Spencer Finch
2 MAY until 5 JUL 2025
Opening – 2 MAY 2025, 6-9 pm
In his sixth solo exhibition with Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, Spencer Finch continues his investigation of perception and memory. He creates works marked by a poetic sensitivity in capturing the ephemeral, preserving sensory observations that can be barely perceptible.
View from artist’s studio
Copyright the artist, courtesy the artist and Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, Stockholm, Mexico City.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
For a series of vividly monochromatic paintings on wooden panels, he mixes four colors to create green, violet, and orange hues. The sides of the panels are painted in the tones used to mix the colors. Each variation exists in two versions, with slightly different tones used to achieve the exact same shade. This creates visually challenging works that compel viewers to look closely to recognize the subtle differences.
The Scent Drawings on paper further engage our senses: The almost achromatic motif becomes a distant representation of something barely discernible. Finch works with subtle scents while referencing art historical sources, thereby creating a complex perceptual moment through sensory combination.
Spencer Finch
Decoys (orange), 2025,
acrylic on custom birch plywood panels, 35.56 x 35.57 x 4.12 cm/ 14 x 14 x 1.625 in each.
Copyright the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, Stockholm, Mexico City.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
Spencer Finch
Fog Study (Lake Wononscopomuc), 2022
pastel on paper, 19 x 25.4 cm/ 7.5 x 10 in.
Copyright the artist. Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Nordenhake Berlin, Stockholm, Mexico City.
Photo courtesy of the artist.
In Raindrops (on Emily Dickinson’s Window, Spring), the artist reconstructs the reflection of the view from Emily Dickinson’s dining room using the finest brushes and a magnifying glass. While large parts of the paper remain unpainted, distorted depictions of the view appear in the raindrops. This results in a realistic study of visual distortion and simultaneously a profound yet poetic reflection on perception.