Erik Madigan Heck: The Garden

Weinstein Hammons Gallery is pleased to present Erik Madigan Heck’s new body of work, The Garden, an exhibition of 13 new photographs. The exhibition will be open by appointment starting October 15th.

Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography, landscape paintings, and color theory, The Garden depicts Heck’s family and the surrounding environs. Complementing the dreamlike aesthetic with colorful and lavish clothing, gestures of poignancy, and a verdant environment, The Garden captures the everyday life lived in beauty. These images are influenced by the ambient light of Edgar Degas, as well as the painting style of Les Nabis, a group of young French painters during the late 19th century. The exhibition will be accompanied by a publication that will be published by Damiani this November. 

Erik Madigan Heck is an internationally acclaimed fashion photographer and artist working primarily in photography, painting, and film. His work explores the intersection of photography and painting, and his distinctive use of color pushes the limits of what a camera can capture.

Heck is the recipient of the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Award, the FOAM Fotografiemuseum talent award, the Forbes' 30 under 30 award, and The Art Director’s Club Gold Medal for his Old Masters Portfolio published by The New York Times Magazine. In 2019 Heck had solo museum exhibitions at The Musée des Beaux-Art in Le Locle, Switzerland and The Multimedia Arts Museum in Moscow, Russia; public installations at The Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Paris Photo, Photo London, and Photo Shanghai; and relaunched Nomenus – a printed journal focusing on the intersection between photography and painting, where he collaborates with an array of artists and institutions. Heck is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, TIME, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and Harper's Bazaar, among many others.