Like a Mirror Facing a Mirror

Sean Sullivan

Info: We are delighted to announce Sean Sullivan’s second solo exhibition, Lika a Mirror Facing a Mirror, which, drawing on a complex artistic process of image-making that straddles monotype, drawing, writing, and painting, centers on the moment of a mirror reflection. A moment in which the images of our perception intertwine and the boundaries of space and reflection collapse, casting doubt on every form of surface. Created through a complex process of transferring drawings and prints – in which oil paints are applied to Japanese printing paper and canvas using stencils and rulers in a hybrid technique – Sullivan’s works evoke a dense world of abstract planes and layers of color that, like a facsimile, reveal a glimpse of the images’ inner architecture, emerging from its hidden depths. Within it, forms – as in the juxtaposition of two mirrors – transform into an infinite cabinet of compositional reflections: dots, rectangles, and squares subtly blend the traces of early 20th-century design and print traditions with references to abstract modernism, finding their pictorial-musical echo in titles such as The Composer. (…) Joint opening of the galleries in Düsseldorf-Flingern.