Whitney Claflin

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For Whitney Claflin painting is always an open ended. Her works embody their own mood, so much so that the mood becomes a being itself. She gives body to conflict, amplifies subjectivity, and highlights the feedback-looping maximalisms of the moment. Non paint materials are collected from her everyday and contribute to a work which is useful to think of as “mostly painting” – a guide, a mix tape, asking you to consider one thing and then the next while you still have the last thing stuck in your head.

News:

Whitney Claflin

included in
New Acquisitions II
Sammlung Hildebrandt
G2 Kunsthalle, Leipzig
September 22 – January 24, 2024

Publications:

FOOD & SPIRITS
Whitney Claflin
(Song Cycle no. 5)
48 pages, b&w, 2022
Publisher: Song Cycle
Dimensions: 10 ¼ × 6 ¾ inches,
+ a coaster
Edition of 200

Exhibitions:

A Crooked World
Whitney Claflin, Matthias Groebel, David Ostrowski, Coumba Samba, Julia Scher, Josef Strau, Anna Virnich
June 30 – July 29, 2023

Stabler Horizon
Whitney Claflin & Rochelle Feinstein
Conceived in collaboration with Fabrice Stroun
April 28 – July 16, 2022

Liste Art Fair, Basel
Whitney Claflin
June 13 – 19, 2022

By All Means, You Can Have Two Halloweens
Whitney Claflin
February 8 – April 4, 2020

Galeria Half Moon
Whitney Claflin, Phung-Tien Phan
April 12 – June 8, 2019

Stylist's Own, 2024
Oil, oil pastel on canvas; 110 × 90 cm / 43 ¼ × 35 ⅜ in

Die Nacht IV, 2023
Oil and acrylic on primed polyester; wood frame; 30 × 40 cm / 11 ¾ × 15 ¾ in

Die Eisdealer, 2024
Oil, oil pastel, acrylic on canvas; 140 × 100 cm / 55 ⅛ × 39 ⅜ in

Ich Liebe Musik, 2023
Oil on linen; 160 × 120 cm / 63 × 47 ¼ in

Hate, 2024
Oil, acrylic, tissue paper and mirror on canvas; 35 × 45 cm / 13 ¾ × 17 ¾ in

Here, 2024
Oil, oil pastel, acrylic on canvas; 70 × 60 cm / 27 ½ × 23 ⅝ in

Seine Song, 2024
Oil, acrylic, acrylic gel transfer, ink on primed polyester; 40 × 30 cm / 15 ¾ × 11 ¾ in

Entschuldigung, Entscheidung?
Acrylic on found wood sign; 185 × 80 × 55 cm / 72 ⅞ × 31 ½ × 21 ⅝ in

Why Limit Happy to an Hour?, 2024
Dye sublimation prints and c-prints on wine bottles, rubber bands; Variable dimensions; open edition

31.4%, 2024
Acrylic on wood panel, customized Barbie doll, silk scarf; 10 × 80 × 80 cm / 3 ⅞ × 31 ½ × 31 ½ in

Whitney Claflin, Southeast Of Boston, 2023
Oil on polyester 170 × 120 cm / 66 ⅞ × 47 ¼ in

Whitney Claflin, New Rainbow, 2023
Wooden base with acrylic, plastic bag, iron plate weights, LED light bulb Dimensions variable

Whitney Claflin, Right On Red, 2023
Oil on canvas 40 × 30 cm / 15 ¾ × 11 ¾ in

Whitney Claflin, Hooded Crow, 2023
Oil acrylic and glitter on primed polyester (slightly black light sensitive) 40 × 30 cm / 15 ¾ × 11 ¾ in

Whitney Claflin, Death Comes Ripping, 2023
Oil, acrylic, paper, and glitter on polyester, black-light responsive 50 × 40 cm / 19 ⅝ × 15 ¾ in

Underworld, 2022
Oil and mixed media on linen; 41 × 51 cm

Underworld, 2022
Detail

4 STARS, 2022
Oil, ink, colored pencil on wood; four parts, each: 20 × 25 cm

Venice Beach, 2011 / 2022
Enamel on wood, framed; 30 × 30 cm

Bell Curve, 2022
Oil, ink, silverleaf, collage on linen; 39 × 31 cm

Sour D, 2022
Oil on canvas; 112 × 46 cm

Jacqueline, 2022
Magazine clippings on sunglasses on mannequin; 51,5 × 27 × 20 cm

Whitney Claflin, Unclear, 2022
Oil, ink, glitter on linen; 23 × 30 cm

Whitney Claflin, Splinter and His Student, 2022
Oil on wood panel; 20,5 × 25,5 cm

Whitney Claflin, One Star, 2022
Oil on wood panel; 20 × 25,5 cm

Whitney Claflin, Chore Chart, 2022
Oil, graphite, ink, colored pencil on canvas; 86 × 86 cm

Whitney Claflin, Speed Racer, 2022
Oil, ink, paper on linen; 40 × 30 cm

Whitney Claflin, A Crooked World, 2022
Oil on linen; 27,5 × 35,5 cm

Whitney Claflin, Neither Behemoth, 2022
Ink, collage on paper; 30 × 22,5 cm / 33,5 × 26 cm (framed)

Whitney Claflin, Union, 2022
Inkjet print on Avery labels; 28 × 21,5 cm / 31 × 25 cm (framed)

Stabler Horizon
Drei, Cologne, 2022

VAMP U.S.A., 2020
Oil, ink, enamel, magazine clippings, thread on linen; 122 × 91 cm

ADD SHOT
Bodega, New York, 2020

Mime in a Merry-Go-Round, 2020
Custom shirt, skirt, bra, underwear, bag, mannequin, plinth and mix on headphones; 191 × 150 × 135 cm (installation view, back)

Mime in a Merry-Go-Round, 2020
Custom shirt, skirt, bra, underwear, bag, mannequin, plinth and mix on headphones; 191 × 150 × 135 cm (detail)

three stars/ one rose (night sky/ a wall), 2020
Oil, acrylic, ink, carbon transfer, fabric paint, colored pencil on linen; 28 × 41 cm

LOVE (!!!), 2020
Found patch on found fabric; 81 × 76 cm

LOVE (!!!), 2020
Found patch on found fabric; 81 × 76 cm (detail)

Spaces, 2020
Oil and ink on linen; 31 × 41 cm

I prefer walking (Veeza), 2020
Oil, ink, enamel, eye shadow, glitter, sequins on linen; 122 × 91 cm

Sigh Co., 2020
Magazine clipping on knife; 2 × 20 × 1 cm

Candy Candy Candy, 2020
Oil on linen; 28 x 23 cm

Elsa, 2020
Tanqueray bottle, essential oils, jojoba oil, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, cannabidiol, terpenes, sticker, wire, beads, plastic candle holder; 16.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm (installation view)

Elsa, 2020
Tanqueray bottle, essential oils, jojoba oil, propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, cannabidiol, terpenes, sticker, wire, beads, plastic candle holder; 16.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm