For her debut exhibition at Hauser & Wirth New York, Ambera Wellmann will present a suite of absorbing, otherworldly oil paintings created through a dynamic process of layering and redaction. Motivated in part by her upbringing in rural Novia Scotia, her compositions offer complex entanglements between animals and humans, the organic and the man-made, exploring painting’s role in the midst of climate crisis. In this new body of work, Wellmann engages subjects ranging from funerary rituals and strip clubs to compositions that defy genre—even as they draw upon and celebrate the painterly innovations of such historical masters as Goya and Courbet.
Ambera Wellmann’s inaugural exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Wooster Street will coincide with a presentation of new works by the artist at Company Gallery, 145 Elizabeth Street, New York.
