Verena Issel (* 1982 in Munich) creates walk-in room installations that are composed of autonomous individual objects such as material pictures, sculptures or video works. She creates multifaceted landscapes, for which she sometimes uses unusual materials such as foam, Styrofoam, plastic, or felt. Her multifaceted formations live from the interplay of the individual components, which fit into the composition without losing their autonomy. Abstract elements stand next to figurative ones, monochrome color surfaces next to wild patterns, and traditional oil painting next to misappropriated materials such as drain pipes, pipe cleaners, or bricks. Issel's space-specific works combine socio-political themes, literary references, and an intensive examination of art history to create multi-layered arrangements.
Curator: Anja Heitzer, M.A.
Credit: Verena Issel: Escaping the Mundane (Psychogeographies II) Various works and materials, wallpainting, 2016. Installation view Gallery UNOFFICIAL PREVIEW, Seoul, South Korea. Photography by Jung Hyun Kim
The exhibition is sponsored by:
This exhibition has been made possible by a benefit auction by ARTgenossen, the Young Friends of the Kunsthalle Mannheim.
Verena Issel, U my doormat?, 2022
100 cm x 70 cm, handgefilzte Schafswolle und Staubwedel auf Türmatte © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022. Foto: Museum Lothar Fischer, Andreas Pauly
Verena Issel, Backlash (Female Ecosystem), 2022
Autolack und Acryl auf Pappe, 70 x 50 cm © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2022. Foto: Museum Lothar Fischer, Andreas Pauly
Artist Verena Issel infront for her installation, Photo © Kunsthalle Mannheim; Kathrin Schwab
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