Danny Rolph — Le Stagioni
Oct 16 – Dec 19, 2025 · 532 Gallery Basel
532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel is delighted to present Le Stagioni, the first solo exhibition in Switzerland by acclaimed London-based artist Danny Rolph. This marks Rolph’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. The title, Le Stagioni, draws inspiration from Antonio Vivaldi’s iconic violin concerti Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), infusing the series with a vivid emotional arc—from spring’s buoyant allegros to winter’s introspective adagios—celebrating the cyclical poetry of change.
Over the past three years, Rolph has channeled Vivaldi’s violin virtuosity into a cascade of color and form on his signature Triplewall plastic sheets—corrugated, light-refracting substrates that transform painting into a three-dimensional symphony. These innovative works layer acrylics, inks, and geometries with rhythmic precision, where explosive bursts of cerulean and crimson evoke summer storms, and muted ochres whisper autumn’s hush, blending the music’s fervor with painting’s quiet, tactile revelation.
Rolph is celebrated for his boundary-defying approach to abstraction, producing spatially indulgent, pictorially rich compositions that spark curiosity and wonder. His practice marries meticulous structural rigor with joyful improvisation, yielding technically audacious yet wildly expressive visions that linger like a favorite refrain.
Selected works
Born in London in 1967, Rolph received an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 1993. He has exhibited extensively worldwide, with solo exhibitions in New York, London, Houston, Milan, and Antwerp. His work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Tate Gallery (London), National Gallery of Art (Reykjavik), Swindon Art Museum (UK), and Highlanes Municipal Museum (Eire). Among his accolades, Rolph received the Mark Rothko Residency Award in 2022 and was a Rome Scholar at The British School at Rome in 1998. Recent museum exhibitions include Linger at Hafnarborg, Iceland; Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter; and Tercet at Espacio del Convent de Santa Domingo, Pollensa.
Le Stagioni unveils this material-poetic fusion, inviting audiences to a multisensory concert of sight, sound, and texture—where Rolph’s paintings compose the season’s untold melodies.
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The Piano Series
The Piano series began with a practical—and sustainable—gesture. Rolph asked his Triplewall supplier for off‑cut scraps that would normally be discarded. Those fragments, diverted from landfill, became intimate works that compress the language of the larger panels into concise compositions—beautiful, sustainable, and accessible in both price and wall space.
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