"CRYSTAL CLEAR" (2017) as seen at the IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen, Belgium
Frank-Thorsten Moll Director, IKOB, Museum of Contemporary Art
Sali Muller is a sensitive analyst of habits of vision and perception; she focuses on concepts such as selfishness and, ultimately, finiteness. She is a young, up-and-coming sculptor who focuses primarily, within the medium of the installation, on the impossibility of depicting a person.
Sali Muller (* 1981 in Luxembourg) has been working as a freelance object and installation artist since 2010. Under the name of 21Artstreet, Muller took over an abandoned workshop in Kehlen (Luxembourg) and transformed it into a studio and exhibition space for artists. The artist already had solo exhibitions in Luxembourg, Germany and France. In 2017, her works will be shown in a museum exhibition in Eupen, Belgium for the first time.
In her acute, large-scale mirror works, Muller deals with a spectrum of psychosocial issues such as self-awareness, identity and interpersonal communication. With her installations, Muller manipulates our perception of subject and subjectivity. She breaks up the connections between space, time and identity in order to investigate what it means to maintain individuality in a society of constant repetitions. With skepticism and irony, the artist draws attention to the obsession of our media-dominated visual culture: making everything transparent.
Awards
2018
Premio della Critica, MAC Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy
2017
Luxembourg Art Prize, Shortlist, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlist, York, The United Kingdom
2016
Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlist, York, The United Kingdom
Int. Emerging Artist Award, Shortlist, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Salon de Montrouge, Shortlist, Paris, France
2015
Blooom Award, Nomination, Cologne, Germany
Incubarte Award, 7 International Art Festival, Valencia,
2013
Prix Jeune Artiste, 7e Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Fragil, e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz, Germany
2017
''Blackout'', e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz, Germany
"Museum of Vanities", mit Jerry Frantz, IKOB, Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Eupen, Belgien
2016
"Ecriture Sans Fin", AICA International Association of Art Critics, Kiosk, Luxemburg
2015
"Shadows", Kiosk Trier, Trier
"Die Entzauberung der Welt", mit Miikka Heinonen, 21Artstreet, Kehlen, Luxemburg
2014
"Erase Project" Galerie A Spiren, Strassen, Luxemburg
2013
"Sali Muller", 21Artstreet, Kehlen, Luxemburg
2006
"Enjeu Transactionnel", Palais Universitaire, Straßburg, Frankreich
2005
"Accept Abject", Zone d'Art, Straßburg, Frankreich
