Joel Mesler’s first solo exhibition in Asia

Opening on June 23rd, the exhibition in Levy Gorvy Hong Kong takes the audience into an imagined jungles.

Deeply personal, the works of the American artist burst with color and positive message.

In Joel Mesler’s words: “The paintings come out of the memories of nights my parents would go out for the evening. They would usually tuck me into my bed and kiss me goodnight, my mom leaving red lipstick residue smudged on my cheek. As I would fall asleep, all these elements would swirl through my mind as I hit REM. Their parting words to me, ‘Honey, you deserve great things’ and ‘The world is yours,’ and the animals in my wallpaper would meet with the furs of my mother’s jackets, the colors of their clothes and the smells of their perfume and cologne. I often thought about what my parents were doing as the night went on. I knew they did things, but I didn’t really have the language yet to describe them. The paintings in this show are my dreamscapes as my parents and I moved through the night.” Save the date.