GOLDSMITHS | MFA 2021

Nana Wolke



Thrown out
The world around us lingers on the brittle line between plastic reality and authentic pretension — Disneyland and Hollywood, Pleasantville and the street you were born on, a fatal crash and a ride in a bumper car. Using a red hunting light, I restage moments that are as likely caught from the corner of my eye as they might be false memories borrowed from cinema and popular culture. Painting allows me to test the vantage point at which images are recalled and recorded, and in turn, realities recreated.
Oil on linen, 120 x 81 cm, 2021
Thrown out by Nana Wolke

Thrown out
The world around us lingers on the brittle line between plastic reality and authentic pretension — Disneyland and Hollywood, Pleasantville and the street you were born on, a fatal crash and a ride in a bumper car. Using a red hunting light, I restage moments that are as likely caught from the corner of my eye as they might be false memories borrowed from cinema and popular culture. Painting allows me to test the vantage point at which images are recalled and recorded, and in turn, realities recreated.
Oil on linen, 120 x 81 cm, 2021