Anna Virnich’s practice centers around textile based tableaus which surfaces must be understood as membranes and as such in a state of constant inter-penetration. The manipulative and oftentimes fetishising treatment of materials and a latent presence of the corporeal manifests in objects, whose formal composition spans from symbolic exotism to stringently calculated image construction.
Flimmerblitze, 2023
Chlorinated satin, leather, satin, cotton embossed, cultured pearls, silver thread fabric, yarn; 54 × 38 cm
Flimmerblitze, 2023 (detail)
Chlorinated satin, leather, satin, cotton embossed, cultured pearls, silver thread fabric, yarn; 54 × 38 cm
Untitled #131, 2022
Gauze, sieve nettle, polyester and satin, oil paint and yarn on wooden frame; 160 × 120 cm
#2 (Siebenundzwanzig Nervenkostüme), 2022
Cotton lace, fur, leather, sequin on synthetic velvet; 60 × 33 cm
Untitled #129, 2022
Thermacolon, stretch fabric, gouache on bed sheet, yarn on wooden frame; 160 × 223 cm
Dreams, 2021
Screen nettle with pigment, woven velvet, bleached stretch satin and organza on wooden stretch frame; 95 × 60 cm
Untitled #96 (lila-gelb-licht), 2020
Nettle with pigment, linen, silk, polyester, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 95 × 60 × 3 cm
Untitled #86 (Kaldron), 2020
Tulle, cotton, polyester, bleached cotton, patent leather, sewing thread on wooden stretch frame; 175 × 275 × 5 cm (detail)
Untitled #95, 2020
Screen nettle with pigment, gauze, silk, lining, patent leather, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 95 × 60 × 3 cm
Untitled #97, 2020
Silk, gauze, bleached polyester bleached, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 95 × 60 × 3 cm
Untitled #97, 2020
Silk, gauze, bleached polyester bleached, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 95 × 60 cm (installation view: Drei, Cologne, 2020)
Untitled #92, 2020
Bleached polyester, lining, polyester, silk, nettle, raw silk, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 160 × 120 × 3,5 cm
Untitled #93, 2020
Silk, chiffon, velvet, satin, lining, polyester, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 160 × 120 cm (installation view: Drei, Cologne, 2020)
Untitled #93, 2020
Silk, chiffon, velvet, satin, lining, polyester, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 160 × 120 × 3,5 cm
Untitled #94, 2020
Tulle, silk, plastic net, gauze, satin, polyester, yarn on wooden stretch frame; 160 × 120 × 3,5 cm
Untitled #61 (Deep Night, flickering Lights, heavy Perfume), 2019
Velvet, raw silk, silk, leather, viscose on wooden frame
90 × 60 cm
Untitled #55 (CK Be, Sweat, Tonka, Plastic), 2018
Fabrics, threads on wooden stretch frame; 95 × 60 cm
Untitled #44, 2017
Silk, oil, satin, tulle, lining, raw silk, nettle on wooden stretch frame; 177,5 × 305 cm
Untitled #46, 2017
Silk, oil, satin, tulle, lining, raw silk, nettle on wooden stretch frame; 177,5 × 305 cm
Untitled #45, 2017
Silk, oil, satin, tulle, lining, raw silk, nettle on wooden stretch frame; 177,5 × 305 cm
Sticky Note, 2017
Waxed and perfumed leather glove, plastic arm, steel frame; 147 × 15 × 15 cm (installation view: Nathalie Haugland, Vienna, 2017)
Nervous Moments Membranes #1, 2016
Bleached satin, raw silk and snakeskin on wooden stretch frame; 310 × 230 cm
Body Electric (#3), 2015
Aconitum napellus, Artemisia abrotanum, Artemisia cana, Asparagus racemosus, Banisteriopsis caapii, Brunfelsia uniflora, Cedronella triphylla, Circaea lutetiana, Cyperus scariosus, Epimedium grandiflorum, Fabiana imbricata, Gratiola officinalis, Gynura aurantiaca, Hedichium coronarium, Heliotropium arbores-cens, Hierochloe odorata, Hygrophila spinosa, Ipomoea sepiaria, Jasminum multiflorum, Jasminum sambac, Lonicera japonica, Mentha x piperita v., Pelargonium species, Pelargonium x citrosmum, Plectranthus coleoides, Pogostemon cablin, Polianthes tuberosa, Psychotria viridis, Salvia apiana, Sceletium totuosum, Sida cordifolia, Silene capensis, Solandra maxima, Tanacetum balsamita, Valeriana officinalis, Vetiviera Zizanioides, Viola suavis, potting compost, sound; Various dimensions (installation view: Drei, Cologne, 2015)