Joel Mesler: Pool Party at Lévy Gorvy Palm Beach and London

Installation view, Joel Mesler: Pool Party, Lévy Gorvy Palm Beach 2022.

From Lévy Gorvy:

LGDR is pleased to announce Joel Mesler: Pool Party, an exhibition opening simultaneously in Palm Beach and in London that explores childhood memory and personal trauma contrasted with the joy and innocence that characterized the artist’s upbringing in Los Angeles during the 1980s. The exhibition features new paintings and works on paper that expand upon Mesler’s signature motifs such as banana leaves to include pool floats, beach balls, and disco lights. With this series, the artist also reflects on the Covid-19 pandemic crisis—evoking fire and water imagery with lyrics from the mixtapes of his adolescence, emblazoning words from unifying and celebratory ‘80s songs across his compositions. On view through March 13, 2022, Joel Mesler: Pool Party converts the artist’s private suffering into a universal language of hope and survival.

You can view selected works here.