Nocturama, Works from the 80s and 90s
Eleni Koroneou Gallery•Dec 05, 2025 — Feb 21, 2026
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Eleni Koroneou Gallery is pleased to present Nocturama, an exhibition by Helmut Middendorf featuring paintings and works on paper from the 1980s and the 1990s.
The paintings from the 1990s, exhibited here for the first time, form a series of self-portraits imbued with Middendorf’s characteristically raw and immediate energy. They create a vivid, psychologically charged constellation of faces, each pushing the expressive limits of color and gesture. Some appear as double portraits, where two heads share the same frame, their features overlapping or echoing one another. This doubling heightens a sense of movement, introspection, and internal dialogue.
Across many works, bold, mask-like features dominate—wide eyes, sharply modeled noses, and mouths that hover between stillness and expression. The frequent use of red on the nose or face introduces a visceral accent, suggesting heat, intensi…
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Nocturama, Works from the 80s and 90s
Eleni Koroneou Gallery•Dec 05, 2025 — Feb 21, 2026
Press Release
Eleni Koroneou Gallery is pleased to present Nocturama, an exhibition by Helmut Middendorf featuring paintings and works on paper from the 1980s and the 1990s.
The paintings from the 1990s, exhibited here for the first time, form a series of self-portraits imbued with Middendorf’s characteristically raw and immediate energy. They create a vivid, psychologically charged constellation of faces, each pushing the expressive limits of color and gesture. Some appear as double portraits, where two heads share the same frame, their features overlapping or echoing one another. This doubling heightens a sense of movement, introspection, and internal dialogue.
Across many works, bold, mask-like features dominate—wide eyes, sharply modeled noses, and mouths that hover between stillness and expression. The frequent use of red on the nose or face introduces a visceral accent, suggesting heat, intensi…
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