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David Zwirner Gallery presents contemporary New York artist Amy Sillman. Silman’s colorful paintings deftly straddle the line between figuration and abstraction.
She previously worked at Gladstone Gallery. As Phyllis Tuchman wrote in her review, her first show there in 2018, “Mostly Drawing,” provided audiences with “an exciting, roller coaster experience.” art news.
Previously, Sillman has appeared with Capital Petzel and Carlier | Gebauer in Berlin, Sikkema Jenkins and Casey Kaplan in New York, Campoli Presti in Paris, Susanne Vielmetter in Los Angeles, and various other galleries.
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In a statement, David Zwiener praised Silman’s approach as “infinitely clever” and said he admired her “extraordinary ability to unearth entire histories.” [painting] In this process. ”
While Silman has been exhibiting her work internationally for decades, Zwirner singled out her recent Ludwig Forum exhibition in Aachen, Germany. The two-part exhibition (debuting at the Kunstmuseum Bern in 2024) presents Silman’s paintings, drawings, prints, collages, large-scale installations, and animations from the past decade, as well as a companion exhibition of works selected by Silman from the museum’s collection.
“Using the museum walls as supports for her paintings overall art“Amy has succeeded in reimagining her colleagues’ art with a deep sense of humanity and humor, creating a completely new and contemporary environment,” Zwirner said in a statement.
Silman’s work is in museum collections around the world, and she has won many prestigious awards, including those from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Joan Mitchell Foundation. She also taught at universities in the United States and Europe and published art reviews and catalogues. She will have her first show at Zwirner in 2027.
