BERLIN.- The CWC Gallery presents, from August 31 onwards, the first solo exhibition of the artist Eugenio Recuenco in Germany. By the use of an exclusive selection of large-sized works the exhibition allows insight into the Spanish artist’s imposing body of work.

It rests only upon the most creative representatives of contemporary art to turn externally restricted image spaces into gigantic stages, to fill them with illusions and fantastic scenery and to allow the recipient a moment of sublime experience. This ability lies not only in an extraordinary understanding of the art form – it also demands perfect devotion for the characteristic aesthetic language from the artist. Because of their complexity the works are breathtaking at first sight and with deeper intrusion once irritating, often visionary and always fascinating. They are the result of an avant-gardist in our days: Eugenio Recuenco. Eugenio Recuenco’s visual short stories of which the CWC GALLERY presents selected works all show a visually stunning opulence. The textual divergence between them is the creative spirit’s expression of the artist who draws on the world of literature, film and the depths of history of art in his often cinematic seeming works. Thus breathtaking parallel realities emerge which move between a real tangible familiarity and a fanciful imaginative illusion.

Fairytale and gloomily staged dream worlds with reference to »The Beauty and the Beast« or »Snow White« face in Recuenco’s manifold body of work a fictional still whose justification is seen through the temptation of the artist into his world. Eugenio Recuenco takes the observer into his specially created world full of peculiarities and symbols. Often apparent but sometimes also hidden – for example seen in a series of portraits that adopt the aesthetics of the renaissance, albeit being lined with the background of oriental landscapes. Various art form’s influences as well as epochs of painting are unmistakable. So, according to classical painting, Recuenco restricts himself to a single light source for a lot of his works. The feeling for the spectacular is also illustrated in a special highlight of the exhibition in the CWC GALLERY: With an overall length of 18 metres the photo fresco »Greek Frieze« is indeed one of the biggest photo artworks in the world.

Eugenio Recuenco unites the role of author, stage designer and director with the creating of his works. Through the means of irony and gracefulness he creates textually as well as metaphorically multi-layered and complex works which not only can be reduced to their right to exist in extraordinary aesthetics but which also tell stories whose illusion captures the observer.

Born in 1968 in Madrid, Eugenio Recuenco studied graphic art in order to focus on photographic art later. Already in the early years of this career he worked for magazines like »GQ«, »View« or »Vogue« and thus also in the context of campaigns for brands like Diesel or Wilkinson and also Rammstein or Nina Ricci. In addition to that, Recuenco was hired as Art Director for the opera »Les Huguenots« in New York. Henceforth the artist began to produce spots, campaign- and short films as well as to create documentaries and music videos for many bands. Eugenio Recuenco received numerous awards for his body of work, his works are a regular part of solo and group exhibitions. The artist lives and works in Madrid and is considered one of the most significant contemporary photo artists.