Doron Langberg: Night is reviewed by Elephant

Two figures intertwined, lips locked, arms wrapped around the other. Two individual bodies hotly soldered into one. Two halves indistinct burn bright into a single whole. Red paint swells and spreads across the canvas. Red paint, or rather the heat of their embrace, swallows all that surrounds. From mouth to hand, chest to head, red pulses and pushes upwards, expanding out and over these two overlaid forms.

 

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Image: Doron Langberg, Dark Room (Underwear Party), 2023

Oil on linen
243.8 x 203.2 cm
96 x 80 in
© Doron Langberg
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
February 14 2024