The Plague Year

New works on paper by Finn Lafcadio O’Hanlon

Exhibition: 09/22/2016 – 09/30/2016
Address: WHITECONCEPTS . Auguststrasse 35 . 10119 Berlin
Opening times: Mon – Fri 11:00 – 17:00 and by appointment

The 24-year-old British artist, Finn Lafcadio O’Hanlon, returns to the city’s WHITECONCEPTS gallery with a solo exhibition of new pen and ink drawings and collages.
Titled ‘The Plague Year’, Finn’s second exhibition in Berlin will expand his exploration of classical and historical imagery, syncretic religious and ‘pop’ iconography, cartography and lexicology – this time, within an exotic, decaying dystopia detailed in more than 25 very finely detailed monochromatic works. Apparent within these new works is also a jaundiced, critical perspective of current political and social issues.

Finn’s last exhibition at WHITECONCEPTS, two years ago, was one of the most successful openings for a young artist in Berlin that year. Introduced by the stellar German artist, Jonathan Meese, the entire show sold out within 48 hours.

Born in Brighton, England, to an Australian father and an Hawaiian-Cherokee mother, Finn Lafcadio O’Hanlon grew up among creative, nomadic types in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Los Angeles before returning as a teenager to Sydney. He is a grandson of the late best-selling novelist, Morris West.
Having spent a year in France, Finn moved to Berlin at the beginning of 2013, where he established a studio to work in a variety of media including ink and collage on paper, photography, stone engraving, and site-specific sculpture.

Artist information and available works
Gallery exhibition 2014