Vilte Fuller at Brooke Benington

Artist: Vilte Fuller

Exhibition title: Corporate Horrors

Venue: Brooke Benington, London, UK

Date: December 1, 2023 – January 20, 2024

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Brooke Benington, London

Brooke Benington is pleased to present Corporate Horrors – a solo exhibition by Viltė Fuller. In a new series of paintings, Fuller examines the intricate connections between technology, the human form, and the pervasive influence of workplace culture. This collection of works sheds light not only on the current fascination with corporate narratives in the media but also on the transformation of mundane settings into captivating and questionable showcases of modern existence.

Expressed through an aesthetic prism of 80s and 90s “body horror” era David Cronenberg films, and the work of writers such as JG Ballard and Brett Easton Ellis; her exploration is deeply rooted in Fuller’s own evolving relationship with the concept of work and productivity. As a full-time artist without a conventional routine imposed by an employer, there is an almost voyeuristic fascination with the restricted and regulated work day that is both maligned and celebrated by a wider urban society. More recently she had begun to recognise in herself a desire for routine and structure, and found herself drawn to aspects of the corporate environment. In her new paintings, we begin to see repeated forms and motifs suggestive of keyboards or calculators, and a tonal pallet of office carpet grey, chromed steel blue, and safety glass green – all of which provides a homogenised backdrop for some of Fuller’s wilder and darker imaginings. The mundane hum of corporate familiarity lulling us into a false sense of security.

Viltė Fuller (b. 1996, Klaipeda, Lithuania) lives and works in London. She holds a BA in Painting and Printmaking from The Glasgow School of Art. Recent solo exhibitions include: ‘Gravesend’, Mou Projects, Hong Kong (2023), ‘Sleep Agent’, Superzoom, Paris (2023), ‘Strangers by the Side of the Road’, Polina Berlin Gallery, New York (2022) and ‘Little Kiosk of Bone Juice’, Niru Ratnam, London (2022). Selected group exhibitions include: ‘The Unlimited Dream Company II’, Hannah Barry Gallery, London (2023); ‘I want to turn into you’, Coulisse Galerie, Stockholm (2023); ‘NEXT at Christie’s’, Christie’s, London (2023); ‘(It’s my party) I can cry if I want to, Guts Gallery, London (2023); ‘The Feeling is Mutual’, Galerie Hussenot, Paris (2022).