12/4/2012
Katharina Wulff
SFMoMA, San Francisco
New Work. Nearly 20 works by the Morocco-based artist, her paintings inflected by wide-ranging references
New Work. The first solo exhibition in a U.S. museum of the Morocco-based artist. Featuring nearly 20 works, the exhibition brings together a selection of Wulff's paintings made over the last five years, along with several new works, that illustrate both the breadth and distinctive character of her work. Working dexterously from sources inspired by literature, Old Master paintings, and photographs in popular magazines, Wulff makes paintings inflected by wide-ranging references and in the process builds a surreal universe that moves across time periods. Organized by Apsara DiQuinzio, Sfmoma assistant curator of painting and sculpture, the exhibition continues the museum's New Work series dedicated to featuring the most innovative expressions of contemporary art. (Image: Untitled, 2011. Oil and charcoal on canvas, 12 x 9 inches. Courtesy the artist and Greene Naftali, New York)