Independent NYC
Nana Wolke
08.05.25 - 11.05.25
NıCOLETTı, London, is pleased to announce its participation in Independent New York, with a solo exhibition by Slovenian artist Nana Wolke, in a shared presentation with Management, New York. Exploring issues related to perception and modes of apprehension of space and time, Wolke’s series of works usually begins on film-like sets, where the artist records the unfolding of staged situations and improvised actions occurring in spaces spanning social hierarchy – from hotel rooms and private apartments to architectural complexes and public spaces, among others.
At Independent, Wolke presents a new series of paintings honing in on and observing the distortion of the symbols of American suburbia through the prism of waning girlhood and newfound power in femininity, replete with Campbell’s soup cans, cowboy iconography, bananas, seduction, boredom and escapism. Painting in her signature style from self-captured low-fidelity footage, she directs her (and our) attention towards Upstate New York, depicting scenes soaked in references to iconic late 90s films such as The Virgin Suicides, or American Beauty. Playing with the viewer’s position and perspective while moving from exterior to interior spaces, Wolke focuses her attention on unstable, transitory moments, capturing the impermanence of youth and the existential drama of life lived at the margins.