In Something about Etna, London-based artist Fipsi Seilern explores her fascination with volcanic landscapes, cowboys with disembodied limbs, alongside an underlying fear of crowds. Using colour pencils to draw directly onto untreated wood panels, the compositions oscillate between solitude and chaos: some figures sit isolated with skulls and miniature pigs, while others charge on horseback, guns drawn, with an imminent sense of eruption.
Drawing inspiration from mediaeval tapestries, Middle Eastern miniatures, and Japanese woodblock prints, her new body of work reflects a shift from her previous work blending Old Master copies and graffiti, revealing a more introspective and instinctive approach. This series offers a meditation on personal and collective anxieties through a distinct, surreal and unique visual language.
Born in the UK, Fipsi Seilern is a London based artist. Working across several mediums, she has exhibited in London, Berlin, New York, Vienna, Stockholm and Murcia.
Public interventions under the pseudonym PANG have shaped an ongoing dialogue between graffiti and classical painting.
She graduated with an MA in Fine Art at City and Guilds of London Art School in 2020.
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