"M+B is pleased to present Perfect Days, an exhibition of new works by Kristof Santy. This marks Santy's third solo presentation with the gallery. In Perfect Days, Kristof Santy expands his universe of interiors, stylized gastronomy, and folkloric gestures, delivering a wry and affectionate catalogue of life's minutiae. Borrowing its title from Wim Wenders' 2023 film, an ode to repetition and routine, the exhibition continues Santy's interest in figures and objects shaped by the daily rhythms of work, solitude, and observation."
"Rendered in Santy's signature style of clean lines, bold silhouettes, and saturated palette. Perfect Days is populated by icons of the familiar: hamburgers, ketchup bottles, pencils. They are studied, almost affectionate renderings that hover between illustration and memory. The works favor stillness over spectacle, repetition over climax. Their power lies in precision, restraint, and Santy's ability to elevate without embellishment."
"Santy draws on his archive of observational drawings, small-scale, wax-and-pencil studies of tools, plugs, or glassware, which form a kind of design language underpinning his larger canvases. These sketches appear here, not as preparatory fragments, but as equal counterparts, reinforcing the artist's commitment to distilling form without diluting meaning. Wenders' film quietly celebrates the dignity of unremarkable days, and Santy's paintings do much the same."
Perfect Days presents new works by Kristof Santy that expand a universe of interiors, stylized gastronomy, and folkloric gestures into a catalogue of quotidian details. The paintings emphasize clean lines, bold silhouettes, and a saturated palette, depicting familiar icons—hamburgers, ketchup bottles, pencils—rendered between illustration and memory. Small wax-and-pencil observational studies of tools, plugs, and glassware operate as equal counterparts to larger canvases, forming a distilled design language. The works favor stillness over spectacle and repetition over climax, compressing time into an eternal noon where routine and quiet sociability confer presence through precision and restraint.
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