Picturing scenes of subculture, Till Gerhard's paintings both celebrate and question the politic of self-defined community. In Dawn, the early morning remnants of a festival are captured with unsettling tension. Disenfranchised figures mill about in the aftermath, their youthful innocence corrupted by the inference of pagan ritual and the hangover buzz of overwhelming experience. Adding a supernatural element, Till Gerhard's tombstones become suggestive links between carnal and spiritual planes. Referencing contemporary media, Till Gerhard creates unease with current social values. Reminiscent of Super 8 film stills, Till Gerhard's 'photorealist' style is easily dissembled to a more malleable and revealing language of painting: forms lose their inferred solidity, while colours melt and overlap to create surreal lighting effects, making visible the taboo power of collective energy and desire.