Channeling Chagall's magical environments and Tuymans washed out palette Katharina Wulff's narrative paintings feel exceedingly familiar and unfamiliar. Her ambiguous paintings are located in gyms and hotel lobbies and filled with barefooted-nude athletes, swans, and motorcycles provide a snapshot into some world; I'm just not sure what world.
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Katharina Wulff, Untitled, 2016, Oil on canvas |
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Katharina Wulff, der Aufbruch, 2012, Oil and charcoal on canvas, 20 1/2 x 25 5/8 inches |

