Volker Hüller: Afterparty
Volker Hüller’s fragmented compositions speak to the mental spaces between dreams, delirium, and daily life. Figures are woven into the environment of the background creating an interplay between Hüller’s subjects and the features of the worlds they inhabit. Hüller integrates a succession of historical styles, but his works most distinctly possesses affinities to Expressionism, Cubism, and other strands of modernist exploration.
The artist pays careful attention to the balance between color, textural detail and unrestrained figuration, experimenting with different media to pin down a particular mood or essence. Hüller’s work surveys ways of depicting the artist, positioned in a mystical dystopia, forming part of heterogeneous narratives that link the fantastical to the mundane. Delicate lines score his compositions, creating an unsteady balance between chaos and harmony, highlighting a shared sense of vulnerability.
Volker Hüller studied under the late Norbert Schwontkowski (1949-2013) at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg (DE), graduating in 2008. The artist recently had a solo exhibition titled L.I.T.S. at GRIMM, New York, NY (US) in 2023.
Recent exhibitions: L.I.T.S., GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Wasteland, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (DE); Birds, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY (US); Bon Voyage, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); German Painting Now, Telegraph, Olomouc (CZ); Im Frage, Museum Het Valkhof, Nijmegen (NL); Paradise Inn, GRIMM, New York, NY (US); Tonics, Van Doren Waxter, New York, NY (US); Volley, Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (DE); L.I.T.S. Homo Naledi, GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL); Windows, curated by Marc Mulders, Kunsthal Kade, Amersfoort (NL); Junge Sammlungen 01, Weserburg Museum für moderne kunst, Bremen (DE); Volker Hüller, 11R Gallery, New York, NY (US); Volker Hüller, Timothy Taylor, London (UK); Volker Hüller, curated by Anna-Catherina Gebbers, Salon 94, New York, NY (US).
Selected collections: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (US); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (US); De Heus-Zomer Collection (NL); THE EKARD COLLECTION; Saatchi Gallery, London (UK); the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (IL), as well as many private collections.
