Ulrike Müller

In her artistic work, Ulrike Müller (born 1971) explores the relationships between abstraction and bodies and a concept of painting that is not restricted to brush and canvas. Müller’s solo exhibition at mumok shows a painterly practice not defined by technique but deliberately seeking out mediums and formats to create connections with other realms of life and of production. In her enamel paintings, the artist explores the possibilities offered by an industrially made color palette, while her rugs draw on the traditional skills of weavers from Oaxaca, Mexico, who execute Müller’s designs. Deliberate confrontation with the “Other”—with mediating and regulating bodies—raises the question as to the artist’s “signature” or “hand.” Within this kind of set-up, how can images be “expressive,” and how does subjectivity come into play? Read more. 

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