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In Murphy’s paintings, figurations out of loose uncontrolled body parts meet one another. They bite, they lick, they tease, they taste, they kiss, they pet, they feel, they love. Sensual and humorous, dark and witty, sexy and cute are the dynamic compositions, whose playfulness intensifies in the accompanying drawings, or routines (2022) as they are called.
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Among the paintings, a headless figure, Companion (2022), runs energetically through the picture space, strong black outlines, their breasts pointed, their hands clenched in a fist, they remind us of a superheroine of the 1980s who is always on the spot. Comforting in a different way is the puppy, Softener (2022), head turned to the side, overlong tongue sticking out, legs intertwined. Another decapitated body is flirting with the sun against purple background; the two exchange some kind of bodily fluid (Hi! Arrangement, 2022). On a yellow ground a berry pink mouth shows crooked teeth (Age, 2022), two sky blue butts bump into each other just before they get eaten (Wednesday, 2022). Guest (2022) is greeting the audience upside down. A harlequin-like head, balancing on a foot, with a big smile and a bright-yellow collar, on which an arm is resting and some breasts are hanging downward, headless. Murphy’s characters look familiar yet eerie and odd. -
In Murphys Gemälden treffen Figurationen aus losen, unkontrollierten Körperteilen aufeinander. Sie beißen, sie lecken, sie necken, sie schmecken, sie küssen, sie streicheln, sie fühlen, sie lieben. Sinnlich und humorvoll, düster und witzig, sexy und niedlich sind die dynamischen Kompositionen, deren Verspieltheit in den begleitenden Zeichnungen, oder routines (2022), so ihr Titel, noch deutlicher zum Vorschein tritt.
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Wednesday – Friday 12 – 6 pm
Saturday 12 – 4 pm and by appointment
Aileen Murphy
food that I would feed my lover
24.06. – 06.08.2022
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Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Aileen Murphy, Companion, 2022
Oil, acrylic, ink and coloured pencil on canvas, 150 × 120 cm -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Aileen Murphy, Guest, 2022
Oil, vinyl, marker, ink, cold wax, oil stick on canvas, 200 × 135 cm -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Aileen Murphy, Hi! Arrangement, 2022
Oil and pigment on canvas, 191 × 178 cm -
Aileen Murphy, Hi! Arrangement (detail), 2022
Oil and pigment on canvas, 191 × 178 cm -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Aileen Murphy, Age, 2022
Oil and oil stick on canvas, 200 × 200 cm -
Aileen Murphy, Age (detail), 2022
Oil and oil stick on canvas, 200 × 200 cm -
Aileen Murphy, Softener, 2022
Oil and oil stick on canvas, 110 × 110 cm -
Aileen Murphy, Softener (detail), 2022
Oil and oil stick on canvas, 110 × 110 cm -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Aileen Murphy, Dover, 2022
Oil, marker, ink, oil stick, pigment, decorative sand on canvas, 150 × 120 cm -
Aileen Murphy, Computer, 2022
Oil, marker, ink, acrylic, oil stick on canvas, 190 × 150 cm -
Aileen Murphy, Computer (detail), 2022
Oil, marker, ink, acrylic, oil stick on canvas, 190 × 150 cm -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Aileen Murphy, Wednesday, 2022
Oil and oil stick on canvas, 190 × 150 cm -
Aileen Murphy, Wednesday (detail), 2022
Oil and oil stick on canvas, 190 × 150 cm -
Installation view, Aileen Murphy, food that I would feed my lover, Deborah Schamoni, 2022 -
Aileen Murphy, routines, 2022
Ink and acrylic on paper, 59 × 42 cm -
Aileen Murphy, routines, 2022
Ink and acrylic on paper, 59 × 42 cm -
Aileen Murphy, routines, 2022
Ink and acrylic on paper, 59 × 42 cm -
Aileen Murphy, routines, 2022
Ink and acrylic on paper, 59 × 42 cm