Silke Otto–Knapp
An alle Bühnen der Welt, 2018
£250
A limited edition screenprint on Rough Textured paper by Silke Otto-Knapp, exclusive to House of Voltaire. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity, signed and numbered by the artist.
Edition Size
100
Dimensions
67 x 89 cm
Finishing
Screenprint on Somerset Rough Textured White 300gsm.
Courtesy the artist
About The Artwork
Silke Otto-Knapp works in the often marginalised medium of watercolour. Unlike traditional watercolourists Otto-Knapp works on canvas, which allows her to repeatedly wash down her images, reworking them layer by layer, and therefore create pictures of great translucency and delicacy; effects enhanced by her recent use of silver and gold pigments. In this special edition, delicate layers of gouache and watercolour express fugitive beauty, imbuing this work with an ethereal essence.
About Silke Otto–Knapp
Silke Otto–Knapp (1970-2022) was a contemporary German painter well known for her unique use of gouache watercolour, rinsing layers from canvas to create ethereal, dreamlike works. Otto-Knapp’s work directly challenges the photographic image: each painting based on a photograph, challenging notions of clarity and realism through her experimental use of the medium.
She exhibited internationally with institutions such as Tate Britain, London; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Aspen Art Museum, Colorado; Liverpool Biennale; Taka Ishii, Tokyo; Kölnischer Kunstverein, Germany; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; and Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
Otto-Knapp is represented by Regen Projects.