Florian Krewer

The first book on the New Yorkbased painter whose large-scale canvases portray young figures in charged states of intimacy and vulnerability against the backdrop of contemporary urban life.

Krewers raw, emotionally resonant figurative works captured international attention almost immediately after his emergence in the art world. His work is rendered in bold brushwork and shifts between moody and riotous palettes. Krewers large-scale paintings often depict youthful figuresfrequently malein ambiguous or confrontational poses. The immediacy, and often urgency, of his imagery draws viewers into complex emotional terrain.

The artist has had a dizzying ascent: his work has been the subject of surveys at museums such as Aspen Art Museum and the Muse dArt Moderne de Paris, all while career-defining institutions have acquired his work, including the Centre Pompidou, Paris; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Hammer, Los Angeles; MCA Chicago; and the Walker Art Center, among many others. This oversize volume bound in Italian cloth and housed in a clothbound slipcase honors this extraordinary artists practice: it features the full arc of his career with new critical essays offering fresh insights into Krewers influences, methods, and artistic evolution.