HYDRA I

Jordan Kerwick’s gritty, thickly impastoed paintings range from haunting figurative portraits and Cubist-inflected still lifes to more abstract, gestural works in the vein of Franz Kline or Cy Twombly. The self-taught Australian artist, now based in France, began painting in 2016—more or less on a whim, he says. Kerwick quickly found himself at the center of international success: He has shown at galleries in Melbourne, London, New York, Tokyo, and Paris. Kerwick’s disparate practice embraces a range of materials including enamel, acrylic, oil, house paint, airbrush, graphite, and charcoal. The artists’ inspirations include art historical still lifes, his family, literature, music, and the city of Los Angeles.

 Original work of 'Hydra'

Over the past year we have been working on turning Jordy Kerwick's 'Hydra' into real life. Jordy Kerwick has visited us in Berlin to complete the finishing touches and we are very happy to finally present the first 15 finished snakes in November 2021. The additional 30 snakes are released Fri, 13th of May 2022.