ISSUES

“I saw a Rohmer film once. It was kind of like watching paint dry.”

– Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn’s 1975 film Night Moves.

ISSUES presents Watching Paint Dry, a new performance piece by Marie Karlberg with actor John Bullfrost. Marie’s performance will take place in the gallery surrounded by twelve works on paper with quotes from various Éric Rohmer films.

Marie Karlberg b. 1985, lives and works in Stockholm

Marie began making art as a reaction against predetermined forms of social life. Marie is currently enrolled in the MFA programme at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. Marie has most recently performed at Art Basel Miami, hosted by MoMA PS1 as well as presenting video in the acclaimed exhibition Greater New York at MoMA PS1, New York. She has done solo shows at Tramps, New York; Bonny Poon, Paris; Plymouth Rock, Zurich; Tramps, London and Reena Spaulings Fine Arts, New York. She has staged performances at Elevation1049, Gstaad; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Künstlerhaus Halle für Kunst & Medien, Graz and Artists Space, New York. Marie has participated in group shows and ensemble performances at various galleries and institutions such as The Goethe Institute, New York; Whitney Museum of Art, New York; MoMA, New York; The 9th Berlin Biennale, Berlin and Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin. Her work is included in public collections such as The Schaulager Foundation, Münchenstein; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris and Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

ISSUES presented a solo exhibition with Marie at Grand Hôtel in Stockholm in 2016. She was also in the group shows Downtown Issues I and II in 2023. Watching Paint Dry is her first performance at the gallery.