Corinne Wasmuht (born 1964) is a German visual artist based in Berlin.[1]
Corinne Wasmuht | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) Dortmund, Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| Occupation | visual artist |
| Known for | oil paint on wooden boards |
Early life and education edit
Wasmuht was born in 1964 in Dortmund, Germany.[1] From 1983 to 1992 she studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1]
Career edit
Wasmuht's work deals with issues such as globalization, economic crisis, the proliferation of technology, and modern warfare.[2] She makes paintings in oil paint on wooden boards, using many coats of varnish to add to the brightness of the colours.[3] Her images consist of layered fictional environments that reference abstract painting. Wasmuht paints all elements of her complexly layered and graphic paintings entirely by hand. Of her Bibliotheque/CDG-BSL (2011), Peter Plagens said: "As is often the case, a single work can represent the thrust of a show. Here it's Corinne Wasmuht's enormous triptych... It's a daunting painting... Its wildly varying scale (partial human figures five feet tall to some no more than little clots of paint) and institutional glare are supposed to say something, one assumes, about the socially, politically and culturally overwhelmed and unmoored state in which we currently exist."[4]
Other activities edit
Wasmuht was part of the jury that awarded the Academy of Arts' Käthe Kollwitz Prize to Nan Goldin in 2022.[5][6]
Art market edit
Wasmuht was represented by Johann König until 2022.[7]
Honours and awards edit
- 1996: ars viva prize, Cologne
- 2008: Heitland Foundation, Celle
- 2011: Oberrheinischer Kunstpreis, Offenburg
- 2011: August Macke Prize, Meschede
- 2014: Käthe Kollwitz Prize by the Academy of Arts, Berlin
References edit
- ^ a b c "Corinne Wasmuht CV", Petzel Gallery, Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ^ "Corinne Wasmuht – Artists – Petzel Gallery".
- ^ "Meyer-Riegger.de". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 23 March 2008.
- ^ Review of "Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century" at the Frist Art Museum by Peter Plagens in The Wall Street Journal
- ^ Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis 2022 der Akademie der Künste geht an Nan Goldin Academy of Arts, press release of 20 May 2022.
- ^ Nan Goldin to receive the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022 ArtReview, 24 May 2022.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (28 November 2022), Artists and König Galerie Cut Ties Amid Allegations Against Founder Johann König ARTnews.
External links edit
- Corinne Wasmuht on ArtNet.com
- Further information from the Saatchi Gallery
- Corinne Wasmuht at Berliner Poster Verlag
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