Klodin Erb's first solo exhibition at Galerie Urs Meile features dreamlike interior paintings

Galerie Urs Meile has launched Swiss artist Klodin Erb's inaugural solo exhibition with the gallery. The presentation centers on Erb's series titled Danke, ich schlafe gut (2026), comprising oil paintings on black canvas. These works transform the dark support from a mere backdrop into an integral structural component. Erb demonstrates significant spatial intelligence through compositions of inhabited interiors. Beds, draperies, upholstered seats, and everyday objects populate rooms characterized by sharply angled corners that magnetically draw the viewer's gaze. This creates psychological environments that bridge personal and collective reverie. Within these spaces, human figures, animals, mannequins, and hybrid beings coexist with ontological equivalence. These entities engage in actions suspended between self-absorption and rehearsal. Erb's pictorial language operates within a figurative tradition that extends beyond historical references. The intimate-scale works allow images to emerge as if from dreamlike depths, forming a loose topology of domestic spaces.