RAPHAELA SIMON

Blaue Nacht (solo show)
Fondazione Giuliani, Rome
10 May – 21 July 2023

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Installation view: Blaueue Nacht, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2023, photo: Roberto Ama
Installation view: Blaueue Nacht, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2023, photo: Roberto Ama

Fondazione Giuliani will host Blaue Nacht, a solo exhibition of Raphaela Simon. Known for her paintings of deceptively simple, non-distinct forms set against dark monochromatic backgrounds, Simon plays with the viewer’s desire to imbue abstract forms with meaning. Her paintings generate forms of palimpsests, with colours shining through the different layers, adding nuances to the compositions. For this exhibition, the artist will present artworks from the last couple of years, as well as new pieces produced specifically for the show. These works will include both her signature paintings on canvas, and a new corpus of sculptures.

Fondazione Giuliani

Installation view: Blaueue Nacht, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2023, photo: Roberto Ama
Installation view: Blaueue Nacht, Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, 2023, photo: Roberto Ama

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RAPHAELA SIMON

Die Nachahmung der Rose (solo show)
Oldenburger Kunstverein
16 February – 21 April 2024

Installation view: Die Nachahmung der Rose, Oldenburger Kunstverein, 2024, photo: Roman März
Installation view: Die Nachahmung der Rose, Oldenburger Kunstverein, 2024, photo: Roman März

Oldenburger Kunstverein will present a solo show with work by Raphaela Simon. Intended to ‘confront the viewer rather than transport them to another world,’ Simon’s large-format paintings are developed layer upon layer, creating views that give shape to the shadowy images of our imagination. The artist’s fabric sculptures complement her paintings, referring to fundamental questions of space, volume, observation and social interaction.

Oldenburger Kunstverein

Installation view: Die Nachahmung der Rose, Oldenburger Kunstverein, 2024, photo: Roman März
Installation view: Die Nachahmung der Rose, Oldenburger Kunstverein, 2024, photo: Roman März

RAPHAELA SIMON

Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter (publication)
Published by Verlag Walther & Franz König, 2023
Design: Thomas Spallek

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A catalogue, with German and English texts, has been published to accompany the exhibition Es liebt Dich und Deine Körperlichkeit ein Verwirrter, on view at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf from 10 December 2022 to 19 February 2023. In addition to an introduction by director Gregor Jansen and curator Alicia Holthausen, the catalogue features interviews with the artists, with questions from Questionnaire by Max Frisch (Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp Verlag 1984).

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RAPHAELA SIMON

Paintings and Sculptures 2012–2022 (publication)
Published by Galerie Max Hetzler, Michael Werner Gallery and Hannah Hoffman Gallery
Text by Chloe Stead

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This book, jointly published by Galerie Max Hetzler, Michael Werner Gallery and Hannah Hoffman Gallery, features paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by Raphaela Simon from 2012 to 2021, as well as a text by Chloe Stead and conversation with the artist. The book is now available for purchase on the Galerie Max Hetzler publications website. 

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