In Conversation with...René Wirths is the eleventh episode of our ongoing series of artist interviews. Reflex Amsterdam is pleased to present the artist’s first solo exhibition 'That Nothing Stays The Same' with the gallery, which opened on November 18th, 2023. A lightbulb, a spray bottle, a glass, all seemingly mundane items. On large canvasses painter René Wirths puts quotidian objects under the loop and depicts them with an intense attention to how light dances across their surfaces. His paintings are the result of object transference – with no other visual aid than the object itself – to the second dimension. In the exhibition, 'That Nothing Stays The Same', Reflex Gallery presents a series of objects rendered with breathtaking realism and simultaneous wonder.

'In Conversation with...Helen Beard is the tenth episode of our ongoing series of artist interviews. Reflex is pleased to present the artist’s second solo exhibition with the gallery, opening November 12, 2022. Here, Helen Beard explores the physical experience of recollection when standing at the cusp of a new season. Beard’s practice explores the body as a geography of touch. Lips meet lips, a torso rests on the body beneath it, hands stroke the back of a neck. Skin on skin is depicted in thick layers of oil paint applied in rhythmic strokes. The framing remains cinematic, moving elegantly from intimately detailed shots to entire mise-en-scènes of dynamic hues. In the exhibition, The Tulips are too Excitable, it is Winter Here, Beard takes her audiences on a journey where colour is an evocative tool for navigation. The series 'In Conversation with...’ is aimed at introducing our artists and exhibitions at Reflex Amsterdam by sharing the artist's vision, as well as some more background information on the new work exhibited at the gallery. The videos also serve as a digital archive of our exhibitions from 2018 onwards. This video is made in the context of the exhibition Helen Beard - The Tulips are too Excitable, it is Winter Here - which is on view from November 12th – February 23th at the gallery, located at Weteringschans 79A, Amsterdam.

'In Conversation with...Spencer Tunick is the ninth episode of our ongoing series of artist interviews. Reflex is proud to present Tunick’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands and the first with the gallery. In this show, the selection of pieces reflects on the artist’s work with abstraction, adornment, traditional group portraiture and the “body without clothing.”

'In Conversation with...Daniel Firman’ is the sixth instalment of our ongoing series of artist interviews. In this episode, Daniel Firman tells us about his new exhibition Switch Up. The artist talks about his ideas regarding the physical relationship between the body and the object as well as creating a physical detachment from form in order to retain the human presence.

On the occasion of the artist’s first solo exhibition in the Netherlands and his 80th birthday, we spoke with Craig-Martin about the works in the exhibition All Things Considered and his method of working.

'In Conversation with... David LaChapelle' is the fourth installment of our ongoing series of artist interviews. In this episode, LaChapelle tells us about his new exhibition Act of Nature and his thought process behind his beautiful works. Drawing from his immediate surroundings and his previous experience as a photographer to the stars, from religion and spirituality, and from the art historical canon, LaChapelle crafts images that not only capture the visual senses, but also the mind and the heart.

Reflex Amsterdam is thrilled to present 'Bright Black World', a new exhibition by the celebrated American photographer Todd Hido. In this video, the star of the exhibition touches upon how he got into photography and what inspires him and his work. For the past three years, Todd Hido has been working on the series 'Bright Black World'. This profoundly beautiful and arresting collection of images is currently on show at REFLEX. Many of the photographs, results of Hido's exploration of the northern hemisphere in the impenetrable depths of winter, have previously been unseen. The realities of climate change lurk behind in these images - the threat of an eternal darkness looming large.

In this interview Iris Schomaker opens up about her artistic practice, process and the mysterious inhabitants of her work, discussing the development of her work since her last exhibition at Reflex Amsterdam in 2017. Titled 'Walking the Line', the paintings in the show share a theme of finding balance; in form, composition, colour and life. Distinctively working with abstracted figures and geometric formations, Schomaker's process is often an exploration and contemplation of lines, aimed at finding an equilibrium. Revealing the entire process from sketch to finished painting in each piece, one finds thin charcoal lines next to multi-layered strips and faint brushstrokes. Not covering or erasing previous layers allows for a sense of movement in her work, an aliveness in the characters. It alludes to both the temporality of their position - they are not fixed in time - and the cadence of the artist's gradual process.

Reflex is proud to announce its fourth solo show with Roger Ballen ‘ Ballenesque in Color’, which includes a series of Polaroids and a selection of Unseen photographs in color. The photographs exquisitely demonstrate his signature absurd compositions, all meticulously orchestrated to uncanny perfection. The works truly escape any other definition than “Ballenesque.”

'In Conversation with...Gavin Turk’ is the fifth instalment of our ongoing series of artist interviews. In this episode, Gavin Turk tells us about his new exhibition Letting Go. The artist talks about his ideas regarding the term ‘value’, consuming and his fascination with the plastic water bottle.

Virgin Mary. Supermarkets. Popcorn. Photographs 1999 to now is opening at Fotografiska Stockholm, until February 14th, 2021. This is Aldridge's biggest retrospective yet with more that 80 images including series like (after Cattelan), in collaboration with artist Maurizio Cattelan.

Coinciding with American painter Brian Fahlstrom's first exhibition at Reflex Amsterdam, a new episode of 'IN CONVERSATION WITH...' has been released. In this artist interview, Fahlstrom gives us an insight in the background of his work and his artistic process. Fahlstrom’s picturesque works depict imagined landscapes that move freely between abstraction and figuration, and simultaneously capture his mastery of colour and paint: yellows and reds, greens and blues flow into one another like surreal sunsets on his panels and canvasses. His work is assertive in its physical presence, with paint and surface playing an important role, its true nature unravelling in the tension between image and materiality.