Earth's
Widening
Girth
She Has All the Keys but No Memories (detail), 2024
The paintings and costumes of the work Earth Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), 2024 reveal tragicomic figures who, in their playfulness or despair, defy the exhausting societal pressure to perform, and raise the question of how to deal with time as a scarce resource. In light of the climate crisis, the end of the world as we know it lingers in Wöllenstein's imagination and tells stories of potential endings.
Earth's Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), 2024, Installation view, Kunstraum Kreuzberg | Bethanien.
Left: Therapist, 2023
Oil on canvas, metal frame
34 x 47,5 cm
Right: Always Not Working Harder, 2024. (Detail)
Earth's Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), Installation view, 2024.
Always Not Working Harder, 2024
Wooden ladder, various textiles, aluminum, buttons, shoes, bells
154 x 125 x 140 cm
Grieving Peace, 2023. Oil on canvas, 150 x 160 cm
Therapist, 2023. Oil on canvas, metal frame, 34 x 47,5 cm
The Earth, 2023. Oil on canvas, metal frame, 77 x 66,5 cm
Earth's Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), 2024, Installation view, Kunstraum Kreuzberg | Bethanien.
She Has All The Keys But No Memories, 2024. Felt textile, metal keys, clothes hanger, metal hook, 86 x 170 x 24 cm
She Has All The Keys But No Memories (details), 2024
Earth's
Widening
Girth
Always Not Working Harder (detail), 2024
The paintings and costumes of the work Earth Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), 2024 reveal tragicomic figures who, in their playfulness or despair, defy the exhausting societal pressure to perform, and raise the question of how to deal with time as a scarce resource. In light of the climate crisis, the end of the world as we know it lingers in Wöllenstein's imagination and tells stories of potential endings.
Earth's Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), 2024, Installation view, Kunstraum Kreuzberg | Bethanien.
Earth's Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), Installation view, 2024.
Left: Therapist, 2023. Oil on canvas, metal frame, 34 x 47,5 cm
Right: Always Not Working Harder, 2024. (Detail)
Always Not Working Harder, 2024
Wooden ladder, various textiles, aluminum, buttons, shoes, bells
154 x 125 x 140 cm
Always Not Working Harder (details), 2024.
Grieving Peace, 2023. Oil on canvas, 150 x 160 cm
Therapist, 2023. Oil on canvas, metal frame, 34 x 47,5 cm
The Earth, 2023. Oil on canvas, metal frame, 77 x 66,5 cm
Earth's Widening Girth (And Other Bereavements), 2024, Installation view, Kunstraum Kreuzberg | Bethanien.
She Has All The Keys But No Memories, 2024. Felt textile, metal keys, clothes hanger, metal hook, 86 x 170 x 24 cm
She Has All The Keys But No Memories (details), 2024