Artist: Whitney Claflin
Exhibition title: Die Nacht
Venue: DREI, Cologne, Germany
Date: January 19 – March 2, 2024
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and DREI, Cologne
Die Nacht concludes Claflin’s six-month studio residency as a scholarship holder of the City of Mönchengladbach and the Josef and Hilde Wilberz Foundation. All of the works in this exhibition were created during this time in Mönchengladbach. Die Nacht is followed by a second solo exhibiton entitled Why Limit Happy to an Hour? which opens on January 26 at Haus Erholung, Mönchengladbach.
Whitney Claflin currently lives and works in Mönchengladbach. She graduated from the Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut. The artist’s work recently had been on view in solo exhibitions at Drei, Cologne (with Rochelle Feinstein, 2022); Derosia, New York (2021); Drei, Cologne; Soft Opening, London (both 2020), Real Fine Arts, New York (2017). She furthermore recently contributed to exhibitions at Derosia, New York; Layr, Vienna; Drei, Cologne; Bel Ami, Los Angeles; Office Baroque, Antwerp (all 2023); Drei, Cologne (curated by Whitney Claflin); Clearing, Brussels (both 2022); Sandy Brown, Berlin (2021); Shoot the Lobster, New York (2020); Galerie Buchholz, New York (2019); Croy Nielsen, Vienna; Greene Naftali, New York (both 2018) a.o.
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht IV, 2023, Oil and acrylic on primed polyester; wood frame, 30 × 40 cm (11 3/4″ × 15 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht I, 2023, Oil on canvas; wood frame, 30 × 40 cm (11 3/4″ × 15 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht II, 2023, Oil on canvas; wood frame, 30 × 40 cm (11 3/4″ × 15 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht III, 2023, Found fabric; wood frame
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Hate, 2024, Oil, acrylic, tissue paper and mirror on canvas, 35 × 45 cm (13 3/4″ × 17 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, We Dated, 2023, Mixed media on found fabric, 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4″ × 11 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Kopfkino, 2023, Oil, acrylic, nails, wire, plastic on primed polyester, 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4″ × 11 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Deja Vu, 2024, Oil, acrylic, magazine clipping, nails on primed polyester, 30 × 40 cm (11 3/4″ × 15 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Total Chrome, 2023, Oil, acrylic, glitter on canvas; wood frame, 30 × 40 cm (11 3/4″ × 15 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, & Alcohol, 2024, Oil and acrylic on primed polyester, 25 × 35 cm (9 7/8″ × 13 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Cigarettes, 2024, Oil and ink on primed polyester, 150 × 100 cm (59″ × 39 3/8″)
Whitney Claflin, Ich Liebe Musik, 2023, Oil on linen, 160 × 120 cm
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Entschuldigung, Entscheidung?, 2024, Acrylic on found wood sign, 185 × 80 × 55 cm (72 7/8″ × 31 1/2″ × 21 5/8″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Here, 2024, Oil, oil pastel, acrylic on canvas, 70 × 60 cm (27 1/2″ × 23 5/8″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Eisdealer, 2024, Oil, oil pastel, acrylic on canvas, 140 × 100 cm (55 1/8″ × 39 3/8″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Seine Song, 2024, Oil, acrylic, acrylic gel transfer, ink on primed polyester, 40 × 30 cm (15 3/4″ × 11 3/4″)
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne
Whitney Claflin, Die Nacht, 2024, exhibition view, DREI, Cologne