Timothy Taylor

Volker Hüller’s large-format canvases and hand-coloured etchings engulf the viewer in a world where shapes and meaning are fragmented and interconnected to present an eerily abstract sense of portraiture and narrative. Both paintings and etchings distill Hüller’s exploration of collage, where line plays a fundamental role. Constantly shifting between figuration and abstraction, Hüller’s works disassemble their materials – both physically and conceptually – to compose new forms. For example, in the large-scale etchings, fragmented figures seemingly dance, love, fight. Movement is conveyed by dissecting forms, through a clear lineage from Cubism and Duchamp’s experiments such as Nude Descending a Staircase.

Hüller has presented two solo exhibitions at Timothy Taylor (2010 and 2013), as well as recent solo exhibitions at 11R Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2016); L.I.T.S. Homo Naledi, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2016); Loushy, Tel Aviv, Israel (2015); Eleven Rivington, New York, USA (2012 and 2013); Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany (2012) and Grimm Gallery, Amseterdam, The Netherlands (2011). Recent group exhibitions include: Young Collections 01, Weserburg Museum for Modern Art, Bremen, Germany and Windows, curated by Marc Mulders, KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands (both 2014); Gesamtkunstwerk: New Art from Germany, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2011); Weißer Schimmel (You Can Observe a Lot by Watching), curated by Nicola Torke and Christoph Grau, Falckenberg Collection, Hamburg, Germany, In Dreams, Timothy Taylor, London and EAGLES, curated by Timo Hanen, Gallery Metro, Manila, Philippines (all 2010). Hüller’s work is held in the Saatchi Collection.

Volker Hüller was born in 1976 in Forchheim, Germany. He studied at the University of Fine Arts Hamburg, under Professor Norbert Schwontkowski.