Fabulous Dinners, 2024

Fabulous Dinners paintings represent an exuberant celebration of life, pleasure and the transformative power of shared experience. Heimler & Proc approach celebration both directly and metaphorically, creating scenes that represent a distinctive form of magical realism. Across a range of settings, the artists transform familiar situations and recognisable experiences through elements of fantasy, theatricality and the unexpected.

This sensibility resonates particularly in Titanic Survivors, Alice in Wonderland and Last Dinner at the Chateau. Titanic Survivors represents the embrace of pleasure and togetherness despite precarious circumstances, while Last Dinner at the Chateau transforms the memory of a remarkable venue, now closed, into a poetic farewell. Alice in Wonderland represents the exhilaration of discovering new sensations, feelings and tastes.

Elsewhere, Cherries in the Cup represents fertility and abundance, while Around the Marshmallow celebrates the simple pleasures of everyday life. Together, the paintings transform the ordinary and extraordinary into imaginative rituals of joy, inviting viewers to embrace life in all its richness.