Lucie Stahl (born in 1977 in Berlin, lives and works in Vienna) works with photographs of mundane objects – condiments, ties, women's magazines, wheel rims, etc. – which she scans, inkjet prints, and then covers with polyurethane, thus creating a sort of pictorial distancing. The works are annotated with short text fragments, ironic aphorisms with which the artist comments on socio-political events or the art world, thereby creating tension in relation to the reproduced iconic objects which further enhances the effect of distancing.
Stahl has presented solo exhibitions at What Pipleline, Detroit (2023); Camera Austria, Graz (2023); Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn (2022); dépendance, Brussels (2021); Queer Thoughts, New York (2019); Freedman Fitzpatrick, Paris (2019); Fri Art, Kunsthalle Fribourg (2018); Cabinet Gallery, London (2018); Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg (2016); Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt (2014); Freedman Fitzpatrick, Los Angeles (2014), and as part of group exhibitions at Museum Moderner Kunst Kärnten (Kärnten); Kölnischer Kunstverein (Cologne); Triennale Art et Industrie, La Condition Publique (Roubaix); Lars Friedrich (Berlin); Kunsthaus Graz (Graz); MRAC Occitane / Pyrénées-Méditerranéé (Sérignan); Sadie Coles HQ (London); Minneapolis Institute of Art (Minneapolis); Musée d‘Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (Paris); Freedman Fitzpatrick (Paris); Kunst Haus Wien (Vienna); Kunste-Werke Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin); Biennale de Lyon (Lyon); Nassuischen Kunstverein Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden); Sculpture Center (New York); Halle für Kunst (Lüneburg); Bortolami (New York); Portikus (Frankfurt), amongst others.