Tishman Speyer Off-site Curation

Immersed in a layered urban paradigm of reality versus fantasy, Patrick Haemmerlein creates a visual soundtrack as a backdrop to his stark silhouettes. Splashes of water color’s punctuate the delicate balance between urban sprawl and rural wildlife. He explores their coexistence through the beauty of contradiction. As if the metropolis itself is submerged in introspect, Haemmerlein breathes life into these unique time capsules with images that mimic arteries and measured rhythm; intertwining past, present, and future. Haemmerlein begins his journey by taking countless photos of his environment, exploring both urban and rural perspectives. He then manipulates the photographs, layering the images over torn pages of poetry, dictionaries & sheet music from the 1800’s and early 1900’s. The result is a timeless tangible sonnet to the world he loves, and his thirst to rediscover it endlessly.

Phoebe lives and works in Los Angeles alongside her ride or die, Das Bibi the cat. A self-taught oil painter, Phoebe first learned how to paint using a “How to Paint Clowns and Characters” book from the 1960’s.

Exhibition: Inner Links