Galerie RX&SLAG

For his 3rd solo show at galerie RX&SLAG Paris, Berlin artist Paul Wesenberg presents a series of new canvases in an exhibition entitled Found new paradise.

Paul Wesenberg is an artist influenced by the German New Leipzig School movement, an artists’ collective that emerged in the 1990s. This third generation of artists has no clearly defined message or characteristics. Their works combine figurative and abstract elements, leaving plenty of room for experimentation.

In Paul Wesenberg’s painting, a decisive balance of power emerges from a harmonious blend of concreteness and abstraction.

The title of his exhibition Found new paradise echoes his last show at SLAG&RX New York in 2024, Half Past Paradise. The title was inspired by the poem Water from Another Source by poet and art critic Barry Schwabsky. This poem was a source of inspiration for the artist, who used it as a starting point for his art. He considers the cultural concept of paradise to be one of mankind’s oldest. Its cultural history accompanies us without interruption, and the way humanity perceives itself has always been reflected in the representation of paradise. In his paintings, through a pictorial translation of sun spots, reflections on water, and leopards whose eyes shimmer in a verdant darkness, the artist gives us a vision of what “eternal serenity” could be.

Solo show of Paul Wesenberg

From May 3rd to June 14th, 2025