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In her first solo museum exhibition, Whitney Claflin (American, b.1983) features a focused selection of works tracing her distinctive approach to painting and ongoing engagement with notions of infatuation, misrecognition, and waywardness. The exhibition includes over twenty new and recent paintings, which careen between subjects and styles ranging from lyrical abstractions and breezy sketches to snippets of text, renditions of logos, and scraps of mass-produced textiles. Following the associative logic of a mixtape or poem, they express transient states of intensity. References and subcultural symbols—such as nods to 1970s flower-power paraphernalia, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, beloved New York bars, and the late-90s DIY scene of her teens in Providence, Rhode Island—suffuse her work with varying degrees of legibility. In addition to paintings, the exhibition also includes drawing, photography, video, and sculptural interventions, highlighting Claflin’s multifaceted approach.
Whitney Claflin: I was wearing this when you met me is organized by Jody Graf, Assistant Curator, MoMA PS1.
Learn more about the exhibition on our website.
Press Kit
Images
Whitney Claflin. Die Eisdealer. 2024. Oil, oil pastel, acrylic on canvas. Courtesy the artist and Derosia, New York
Whitney Claflin. Ten Nineteen. 2019. Oil and graphite on found fabric. Courtesy the artist and Derosia, New York
Whitney Claflin. Cinema. 2023. Oil, nails, bracelet on canvas. Courtesy the artist and Derosia, New York