Marlie Mul is an artist and educator whose practice fluidly moves between sculpture, painting and textile, engaging heavily with institutional critique via installations and publishing. These various artistic directions are a result of the critical attitude in which Mul examines her position within the contours of art history and contemporary culture. Each work adopts an inquisitive, almost polyvocal character, with diverse visual registers batting for the viewer’s attention. In her textile works for example, graphic, cartoonish figures are overlayed with gestural abstract markings. Mul’s sculptural works similarly contain formal sculptural qualities, whilst the inclusion of colloquial items such as cigarette butts dethrones any sense of art-historical grandeur. This playful duality between visual language and cultural nods is a constant throughout Mul’s installations, generating both a comic and a sincere tone. The influence of Dada and Surrealism can be traced in Mul’s work, particularly the sculptures of Meret Oppenheim, whilst the amorphous practices of Hito Steyerl and Andrea Fraser serve as contemporary parallels, mirroring Mul’s commitment to criticality.

Croy Nielsen

Brussels

Taipei Biennial

Taipei

Beijing

Art Beijing

Basel

Liste Art Fair

Vienna

New York City

Canada

Toronto

Cooper Cole

London

Pace Gallery

Los Angeles

Château Shatto

Bortolami

Amsterdam

Martin Van Zomeren

Berlin

Tanya Leighton

Galerie Emanuel Layr

Paris

Praz-Delavallade

Freedman Fitzpatrick

Arcadia Missa

Carlos/Ishikawa

White Columns

Mother Culture

Haarlem

Frans Hals Museum

Belvedere 21

Kunsthalle Wien

Bern

Kunsthalle Bern

Rotterdam

Witte De With Center For Contemporary Art

Swiss Institute

Duderstadt

Kunsthalle Hgn

Marfa

Ballroom Marfa

ICA London

David Roberts Art Foundation - Draf

Kassel

Fridericianum

Prague

FUTURA

Rome

Fondazione Giuliani

Como

Fondazione Antonio Ratti

Graz

Kunsthaus Graz

Wiels - Contemporary Art Center

Sammlung Boros

Marlie Mul

Barcelona

Bar Project

Cigarette Ends Here (Smoking Men)

Cigarette Ends Here (Smoking Pregnant Woman, Baby, and Friend)

Cigarette Ends Here (Your Smoke Draws Me In)

Air Vent / Butt Stop (Lucifer Match)

tech (#1)

Folded Painting #6

Cigarette Hedghehog

Cigarette Ends Here (Do-Gooders)