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Collage of five diverse artworks from the Hammer Museum Collections side by side. From left to right: 1) Contemporary painting of two embracing figures with surreal elements. 2) Post-impressionist style painting of trees with vibrant blues and greens. 3) Black and white illustration of a face with intricate patterns. 4) Japanese woodblock print style image of a figure in a checkered robe. 5) Photograph of a couple dancing, the woman in a black dress and the man in white

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Dan Herschlein

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Dan Herschlein makes scenes populated by haunting, fragmented bodies often cast directly from the artist’s own form. These uncanny limbs and headless torsos populate dreamlike narratives that teeter between horror and tenderness. Often replicating forms taken from domestic architecture, Herschlein reimagines the windows, living rooms, kitchens, and bedrooms of the home as spaces defined by the residue of human emotion. Their sculptures, wall reliefs, and installations transform wood, plaster, paint, and wax into eerily realistic tableaux.

Bio

Dan Herschlein (b. 1989, Bayville, New York) received a BFA from New York University in 2010. Recent solo exhibitions include those at Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2021, 2019); JTT, New York (2020, 2019, 2017); and New Museum, New York (2018), among other venues. Their work has been included in group exhibitions at Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York (2021); Lyles & King, New York (2020); Pact, Paris (2020); Jack Hanley Gallery, New York (2019); Magenta Plains, New York (2019); Nicelle Beauchene, New York (2018); François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (2018); Museum of Modern Art, Dubrovnik, Croatia (2018); and Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York (2018).