Chris Berens Paints Wet Dreams

Stricken with ethereal visions since childhood, artist Chris Berens fortunately makes the best of them. The Dutch artist began transforming these dreams into beautiful paintings mixing “childhood fantasy and contemporary apocalyptic angst.” Working with wet and malleable images for days, Berens conducts the time-consuming process of layering and collaging his translucent paintings to create the final pieces, unveiled tonight with the opening of “The Only Living Boy in New York” at Sloan Fine Art.

“The Only Living Boy in New York,” December 16 – January 23, 2010, Sloan Fine Art, 128 Rivington Street