
A series of images following one from the other Eine aufeinander folgende Reihe von Bildern (Cover)
2018
This limited-edition print serves as the cover work for an artist's book produced in close collaboration with designer Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey, created on the occasion of Liverpool Biennial 2018. Silke Otto-Knapp, whose practice is grounded in an exacting use of watercolor and gouache, brings to her printed works the same atmospheric restraint that defines her paintings: figures emerge from washed grounds, gestures are suspended in time, and compositional logic feels both classical and quietly destabilizing. Printed on matte Chromolux, the surface quality reinforces the subdued luminosity characteristic of her work, where materiality and image are always in careful conversation. The book from which this cover originates accompanied a major commissioned painting installed at Bluecoat's fourth-floor gallery, where Otto-Knapp's work unfolded frieze-like around the perimeter of the room, interweaving figural groupings with abstract passages. That architectural ambition finds a concentrated counterpart in this modest but precisely considered format. The book itself was exhibited in the historic women's common room at the Victoria Gallery and Museum, a placement that added a layer of institutional and social resonance to the work's themes of collectivity and sequence. At 32 by 47 centimeters, this is an edition of sixty, each signed by the artist, making it a rare and accessible point of entry into a practice that commands serious attention in institutional contexts across Europe and North America. Unframed and edition-bound, it rewards collectors who value the intersection of publication, performance, and painterly thinking as a coherent body of inquiry.
- Medium
- Printed on matte Chromolux
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, UK
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Liverpool BiennialView on map
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