Amelie Von Wulffen at Studio Voltaire

amelie von wulffen

6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Friday, February 10, 2017 - Sunday, April 2, 2017

Studio Voltaire

Studio Voltaire will be presenting a major new commission by German artist Amelie von Wulffen, her first solo exhibition in the UK.

Nostalgic and melancholic, von Wulffen’s practice is backgrounded by a sense of unease, with works often suggesting themselves as autobiographical, recording fear, sexual fantasy and emotional trauma. The artist makes distinct references to European painters of the 19th and 20th centuries, applying the brushwork and subjects of Hans von Marées, Paul Cezanne and Giorgio de Chirico, amongst others, to canvas, paper and furniture. However, she equally embraces the characterists of amateur painters and the applied arts. von Wulffen’s surreal art-historical pastiches corrupt these recognisable genres by deliberately embracing clumsy derivatives, interrupting measures of accomplished painting by purposefully adopting what is ‘bad’.

For her commission at Studio Voltaire, von Wulffen will produce new work, including paintings and an ambitious sculptural installation. Incorporating past motifs from her practice and responding to the history and architecture of Studio Voltaire’s unique vaulted gallery, this will be the first significant introduction of von Wulffen’s practice to both London and UK-wide audiences. Additionally, this exhibition will launch a new monograph surveying von Wulffen’s practice, published by Studio Voltaire and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.