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Bienvenu Steinberg & C is pleased to present Mia Enell's second solo exhibition with the gallery. The titular painting, Disco to Death, sets the tone for Enell's new body of work. In this triangular composition anchored by a red womb, a headless woman holds a skull in one hand—in a Shakespearean pause—and a disco ball in the other. Inspired by friends who radiated life even as their days were numbered, the works in this exhibition reflect on the ebbs and flows of existence. The communal joy of the dance floor meets the inevitability of death in a form of happy nihilism.
Trusting her intuitive process, Enell distills disparate thoughts and images into deeply resonant ambiguous works. Born in Sweden, she is best known for her paintings and drawings that explore the eccentricities of her inner life. Drawing from her Scandinavian roots, Enell employs dark humor to address themes traditionally considered somber, flattening taboos into comic parables to make difficult truths mo…
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Bienvenu Steinberg & C is pleased to present Mia Enell's second solo exhibition with the gallery. The titular painting, Disco to Death, sets the tone for Enell's new body of work. In this triangular composition anchored by a red womb, a headless woman holds a skull in one hand—in a Shakespearean pause—and a disco ball in the other. Inspired by friends who radiated life even as their days were numbered, the works in this exhibition reflect on the ebbs and flows of existence. The communal joy of the dance floor meets the inevitability of death in a form of happy nihilism.
Trusting her intuitive process, Enell distills disparate thoughts and images into deeply resonant ambiguous works. Born in Sweden, she is best known for her paintings and drawings that explore the eccentricities of her inner life. Drawing from her Scandinavian roots, Enell employs dark humor to address themes traditionally considered somber, flattening taboos into comic parables to make difficult truths mo…
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