Maaike Schooler at Maureen Paley

Fulcrum

Maaike Schooler

Maureen Paley

April 28 – May 28, 2023

MAAIKE SCHOOREL

Fulcrum

28 April–28 May 2023

Maureen Paley is pleased to announce Fulcrum, a new exhibition by Maaike Schoorel. This will be her fifth exhibition with the gallery and follows on from her recent solo exhibition at the Willet-Holthuysen House that is part of the Amsterdam Museum. The new work will be presented both at the gallery in Bethnal Green and at Studio M in Shoreditch.

Maaike Schoorel is widely known for her paintings that explore an indefinable space between abstraction and figuration. The work aims to subtly reveal scenes and moments in life using the minimum of detail and indication. Her approach to painting is informed by a nuanced understanding of how colour and form are interpreted by the eye and mind.The paintings’ subjects have continuously oscillated between historical genres such as still lives, portraits and landscapes that simultaneously reference contemporary life and older traditions. Formally, many of her paintings appear to be almost monochromatic, yet on closer inspection they reveal a breadth of pigment and texture. The new paintings in this exhibition document familiar scenes of human connection, celebration and interaction with a greater intensity of colour. They present glimpses of personal experience across single, two and three-part canvases that are at once diaristic and serene in presence.

Maaike Schoorel (b. 1973, Santpoort, The Netherlands and lives and works in Amsterdam, The Netherlands). Selected solo exhibitions include Rendez-vous, Amsterdam Museum, The Willet-Holthuysen House, Amsterdam, The Netherlands(2022/2023); Maaike Schoorel at Van Wassenhove House,Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2020);London | NewYork | Rome | Amsterdam, Kunstmuseum Den Hague, The Hague, The Netherlands (2016/2017);Conversation Piece Part 2:Maaike Schoorel, Fondazione Memmo, Rome, Italy (2016); Sub-Lo,Maureen Paley, London, UK (2015); Maaike Schoorel And The Old Masters, Frans Hals Museum–HOF, Haarlem, The Netherlands (2012); Tribute, Maureen Paley, London, UK(2012); Maaike Schoorel - Zelfportretten & Stillevens, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, London, UK(2011); Album, Frans Hals Museum–HAL, Haarlem, The Netherlands (2008); Nudes, Maureen Paley, London, UK(2008); Bathing dining garden father daughters beach bed, Maureen Paley, London, UK (2006).

Maaike Schoorel 'dancing diptych', 2023 oil on linen with pigments, air brush and appliqué, in two parts: 1: 212 x 14 0 cm, 2: 212 x 110 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel 'dancing diptych', 2023 oil on linen with pigments, air brush and appliqué, in two parts: 1: 212 x 14 0 cm, 2: 212 x 110 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel Fulcrum, 2023 exhibition view, Maureen Paley, London © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel Fulcrum, 2023 exhibition view, Maureen Paley, London © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel, 'bruidspaar I' (wedding couple I), 2023 oil on linen with gold leaf 50 x 40 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel, 'bruidspaar I' (wedding couple I), 2023 oil on linen with gold leaf 50 x 40 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel 'zelfportret met Adriaan' (self portrait with Adriaan), 2023 oil on linen 140 x 60 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel 'zelfportret met Adriaan' (self portrait with Adriaan), 2023 oil on linen 140 x 60 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel 'the wedding figures 1 and 2', 2023 plaster and pigments 21 x 9 x 5.5 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel 'the wedding figures 1 and 2', 2023 plaster and pigments 21 x 9 x 5.5 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel 'monkey', 2023 framed paper on dibond 43 x 33 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel 'monkey', 2023 framed paper on dibond 43 x 33 cm © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel Fulcrum, 2023 exhibition view, Maureen Paley, London © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel Fulcrum, 2023 exhibition view, Maureen Paley, London © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel Fulcrum, 2023 exhibition view Maureen Paley, London. © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James
Maaike Schoorel Fulcrum, 2023 exhibition view Maureen Paley, London. © Maaike Schoorel, courtesy Maureen Paley, London. Photo: Stephen James