GEORG MEYER-WIEL
Georg Meyer-Wiel is a London based artist and designer.
He works across multiple media and his work encompasses photography, painting, drawing, stage- and costume design.
Lifestudies.art is dedicated to his photography and his drawings and paintings with a focus on the male form.
PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERIES
MALE FORM GALLERIES
EDEN
Espacio Gallery London 07 - 12 November 2023
159 Bethnal Green Rd, London E2 7DG
In his 2023 solo exhibition EDEN at Espacio Gallery, London-based artist Georg Meyer-Wiel portrays humanity through his photography. Georg has spent 30 years documenting his travels and encounters, recording stages of his life with his camera. The exhibition consists of photographs taken over the past two decades, shot in over twenty countries.
“Turning 50 this year, I decided to look back on my life and share some of its stories. EDEN is a travelogue of encounters I had and worlds I was privileged to experience."
Georg Meyer-Wiel
"Shifting between epic and bizarre… and always engaging, Georg’s photographs celebrate the fleeting moments of beauty in an ever-changing world.“
Sabine Laessig, Curator
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Watch the exhibition trailer HERE.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
THE AIRMALES
The Gallery at The Crown and Anchor Provincetown MA
07/21/23 – 08/20/23
Click HERE to view THE AIRMALES gallery and exhibition catalogue.
In this solo exhibition in Provincetown / MA, Georg presented a new body of works on paper, exploring the male figure. Starting with a series of portraits on historical airmail letters, the exhibition explored multiple facets of masculinity through a rich variety of media.
Having studied graphic design, Georg developed a habit of collecting ephemera, and many of his figurative drawings are executed on original antique envelopes and other historical documents, some of which date back 300 years.
The subject of travelling creates unique narratives by placing the figures in times and places that actually once existed, in a world now long lost. These artworks invite us to travel the world and map out long forgotten journeys and relations.
‘’Georg Meyer Wiel creates theatrical images of a mythical nature. What impresses is the sheer delight in the action of painting. Meyer-Wiel has orchestrated his own hues to reflect the secret soul. Can you paint a soul? He can...’’
Robin Dutt. Author, Curator
PINES UP CLOSE
Boys in the Sand – Men in the Water
Inline Foundation Fire Island Art Residency July 27th – August 2nd / Exhibition event August 1st
Frank House, Fire Island Pines, NY
During his Art Residency at Andrew Geller’s ‘Frank House’ in Fire Island, Georg has worked on a series of drawings and paintings on paper that depict men in pools and in the natural environment.
Inspired by Wakefield Poole‘s landmark film ‘Boys In The Sand’ (1971) and Tom Bianchi’s ‘Fire Island Pines: Polaroids, 1975-1983’ he has recreated with life models a number of iconic images. These have been exhibited in the very location where parts of ‘Boys In The Sand’ were originally created: the ‘Frank House’.
Click HERE to contact E Lesh Gallery / Provincetown MA for purchases / to view the PINES UP CLOSE exhibition catalogue.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
RIVERMAN
Fitzrovia Gallery London 16 - 21 May 2023
In his 2023 solo exhibition RIVERMAN at Fitzrovia Gallery London, Georg Meyer-Wiel showed a new body of works on paper and canvas, depicting the male figure along waterways. His latest paintings reveal man as a small part of a much larger ‘picture‘, referencing his elemental connectedness to water and the natural world.
“My travels along many rivers, from the Amazon to the Zambezi, and my observations and experiences of man’s relationship with watercourses have had a lasting influence on my life and work. I am particularly fascinated and inspired by the transformative nature of water as refractive and reflective processes create endlessly shifting abstract images from original forms." Georg Meyer-Wiel
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Watch the exhibition trailer HERE.
‘Georg Meyer-Wiel's drawing is a never-ending, constantly updated work in progress, intensely personal, executed with graphic haste in the heat of the moment.. They present, in public, a private truth. Seen one by one, they offer us brief encounters of a very masculine immediacy, finding tenderness in the raunchiest of beauties; seen as a series, they initiate a charged conversation with the viewer.’ Neil Bartlett. Author, Director
Gardens of Earthly Delights
Espacio Gallery London 9th - 14th November 2021
In the group exhibition ‘Gardens of Earthly Delights’ by artist collective Androtechne at Espacio Gallery London, Georg has shown for the first time sculptural work and one of his largest works on canvas to date.
Inspired by Hieronymus Bosch’s ‘Garden of Earthly Delights’, Georg responded to the 15th Century masterpiece by exploring a detail found in the centre of Bosch’s painting, a group of nude bathers standing in a shallow, like in a fountain of youth. In Georg’s interpretation, his all male cast is surrounded by a siege of herons and flocks of other water birds such as kingfishers, which are representing the men’s desires and symbolize the renewal of life.
The composition, which comprises of almost 50 men and about 80 birds, brings together studies of numerous life models. A series of original drawings created in preparation of this large painting can be found in the gallery ‘Earthly Delights’,
Click HERE to enter the EARTHLY DELIGHTS gallery.
PUNCH - Boxers / Wrestlers
In his 2022 solo exhibition PUNCH at Fitzrovia Gallery London, Georg Meyer-Wiel presented new drawings on paper, exploring the subject of boxing and wrestling. Starting with a series of studies on historical documents, the exhibition explored masculinity through a rich variety of media.
‘‘Movement has always inspired me. When observing the human body, I am mostly drawn to dancers and boxers. Dance, being choreographed, celebrates the beauty of harmonious movement. The culture of Boxing can be traced back thousands of years, yet it still seems unpredictable, raw, archaic. This allows me to fully apply my techniques and use of media to capture its energy, passion, violence, the fight, voyeurism and sexuality.’’ Georg Meyer-Wiel
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All original artwork is for sale and can be purchased framed as well as unframed.
For enquiries about individual artworks or studio visits please click HERE.
FURTHER GALLERIES
TRAVELOGUE
’As a gay man I often wonder what life must have been like over the past centuries, without the rights that large parts of today’s world enjoy and take for granted.
When working with life models and portraying them on historical documents, I transport my protagonists into the distant past, where they could not have had the life they live today.
Many of my drawings also reference today’s dress-codes and body culture and I especially like to use documents from countries that until now do not accept and punish homosexuality, as this creates a strong juxtaposition when they are used as context for homoerotic drawings.’’ Georg Meyer-Wiel
WORKS ON WHITE
This gallery shows drawings of the male figure on white paper. Many of these works depict the act of Undressing and the rich variety of dress codes. They explore how garments and materials cover the body and create identity. Having graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Master Degree in Fashion Design, and working also as a Costume designer, explains his interest in fabric and garments.
Georg’s paintings are usually the result of complex material processes, using paints, corroded metals, and polished graphite. Combined with figurative drawings, they fuse the immediacy of a drawing with rich background textures.
MONOGRAPH
Georg Meyer-Wiel's monograph 'The Life Studies' is published by Bruno Gmünder in the series Portfolio1000. The limited edition book focuses on Georg's male drawings. Forewords by Neil Bartlett and Cary Sawhney.
Books purchased through this website are signed by the artist.
If you would like to purchase original artwork with a signed copy of the book please contact Georg Meyer-Wiel HERE.
