Marlie Mul

Cigarette Ends Here (Do-Gooders), 2012220 x 130cmPrice on Request

Details

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Digital print on silkCroy NielsenVienna

Description

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This contemporary artwork features a visually striking composition of abstracted, cloud-like shapes in shades of white and gray, with hints of soft pink accents. The central focus is a symmetrical pattern of stylized, cartoon-like figures in muted tones, appearing to hold or embrace one another. The overall effect creates a dreamlike, ethereal quality, hinting at themes of interconnectedness and the fluid nature of form. The artist's distinctive style and technique blend whimsical, illustrative elements with a minimalist, almost ethereal aesthetic, inviting the viewer to reflect on the nature of human relationships and our place within the natural world. ...

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Artist

Marlie Mul

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. ...

Marlie Mul: Artworks

Marlie MulCigarette Ends Here (Do-Gooders), 2012Price on Request

Marlie MulCigarette Hedghehog, 2012Price on Request

Marlie MulFolded Painting #6, 2017Price on Request

Marlie Multech (#1), 2015Price on Request

Marlie MulAir Vent / Butt Stop (Lucifer Match), 2012Price on Request

Marlie MulCigarette Ends Here (Your Smoke Draws Me In), 2012Price on Request

Marlie MulCigarette Ends Here (Smoking Pregnant Woman, Baby, and Friend), 2012Price on Request

Marlie MulCigarette Ends Here (Smoking Men), 2012Price on Request

Gallery

Croy Nielsen

Vienna

In 2016 Croy Nielsen moved from Berlin to Vienna, where it is located in the beletage apartment of a historical building in the 1st district. The gallery was founded by Oliver Croy (AT) and Henrikke Nielsen (DK). Artists such as Nina Beier, Marie Lund, and Benoît Maire, have been part of the program since its inception, and were later joined by Olga Balema, Georgia Gardner Gray, and Sandra Mujinga. Vienna-based artists include Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Joanna Woś, and Soshiro Matsubara. The gallery has strong ties to the Nordic region, representing several artists from the Scandinavian contries and regularly participating in fairs and projects in the area. ...