Tiergarten, Berlin
Dominic Samsworth
I ♥︎ Magaluf
Tanya LeightonTanya Leighton, Berlin, is delighted to present I ♥︎ Magaluf, a solo exhibition by Dominic Samsworth. Through four shaped canvases that bridge the gap between sculpture and painting, Samsworth explores pleasure, escapism and the edges of desire and identity. It’s a sun drenched ode to the rituals of tourism and their collision with the allure and artificial nature of city-cum-resorts. Through equal parts longing and satire, the artist's canvases blur boundaries between memory and sensation, reflecting a place where hedonism meets vulnerability, and kitsch succumbs to the darker side of consumerism. Dominic Samsworth (b. 1987, Wiltshire, UK) lives and works in Berlin. Samsworth received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Glasgow School of Art in 2010. Solo exhibitions include SOYUZ, Pescara, Italy in 2021; North Hill, Pasadena, California in 2018; Supplement Gallery, London in 2017; Jeanrochdard, Brussels, and To_Bridges, New York in 2016; Howard Street, New York in 2015; and SWG3, Glasgow, MonCheri, Brussels, Jan Kaps, Cologne, and The Still House Group, New York in 2014. Selected group exhibitions include The Modern Institute, Glasgow in 2021 and 2017; LTD, Los Angeles and New York in 2017; Howard Street, New York, and Exo Exo, Vienna in 2016; Valentin, Paris, Howard Street, New York, The Zabludowicz Collection, London, and Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium in 2015; MonCheri, Brussels in 2014; The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow in 2013; Downstairs at Great Brampton House, Hereford, UK; SWG3 Studios, Glasgow in 2012; David Dale Gallery, Glasgow, Downstairs at Great Brampton House, Hereford, UK in 2011; and The Duchy, Glasgow in 2010, among others.