One-Single-Artwork-Show #5: Iris Musolf

The Artwork:
Iris Musolf | Wanderer In Haze, 2015, 190 x 130 cm Make-Up, Mascara, Nail Polish, Lacquer on Paper

"What societal symptoms can manifest in inflated surfaces in the broadest sense? What depth lies within an air-filled shell, in the depiction of a model? How must I alter the optical presence so that the resonance changes as well?

My obsession lies with banal advertising and disposable items that tell a story of a world where optimized surfaces, superficial fun, and colorful images dominate. I attribute to them, with the help of other materials, a kind of archaeological permanence that simultaneously seems to dissolve. Shimmering symbols of lightness, joy, and also superficial consumption thus become tangible objects of thought.

The beautified body of the model gives way to a pure layer of make-up that resembles tattered undead. Behind this lies the question of how, through material displacement, social and psychological qualities, as well as human abysses and deformities, become visible." (Iris Musolf)

Iris Musolf, born 1980 in Hannover. She lives and works in Berlin.

The artist studied from 2002 to 2009 at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig under Bogomir Ecker and Candice Breitz (master student) and earned her Master of Fine Arts at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig. In 2005, she received the Erasmus Scholarship for Fine Arts (Nice, France), in 2008 the Intensive Program AKI/ArtEZ Scholarship, Enschede (Netherlands), and was nominated in 2011 for the Karl Schmitt-Rottluff Scholarship, in 2012 for the Young Academy of Fine Arts Scholarship, and in 2014 for the Sprengel Prize. In 2016, she was awarded the 1st Prize of the Kunst-am-Bau Competition of the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (Salzgitter).

Her works have been presented in numerous galleries and institutions both nationally and internationally, including (selection): Kunstverein Mannheim, Städtische Galerie (Viersen); Neue Galerie Landshut; Goethe Institut (New York City, USA); Konsumverein Braunschweig; International Video Art Festival (Amsterdam and Starnmeer, Netherlands); Biennale für Junge Kunst Moskau (Tsaritsino Museum Moscow, Russia); Biennale Mulhouse (France); Art Labor Gallery (Shanghai, China); Galerie Anita Beckers (Frankfurt a.M.); Galerie Perpetuel (Frankfurt a.M.); Galerie Manzara (Istanbul, Turkey) and Galerie Gilla Lörcher I Contemporary Art (Berlin).

Galerie Gilla Lörcher presents a new exhibition format and a six-part series of one-week exhibitions from November 17, 2016, to January 19, 2017.

The exhibition format follows these parameters:
1 Artist, 1 Artwork, 1 Week.

Back to the roots. Image discussion. Let’s talk about art.

All "One-single-artwork-show" dates at Galerie Gilla Lörcher at a glance:

One-single-artwork-show #1 | Opening November 17 at 7pm: John Cornu
One-single-artwork-show #2 | Opening November 24 at 7pm: Ab van Hanegem
One-single-artwork-show #3 | Opening December 1 at 7pm: Bettina Sellmann
One-single-artwork-show #4 | Opening December 8 at 7pm: Susanne Jung
One-single-artwork-show #5 | Opening December 15 at 7pm: Iris Musolf
One-single-artwork-show #6 | Opening January 12 at 7pm: Ivan Liovik Ebel

Opening hours: Thu-Sat 1-6pm and by appointment.