David Breuer-Weil was born in London in 1965 and
continues to live and work in North London. His work frequently explores ideas
of humanity, history and existence, studying at Central Saint Martin’s School
of Art and Clare College, Cambridge University. Breuer-Weil is famed for his
monumental solo shows of vast painted canvases referred to as the Projects.
‘The Project’ was held in 2001 at the Camden Roundhouse; ‘Project 2’ was held
at the Bargehouse, OXO Tower in 2003; ‘Project 3’ was then held in conjunction
with the Ben Uri Gallery in 2007. ‘Project 4’ was held in the vaults beneath
Waterloo station in February 2013. It was the largest exhibition of his work to
date, featuring over 50 of his large scale canvases in a collection of 130
works. Alongside the Projects Breuer-Weil continues to work on a smaller scale
producing works on paper, paintings and sculpture. His giant sculptures Visitor
and Visitor 2 were included in Sotheby’s 2010 & 2011 ‘Beyond Limits’
exhibitions at Chatsworth House. In 2012 the work 'Emergence' was installed
into Hanover Square, London, as part of the Westminster City of Sculpture'. Today
the Project 4, the latest in the series of Breuer-Weil's epic solo projects,
includes some 70 canvases alongside a number of sculptures. It’s a mix of colors. it fuses the themes of place with new concerns about
the human condition and the artist's role as commentator and creator. “Humanity,
philosophy and politics flit between the tragic and the joyous in a visual
language that is as much absurdist as it is emotive”. A focal point of this new body of work is a
heightened and politically topical interest in ideas of homeland, territory and
belonging explored through an extended repertoire of familiar images such as
fire and water, boxes, scrolls, books and feet with a new and expansive
consideration of cosmology's prophetic and pseudo-scientific structures. The
Project series represents Breuer-Weil’s most comprehensive production; it is a
monument to humanity and modern life. Is a testament to the city that inspired
it.
The Vaults, Arch 233, Leake Street London SE1 7 NN
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