter
Red Bonnet
Between Her and the Rain
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Between Her and the Rain , 2020
73 x 92cm
The Midnight Fire
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
The Midnight Fire , 2020
60 x 73cm
Swimmer
Stijn in the Red Bonnet
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Stijn in the Red Bonnet, 2020
115 x 145cm
Aodhan
the Horse Wearing a Red Ear Bonnet and Eye Blinders
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
the Horse Wearing a Red Ear Bonnet and Eye Blinders, 2020
160 x 145 x 3cm
Pine Forest
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Pine Forest, 2020
73 x 60 x 3cm
For A Light II
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
For A Light II, 2020
160 x 145cm
Red Kayak
Lighter
Parapetto
Aperitif
Long-distance Swimmer
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Long-distance Swimmer, 2021
55 x 46 x 2cm
Untitled
The Smoker
Untitled
Untitled
Fountain V
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Fountain V, 2019
23 x 33 x 21cm
Fountain III
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Fountain III, 2012
42 x 40 x 30cm
Fountain IV
Xinyi Cheng 程心怡
Fountain IV, 2012
36 x 37 x 25cm
Balice Hertling
Gallery
Balice Hertling
Paris, Paris

Balice Hertling was founded in 2007 by Daniele Balice and Alexander Hertling. Balice Hertling has hosted the debut solo shows of many artists like Camille Blatrix, Xinyi Cheng and Isabelle Cornaro—all of whom have gone on to earn widespread recognition. From 2012 to 2016, gallery founders Daniele Balice and Alexander Hertling operated a project space in Manhattan. Returning to France in 2017, they relocated the main gallery to Paris’ Marais district and transformed the former Belleville location into a space for curated projects and shows by younger artists. Indeed, many artists represented by the gallery exemplify unique subcommunities of the emergent art world. This breadth of representation also translates to a breadth of medium, as the gallery represents painters as well as artists working in mixed media such as film, performance and sculptural objects. The gallery also represents artists whose careers are more established : British conceptual artist Stephen Willats, Syrian-born painter and sculptor Simone Fattal, and Italian artist Enzo Cucchi. In its programming and practices, Balice Hertling constantly works toward creating a more diverse and equitable art landscape. In this spirit, the gallery is proud to represent the Estate of Behjat Sadr, who was the first woman artist to be recognized as a modern master in Iran. As a result of the pandemic, the gallery co-founded « Palai » in the summer of 2021, a yearly exhibition hosting a small group of galleries from around the world, in historic locations in Lecce, a city in Italy's Puglia region. Palai is neither a curated exhibition nor a fair, it is thought to be a version of a residency, a collegial collaboration, where artists, galleries, and friends of the art world come together. In 2021 Balice Hertling relocated and brought closer both spaces in the Marais with a new main space inaugurated by a Ser Serpas scultpure solo show, and a new showroom and project space on rue de Montmorency. ...

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