C.O. Paeffgen

Of Moons, Mice, and (Wo)Men

Sep 17th – Oct 29th, 2022

Installation view © Joe Clark

Installation view © Joe Clark

Location: LEVY, Alt-Moabit 110, D-10559 Berlin

Opening: Sep 16, 6 – 9 pm

 

We are pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition »C.O. Paeffgen – Of Moons, Mice, and (Wo)Men« at LEVY Berlin presenting works by the artist form the 1970s until 2000s, from big-sized oil on canvas outlinings, up to works on paper, objects and wrappings.

 

»There is a system to the simplicity. The simplicity has a system. This is part of the system. C.O. Paeffgen (1933 – 2019), a lifelong resident of Cologne, is known as a painter, graphic artist, and creator of objects for his unique, autonomous pictorial vernacular. Drawing upon media images, he converts seriousness into the comical (and into comics). Conversely, he literally lends the comical serious contours. He counters the complexity of the world with the uttermost conciseness, which, in turn, is highly complex, and accordingly harbors pitfalls.« (Belinda Grace Gardner in the accompanying exhibition booklet)