Corinne Wasmuht

Corinne Wasmuht (born 1964) is a German visual artist based in Berlin.[1]

Corinne Wasmuht
Born1964 (age 58–59)
Dortmund, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationKunstakademie Düsseldorf
Occupationvisual artist
Known foroil paint on wooden boards

Early life and education

Wasmuht was born in 1964 in Dortmund, Germany.[1] From 1983 to 1992 she studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Düsseldorf, Germany.[1]

Career

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

Wasmuht was part of the jury that awarded the Academy of Arts' Käthe Kollwitz Prize to Nan Goldin in 2022.[5][6]

Art market

Wasmuht was represented by Johann König until 2022.[7]

Honours and awards

References
  1. "Corinne Wasmuht CV", Petzel Gallery, Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. "Corinne Wasmuht - Artists - Petzel Gallery".
  3. Meyer-Riegger.de
  4. Review of "Chaos and Awe: Painting for the 21st Century" at the Frist Art Museum by Peter Plagens in The Wall Street Journal
  5. Käthe-Kollwitz-Preis 2022 der Akademie der Künste geht an Nan Goldin Academy of Arts, press release of 20 May 2022.
  6. Nan Goldin to receive the Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2022 ArtReview, 24 May 2022.
  7. Alex Greenberger (28 November 2022), Artists and König Galerie Cut Ties Amid Allegations Against Founder Johann König ARTnews.
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