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Roberts Projects is pleased to present its first solo exhibition by painter Lenz Geerk. Known for his surreal paintings of soft figures caught in moments of contemplation, Geerk’s new series The Table Portraits raises questions about possession, distance, observation, and the participation of one’s own image.

Geerk creates psychologically charged paintings that are removed from any specific time or place. Emphasizing his subjects in such a way as to draw out the hidden emotions of the human psyche, Geerk depicts people at the threshold of excitation and in the throes of exploration. With …