Amy Sillman
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Biography
Born 1955 in Detroit, MI
Lives and works in New York, NY
Amy Sillman has become one of the most influential figures of 21st century painting, as she moves across media seamlessly, integrating elements such as collage, drawing and printmaking into her practice. Sillman considers drawing to be the point of departure for all her work. She also explores gestural modes of production in her inkjet-printed and silkscreened canvases, zines and more recently in her animated iPhone videos.
A retrospective exhibition of works by Amy Sillman is currently on view at Kunstmuseum Bern (2024), travelling to Ludwig Forum, Aachen in 2025. A comprehensive selection of paintings on paper was part of The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani at the 59th Biennale di Venezia. Sillman has held solo exhibitions at major international institutions, most recently at the Arts Club of Chicago (2019); The Camden Arts Center, London (2018) and Kunsthaus Bregenz (2015). Her work was included in group shows at the Museum Brandhorst, Munich (2023); Lenbachhaus, Munich (2018); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2016); Tate Modern, London (2015) and MoMA, New York (2015), among others. Works by the artist were on view in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. In addition, she recently curated an Artist’s Choice show at the MoMA titled The Shape of Shape which opened in 2019.
Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the MoMA, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Institute of Chicago; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Museum Brandhorst, Munich, and many more.
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More recently, I started thinking about shape. I’ve never read a book on shape. I’ve read books on gesture; I’ve read tons of books on color, surface, field, ground, representation, abstraction. But I’ve never read a book on what a shape is. I like shapes. So I was making all of these round ones. And then I thought, “I guess they’re people.”
– Amy Sillman
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Works
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Amy SillmanMrs & Mrs, 2024Acrylic and oil on linen190.5 x 167.6 cm
75 x 66 inches -
Amy SillmanPersons of Interest, 2023-2024Acrylic and oil on linenSigned, dated and titled verso149.9 x 139.7 cm
59 x 55 inches -
Amy SillmanSad Meets Mad, 2021Oil and acrylic on canvasSigned, dated, and titled on verso182.9 x 165.1 cm
72 x 65 inches
Collection Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris -
Amy SillmanUntitled, 2023Acrylic, ink and oil crayon on paper
Mounted on woodInitialed and dated recto76.2 x 57.1 cm
30 x 22.5 inches -
Amy SillmanUntitled, 2023Acrylic, ink and oil crayon on paper
Mounted on woodInitialed and dated recto76.2 x 57.1 cm
30 x 22.5 inches -
Amy SillmanUntitled, 2023Acrylic, ink and oil crayon on paper
Mounted on woodInitialed and dated recto76.2 x 57.1 cm
30 x 22.5 inches -
Amy SillmanFriend, 2021Oil and acrylic on canvasSigned, dated, and titled on verso182.9 x 165.1 cm
72 x 65 inches -
Amy SillmanAnchor, 2021Oil and acrylic on canvasSigned, dated, and titled verso182.9 x 165.1 cm
72 x 65 inches -
Amy SillmanMagic Fountain, 2021Oil and acrylic on canvasSigned, dated, and titled verso182.9 x 152.4 cm
72 x 60 inches -
Amy SillmanUntitled, 2021Acrylic and ink on paper
Mounted on woodInitialed and dated recto76.2 x 57.2 cm
30 x 22.5 inches -
Amy SillmanUntitled, 2021Acrylic and ink on paper
Mounted on woodInitialed, dated and titled recto; signed and dated verso76.5 x 57.5 cm
30.1 x 22.6 inches -
Amy SillmanUntitled, 2021Acrylic and ink on paper
Mounted on woodInitialed, dated and titled recto; signed and dated verso76.5 x 57.5 cm
30.1 x 22.6 inches -
Amy SillmanStudy for Split 4, 2020Acrylic on canvasSigned and dated both recto and verso152.5 x 115 cm / 60 x 45.3 inches
Framed dimensions:
156 cm x 118.50 cm / 61.4 x 46.7 inches -
Amy SillmanUntitled #5, #6, #7, 2014Ink and gouache on paper, three partsNumbered recto, signed versoPaper dimensions:
Each 76.2 x 56.9 cm / 30 x 22 inches
Framed dimensions:
Each 88.5 x 69.5 cm / 34.8 x 27.4 inches -
Amy SillmanSong Cave, 2017Acrylic on linenSigned, titled and dated on verso190.5 x 167.6 cm
75 x 66 inches -
Amy SillmanXL43, 2020Acrylic, ink, oil, and silkscreen on paperSigned recto, signed and dated verso152.4 x 101.6 cm
60 x 40 inches -
Amy SillmanXL45, 2020Acrylic, ink and oil crayon on paperSigned, titled and dated both recto and verso152.1 x 101.6 cm / 59.9 x 40 inches
Framed dimensions:
159.3 x 108.8 cm / 62.7 x 42.8 inches -
Amy SillmanSK3, 2017Acrylic and silkscreen on paperSigned, titled, dated verso; initialed and numbered rectoPaper dimensions:
101.5 x 65.9 cm / 40 x 26 inches
Framed dimensions:
114 x 78 cm / 45 x 30.7 inches -
Amy SillmanSK2, 2017Acrylic and silkscreen on paperSigned, titled, dated verso; initialed and numbered rectoPaper Dimensions:
101.7 x 66 cm / 40 x 26 inches
Framed Dimensions:
114 x 78 x 3 cm / 45 x 30.7 x 1.2 inches -
Amy SillmanUntitled, 2019Acrylic on linen mounted on panel91.4 x 76.2 cm
36 x 30 inches -
Amy SillmanPat, 2017Acrylic on linenSigned, titled and dated on versoTwo parts
Each: 167.6 x 190.5 cm / 66 x 75 inches
Total: 335.3 x 190.5 cm / 132 x 75 inches -
Amy SillmanBack of a Horse Costume X 2, 2015-16Oil and acrylic on canvas190.5 cm x 167.6 cm
750 x 65.98 inches -
Amy SillmanThe Lie Down, 2018Oil and acrylic on canvas190.5 cm x 167.6 cm
750 x 65.98 inches -
Amy SillmanThe Innie, 2017Acrylic and oil on linenSigned, titled and dated on verso190.5 x 167.6 cm
75 x 66 inches -
Amy SillmanSplitsville, 2017Acrylic and oil on linenSigned, titled and dated on verso190.5 x 167.6 cm
75 x 66 inches -
Amy SillmanFatso, 2009Oil on canvasSigned verso91 x 84 inches
231.1 x 213.4 cm -
Amy SillmanStill Life #3, 2014Oil on canvas190.5 x 167.6 cm
75 x 66 inches -
Amy SillmanWHITE SLOT, 2011Oil on canvas51.25 x 44.875 inches
130.2 x 114 cm -
Amy SillmanAfter Metamorphoses, 2015-16Video animation with iPad drawings,
Music by Wiebke Tiarks16:10 min
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