Cornelius Völker: Good stuff.
Bodies in fine rib, people struggling out of sweaters, clothes carelessly scattered on the floor: textiles play an important role in the work of the painter Cornelius Völker. He paints tea towels hanging on kitchen hooks like abstract color field paintings in the room. His bottle still lifes and pictures of cocktails show high-proof "good stuff." There is also a series with drugs such as cannabis, angel dust or blue, which are often also referred to as "stuff." There is also "reading material," the addictive substance with a more positive cultural connotation, which Völker represents in his pictures of stacks of books.
September 9, 2024
