Richard Heller Gallery is pleased to present: Sean Norvet: Motion Pictures. This is Norvet's second solo exhibition with the gallery. About the Exhibition: When human beings sat down in a darkened cinema for the first time, they had no idea how affected they would be viewing consecutive two-dimensional images captured at twenty-four times per second. The apparent “motion” enthralled their brains and, of course, the popular name for this new art form was “motion pictures.” Sean Norvet’s newest exhibition at Richard Heller Gallery, Motion Pictures, continues Norvet’s personal exploration into deconstructing and reconstructing two-dimensional space in motion. A world where hyper-real objects, seemingly random, freeze at moments that defy both gravity and physics. The paintings, executed in precise hand-painted oils are intimate, with jewel-like details that sweep across their confines with an authority that simultaneously appear to be majestic, comical, disturbing, and graceful, and feature background settings that evoke moods of their own. The objects included in Norvet’s work are, at once, sacred, profane, mundane, organic, ephemeral and humorous. Cartoon images share space with hyper-real fruits and vegetables so ripe that the viewer can almost smell their imminent decay. Glossy, sinuous vines fly with chrome rods as if weightless liquids. A cartoon duck and a chrome skull dance with ripe watermelons under a brooding sky, all in exquisite detail. Each piece is a complete cosmology unto itself, set against glittering snowbanks, serene sunsets and moody beaches. The objects are frozen in motion, as if realizing some strange equilibrium. Motion Pictures features Norvet’s largest work to date. Entitled Take a Walk (the Final Boss), 2021‑22, an oil on canvas painting which stretches an impressive 72 x 60 inches. Set against a pink and purple hued backdrop, it contains elements such as hyper-real lemons and luscious grapes juxtaposed with cartoon, chainsaw wielding, mice. One can almost smell the smoke which elegantly appears to rise from the extinguished flame of burned-out candles. Additionally, Motion Pictures includes Norvet’s first foray from paintings into sculpture. Unexpected Guest, fabricated outside the studio but with most elements hand-painted by the artist, harmonizes two‑dimensional images with hyper-real objects that appear to defy gravity and perceptions of physical reality and motion. About the Artist: Born 1987 in Los Angeles, CA Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA Sean Norvet, was born in Los Angeles in 1987 and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with Honors, from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California in 2013. Recent exhibitions include Arrangements, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles; ME: An exhibition of contemporary self-portraiture, High Line Nine Gallery, New York; Juxtapoz at 25: In Black & White, The Hotel of South Beach, Miami; and High on Stress, Amala Gallery, Tokyo. Norvet’s work is included in many public and private collections including the Progressive Art Collection; Brian Donnelly (KAWS); and The Birchby Collection.