SOphie von hellermann, LOVE-IN-IDleness

Galerie Sardine is proud to present Love-in-Idleness, an exhibition of paintings and paintings on furniture by London-based German artist Sophie von Hellermann, sited outdoors in our garden. Bringing forth her signature lyrical and exuberant narrative style, von Hellermann sets her own interpretation of A Midsummer Night's Dream, transposing Shakespeare's enchanted forest with contemporary lovers surfing at Napeague beach.

Her painterly gesture possesses a direct yet dream-like quality—atmospheric and ethereal at once. Von Hellermann doesn't merely depict reality; she saturates it with poetic whimsy, transcending the mundane into the mythical. The garden setting amplifies this sense of enchantment, allowing her painted narratives to commune with the natural world that so often inspires them.