Rita Ackermann: Mama
Text by Gianni Jetzer, Harmony Korine, Scott Griffin, Rita Ackermann
Tensions of creation and destruction in the latest paintings from Rita Ackermann, shifting between representation and abstraction. Rita Ackermann’s vibrant, large-scale Mama paintings layer drawings with applications and scrapings of impasto and oil stick, expressing complex histories and emotions. A critical essay by Gianni Jetzer that explores and contextualizes Rita’s evolution as an artist and the significance of the Mama works, complementing filmmaker Harmony Korine’s fake interview with Ackermann and a tribute to the artist by Scott Griffin.
Hauser & Wirth
Hardcover | 10 x 11.25” | 178 pgs
Text by Gianni Jetzer, Harmony Korine, Scott Griffin, Rita Ackermann
Tensions of creation and destruction in the latest paintings from Rita Ackermann, shifting between representation and abstraction. Rita Ackermann’s vibrant, large-scale Mama paintings layer drawings with applications and scrapings of impasto and oil stick, expressing complex histories and emotions. A critical essay by Gianni Jetzer that explores and contextualizes Rita’s evolution as an artist and the significance of the Mama works, complementing filmmaker Harmony Korine’s fake interview with Ackermann and a tribute to the artist by Scott Griffin.
Hauser & Wirth
Hardcover | 10 x 11.25” | 178 pgs
