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The Hole is pleased to present Cocoon, Peter Opheim’s solo debut with the gallery. With over twenty new oil paintings and an installation of tiny clay sculptures and knit wall hangings, he elaborates his invented world as well as his art-making process.

After a 25-year career as an abstract painter, Opheim started anew; “since everything we see in the world around us has already been painted”, a family of imaginary creatures and Opheim’s career-defining style was born. His works are an intuitive manifestation of emergence: sculpting the figures first in clay, Opheim removes roadblocks to his …