Julia selin https://juliaselin.com Julia selin Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:21:15 +0000 https://juliaselin.com en Untitled page http://juliaselin.com/Untitled-page-1 Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:21:15 +0000 Julia selin 458675 Through this, that http://juliaselin.com/Through-this-that Fri, 05 Dec 2025 09:20:55 +0000 Julia selin 458674 Through this, that, group show at Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 6/11 2025 - 11/1 2026. With Natalia Karczewska, Vika Prokopavičiūtė, and Jim Thorell <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6fb0c58cdc8e7c1757fe8e4b43cb2b3c5fe8d914e8f462a36ba38ca8750bf9c2/Julia_okt6.jpg" data-mid="1426685" border="0" />My name is decaying as we speak, oil on canvas, 245x115 cm, 2025 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e31041a9033548f71484f92f038350e90bf86939e58c644f81715b3d2ae6f685/Julia_okt7.jpg" data-mid="1426684" border="0" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d2fdeec54d51a6c4f819a860bf90112b6b1592dfd584ed2e66b17a4b1f33f157/Julia_okt8.jpg" data-mid="1426687" border="0" />69 billion years of annihilating desire, oil on canvas, 115x245 cm, 2025 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/52ee81c701431d6e94f46ca1b98c7b48dee342911f7ac08c3f1fa5f855771f67/Julia_okt9.jpg" data-mid="1426681" border="0" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/853b76ae8ddae2752049a424405f5a9a781e7f4893be827302fded7965680c00/Julia_okt1.jpg" data-mid="1426682" border="0" /> Painting staring at the world, oil on canvas, 37x44 cm, 2025 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fa9464c0009d3ae6be7b29b5e6119332ab3f29adbed3b7a17a46a757a360ec62/Julia_okt5.jpg" data-mid="1426683" border="0" />Rendezvous at the horizon, oil on canvas, 37x130 cm, 2025 Through this, that, group show at Coulisse Gallery, Stockholm 6/11 2025 - 11/1 2026. With Natalia Karczewska, Vika Prokopavičiūtė, and Jim Thorell My name is... Ghost Relief http://juliaselin.com/Ghost-Relief Tue, 13 May 2025 15:07:27 +0000 Julia selin 456816 Ghost relief, duo show with Andreas Rasmussen and Julia Selin at Tørreloft, Copenhagen. Curated by Sarah McNulty.&nbsp; 25/4-19/5 2025 Photo: Brian Kure <img width="1638" height="2048" width_o="1638" height_o="2048" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a9a068421b4f63c7af421d6cb8777a35efcca405c5685450918ddeb69bb3ff9f/05_AGAJulia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407040" border="0" />Ghost loved by no one, oil on canvas, 245x115cm, 2024 <img width="1638" height="2048" width_o="1638" height_o="2048" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2e462af49d1f8101e5538b4576f6ecd5ecf98243152a34b95843f34719ba1427/06_AGA-Juulia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407038" border="0" />Hot sweet orgasmic future, oil on canvas, 25x20cm, 2025 <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c8e62329417a903bf8262dc73174919318ff84efb64f88c1e7cd16c4917b41ac/02_AGA-Julia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407036" border="0" /> <img width="1638" height="2048" width_o="1638" height_o="2048" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c54b7271ee0326ce473c6532a14ee93c36624f123ecb55d46c675a83bcf5334e/11_AGA-Julia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407034" border="0" />They come from the dark mud and they want it all soo bad, oil on canvas, 245x115cm, 2024 <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/49676dd04c6479906ff7db619d04593d2a8589bce29e69787c4a5163c1ae1406/05_AGA-Julia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407037" border="0" /> <img width="1638" height="2048" width_o="1638" height_o="2048" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d2c877191e67e1bb37900a14fd2b2e19313463fb07c096b50835938383492c13/14_AGA-Julia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407035" border="0" /> Endless desire for entropy, oil on canvas, 44x37 2025 <img width="1639" height="2048" width_o="1639" height_o="2048" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a7d38bbbc36a0079f0238d286d31d20ef1c1fa5acd7acac6229f92dd5e818a84/13_AGA-Julia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407039" border="0" />New love, oil on canvas, 69X84 cm, 2025 <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/670b366a9dcd55e078a14fc9c469dd66cfe4c19ca565ee50bcd9c559c09bb8dd/01_AGA-Julia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407032" border="0" /> <img width="2048" height="1365" width_o="2048" height_o="1365" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d83cefdad829a56096a4fc6270b447c0e434802c4b9bceb16d1cd1ad049d137f/16_AGA-Julia-Selin-Andreas-Rasmussen-Ghost-Relief_jpg_photo-by-Brian-Kure.jpg" data-mid="1407033" border="0" />Please please please, oil on canvas, 35x39cm, 2025 Ghost relief, duo show with Andreas Rasmussen and Julia Selin at Tørreloft, Copenhagen. Curated by Sarah McNulty.&nbsp; 25/4-19/5 2025 Photo: Brian Kure Ghost... kiss me said the fire http://juliaselin.com/kiss-me-said-the-fire Tue, 15 Apr 2025 18:56:36 +0000 Julia selin 456572 Kiss me said the fire&nbsp; Solo show at Galleri Thomas Wallner, Malmö 22.03-19.04 2025 Photos by LCB <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0e6c809ed8a70817f584f61cd485c60cf0da8139432716209cfb3078b9001518/JuliaSelin_Wallner12c.jpg" data-mid="1404805" border="0" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bea368e04bbf9db7116e2064d8a70d3c27e93c08ec92d61bd72778f04b034b3d/JuliaSelin_Wallner15.jpg" data-mid="1404803" border="0" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f010eb0744559ba7f3f91d3db30043b075f01b4e910a605c7ebe8556b9805ef7/JuliaSelin_Wallner11c.jpg" data-mid="1404804" border="0" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/69b95a7053a343bdaf5885b0b6838e9d30c8e58cc14aba47470775edebb160be/JuliaSelin_Wallner16b.jpg" data-mid="1404806" border="0" /> <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/478bf439ea214592389be72424bdf2b64369cec42cbbef051fdd504e00e2e2fb/JuliaSelin_Wallner1.jpg" data-mid="1404807" border="0" /> Equilibrium, oil on canvas, 25x20 cm, 2024 <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d74b8145b22f6a85665b0a50d686a83b2262887f9398635ba7d88ee176ae56cb/JuliaSelin_Wallner4.jpg" data-mid="1404809" border="0" /> Our names dissolved into the universe, oil on canvas, 270x196 cm, 2024 <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/daf95d6f54cf9f180e172b204a2697260fc46f8091795f94f6ed30d09c9be7cb/JuliaSelin_Wallner5.jpg" data-mid="1404811" border="0" /> - It’s entropy, said the particles,&nbsp;oil on canvas, 44x37 cm, 2024 <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4f5decbf33100d614e0611b4266e24e456925744cfd1e7b7ccbdd0171b555726/JuliaSelin_Wallner8.jpg" data-mid="1404815" border="0" />Come to me beautiful, this is the end of all times, oil on canvas, 245x115 cm, 2024 <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/49660bfce91533d1359d2f647cee4af889adf87ba57e93ea15148cbf695efd94/JuliaSelin_Wallner6.jpg" data-mid="1404812" border="0" />The fire said: kiss me now! Soon it’ll be too late, oil on canvas, 245x115 cm, 2024 <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1b419d42d3f91e12bf4b17c78a804a24d2657c42756bd8147117b98681f79b1a/JuliaSelin_Wallner9.jpg" data-mid="1404813" border="0" />The deepest dream in the world,&nbsp;oil on canvas, 44x37 cm, 2025 <img width="2000" height="1333" width_o="2000" height_o="1333" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0458641d699fa9cccdf6f3a11f4c1ebcc4938048dd2a7e037ab9ad4456e8017b/JuliaSelin_Wallner7.jpg" data-mid="1404814" border="0" /> Touched just once,&nbsp;oil on canvas, 35x39 cm, 2025 <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/08fa16619e0978738f35ed57633f2e7640bebaa3915d2ee7926fa74509e6df9e/JuliaSelin_Wallner3.jpg" data-mid="1404808" border="0" /> Wide spread love,&nbsp;oil on canvas, 175x84 cm, 2024 <img width="1333" height="2000" width_o="1333" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9ed2f2807e04e3790deeaf35da1b2cd0eac58d306c210d508555cf5f179548e5/JuliaSelin_Wallner2.jpg" data-mid="1404810" border="0" /> Born out of chance out of slime out of water, oil on canvas, 245x115 cm, 2024 - Come to me, beautiful. This is the end of all times, the fire whispers. The moth comes. They merge in a millisecond of earth-shattering ecstacy. An ejaculation of sudden light appears when the wings catch fire. Consumed by the biggest orgasm in the world. It’s all there! For the moth, the fire is irresistible. When it sees the light of the flames, it’s not driven by reason anymore, nor survival. The lust is archaic and omnipotent, from a source deep within the origins of life itself. The flower spreads its petals as wide as it can, pistils elongated. It’s begging for it. Deep in the ditch, everything becomes a soft mush, porous and penetrable. Land and water in unholy union, impregnated by an abundance of organisms swimming around in a slimy soup. While mating and fertilizing their mushy lumps of eggs, they do not think about the fact that at night the water surface is reflecting a star which is billions of kilometers away. Up there, balls of gas are burning with an intensifying power. The Belt of Orion slowly unbuckles and 69 lightyears of annihilating desire is released across the universe. The cum hits me as a luminous diamond in the sky and I swallow it with my soul. Julia Selin Kiss me said the fire&nbsp; Solo show at Galleri Thomas Wallner, Malmö 22.03-19.04 2025 Photos by LCB Equilibrium, oil on canvas, 25x20 cm, 2024 Our... diva portal http://juliaselin.com/diva-portal Tue, 30 Apr 2024 13:08:03 +0000 Julia selin 452816 Diva Portal - group show at Skene, Malmö 2024 Photo by Petter Dahlström Persson <img width="1200" height="1500" width_o="1200" height_o="1500" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4ff326026e6c04c79a46ff590a68a29cae02f0eafcc8817bf5e2ac99edba47e9/Shell-shifters-as-ghosts-inside-the-artists-mind--oil-on-polyester--270x196cm--2024-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1361113" border="0" /> Shell shifters (as ghosts inside the artists mind), oil on polyester, 270x196cm, 2024 <img width="6240" height="4160" width_o="6240" height_o="4160" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/009c0ef2ea8f7aff07c78b9dedc9a8a1798f8c5ee4b79c43cf7480671acefd6a/12_skene_dag.jpg" data-mid="1361107" border="0" /> Installation view of Diva Portal, sculptures by Ingrid Furre Diva Portal - group show at Skene, Malmö 2024 Photo by Petter Dahlström Persson Shell shifters (as ghosts inside the artists mind), oil on polyester,... julia selin knows nothing about the trees http://juliaselin.com/julia-selin-knows-nothing-about-the-trees Sat, 20 Apr 2024 09:26:21 +0000 Julia selin 452719 Julia Selin knows nothing about the trees - Matteo Cantarella, Copenhagen, 2024. Photos by Matteo Cantarella <img width="3648" height="3648" width_o="3648" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/becbcaf679d44fbae57ca5953665b55fee0d4fb2b45a9b8c63aa59d18399bf9c/IMG_001-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359425" border="0" /> Painted in the moth sphere, oil on canvas, 190x140cm, 2024 <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2779522e6b01faf5cd2dcbf9b2b6bb4a2e4ec61142d13a6c9cb6d2350e93f4a1/IMG_002-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359426" border="0" /> Detail <img width="3648" height="3648" width_o="3648" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/56a81f057b31b105cd262f575dc703086ca9e61e2716e47082e37ca4f146f988/IMG_003-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359427" border="0" /> My name is fire and my signature will dissolve into the universe, oil on canvas, 190x140cm, 2024 <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e1315bb1d146732826e487d57f629cc062ef2cb6a5dd549276863b7beb963afa/IMG_005-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359431" border="0" /> Detail <img width="3648" height="3648" width_o="3648" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c5c77dac2e9262018f12b7f0a51dc6478aab6f976f53557252ec87f7a701872c/IMG_006-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359430" border="0" /> Years and years and years of desire, oil on canvas, 190x140cm, 2024 <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b26819c735beb67c84a0ebe3cacb47cd3cdd4358de33681ea4abf3125c03f365/IMG_007-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359429" border="0" /> Detail <img width="3648" height="3648" width_o="3648" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b92e5d1b5b9c9de2483a9bd67f99752517ae2e053db6b899f8d56c8c847a4401/IMG_010-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359433" border="0" /> A dream of a dream of a wasp, oil on canvas, 190x140cm, 2024 <img width="5675" height="3788" width_o="5675" height_o="3788" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f17cefe73c4ab0293099a44a2cab90e42cc7323d0a98bf1e7ea0eb38d52a0786/IMG_011-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359434" border="0" /> Detail <img width="3648" height="3648" width_o="3648" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/146bc8fa5f437b6780d98df8ea65a2035c5ef0217888b887a41782f07bba37a7/IMG_012-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359436" border="0" /> Life in the broadest sense possible, oil on canvas, 190x140cm, 2024 <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/16214d92ec5409a6f16bbb149cb2cd89c090615c4527f92c8774d6acefcd9996/IMG_013-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359437" border="0" /> Detail <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/15b8c4097115669cebc075ebc0d1217119827242d7708163680e7ec940386857/IMG_014-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359435" border="0" /> <img width="5347" height="3565" width_o="5347" height_o="3565" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b56554baab84bf528d7ae64875bcca2f63881546146421454e4fe0a9853f9e07/IMG_015-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359438" border="0" /> They come from an ancient future, oil on canvas, burnt artist frame, 46x39cm, 2024 <img width="5038" height="3529" width_o="5038" height_o="3529" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d7f0703154189176106ed030866641c107a40f88f474de1f7259390204521a37/IMG_016-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359440" border="0" /> Detail <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8302d45c980d432b703e5f336f400193aed906a27aa92b2c1906efc7b1e93925/IMG_017.jpg" data-mid="1359439" border="0" /> A ghost of a life form, still in this world, oil on canvas, burnt artist frame, 46x39cm, 2024 <img width="4960" height="3540" width_o="4960" height_o="3540" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/139b1ee0e9dbeb41934a0cd306fbf5290d47667255ccb0d189ae2883c84bac6a/IMG_018-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359441" border="0" /> <img width="4864" height="3648" width_o="4864" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f2e585e0ddf24b1cde692a20683990da3b74af0643dbbe286182d89e92d886ad/IMG_019-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359442" border="0" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8637e15bc078c40aee898ff4764ab59327d81b1761c1053556129a2ecbc11c38/IMG_020-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359443" border="0" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/db91549b8e67698ad517b542cf4d3c6fce0f233681984015020dfc7334f7eefe/IMG_021-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359444" border="0" /> <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f26c000cfa645079c2d2cee0c9360de46d62e2096f85c2505efe4dced62c6aef/IMG_023-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359448" border="0" /> <img width="4496" height="3474" width_o="4496" height_o="3474" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f6bacb3d1d2e7c31545b9a4c1ec81fa842f0b5d83df4c8d86a850e5ff7188adc/IMG_025-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359447" border="0" /> <img width="2721" height="2041" width_o="2721" height_o="2041" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2099a2eca60cf05a4df116ddb45c12283e43e705775a5291eb050c825ed37ab3/IMG_022-kopiera.jpg" data-mid="1359445" border="0" /> Julia Selin knows nothing about the trees - Matteo Cantarella, Copenhagen, 2024. Photos by Matteo Cantarella Painted in the moth sphere, oil on canvas,... moth paths http://juliaselin.com/moth-paths Fri, 06 Oct 2023 08:41:23 +0000 Julia selin 448732 Moth Paths, solo show at Tara Downs, New York. September 8 - October 14 <img width="1540" height="1155" width_o="1540" height_o="1155" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a14ab9f9bd58c6c49c855847e2b7f7d5776ea121b616927622b5d6b7f120fd69/taradowns_juliaselin_mothpaths_2023_01.jpeg" data-mid="1320990" border="0" /> <img width="2150" height="2700" width_o="2150" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f9613a1d2963325e958fb38bf693c94d8644715a4b31acd71b771f55df75e937/td-4.jpg" data-mid="1320985" border="0" /> Sprung out of this world, oil on canvas, 270x196cm, 2023 <img width="2700" height="2036" width_o="2700" height_o="2036" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6fa415241d81bb367d8184b39981d2a4f2882a2db0f7b644e155307fe4eec6cd/td-5.jpg" data-mid="1320982" border="0" /> Detail <img width="2107" height="2700" width_o="2107" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c0b06c30eac43b287a663bef643caabffe803547620b19b4fede54dde1521570/td-6.jpg" data-mid="1320984" border="0" /> 41 billion years,&nbsp;oil on canvas, 270x196cm, 2023 <img width="2700" height="2025" width_o="2700" height_o="2025" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2107a98c8e8802c88e3ab25cc15162b0f0b318b71302fd87510a3c8a9a527a3a/td-7.jpg" data-mid="1320991" border="0" /> Detail <img width="1540" height="1155" width_o="1540" height_o="1155" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a14ab9f9bd58c6c49c855847e2b7f7d5776ea121b616927622b5d6b7f120fd69/taradowns_juliaselin_mothpaths_2023_01.jpeg" data-mid="1320990" border="0" /> <img width="2093" height="2700" width_o="2093" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/8b143a845950d6285ae1d3225c959aef8c37c157b62422f73bb6ec9d60a09230/td-9.jpg" data-mid="1320983" border="0" /> Worm Paths,&nbsp;oil on canvas, 270x196cm, 2022 <img width="2128" height="2700" width_o="2128" height_o="2700" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9ff1f97ff646a9ac3074257a5120bafc72453d5c7d82b3e38179bf03321bf37f/td-10.jpg" data-mid="1320986" border="0" /> Am I mistaking the fluttering moth for a ticking clock?, oil on canvas, 270x196cm, 2023 <img width="2700" height="1988" width_o="2700" height_o="1988" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1f665e4a14fcdf585488b55b959e3528ff3100ce3562fff27488fa48a819cb22/td-11.jpg" data-mid="1320988" border="0" /> Detail <img width="1540" height="1155" width_o="1540" height_o="1155" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f62d18111d3814033cdbb8bf41152da6457be6cc037b13b00677b28d32b8c8d5/taradowns_juliaselin_mothpaths_2023_05.jpeg" data-mid="1320980" border="0" /> The pitch dark of the painting’s surface, the isolation of the Greek isle upon which the scene is staged, the cluster of elongated trees at the work’s center that, darker still, seem to draw us further into the abyss: taken together these elements form the gestalt of a late nineteenth century painting by the Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin, Isle of Death, 1880. Occupied by this memorializing commission, the Swiss artist assured his widowed patron that the finished work would be sufficiently transporting. “You will be able to dream yourself into the world of dark shadows,” he promised her. Julia Selin’s first solo exhibition at Tara Downs proffers a similar sensation. The exhibition comprises a suite of four monumental paintings, each much larger than the average human body, and constructs a sort of installation-in-the-round, an encompassing space for contemplation. Drawing on correspondences between the landscape genre and abstraction, paintings such as Sprung out of this world,2023, tower over us, seemingly ushering us into their depths. Our relationship to such works as viewers, to their totalizing force, reflects the process by which they were made, the originating haptic encounter between the canvas and the artist herself. Selin covers the canvas in a single layer of dark, nearly black oil paint, a monochromatic coat that slowly reveals modulations in pigment as she works the wet surface with brushes, rubber scrapers, her own hands and fingers. Paint and resin accumulate, ensconcing the artist’s actions as if in amber, and draw attention to the work as a sculptural object in itself. From these simple indexical gestures, Selin conjures both tactile, palpable quality of painting’s earliest origins and the Romantic vestiges of Symbolist painting, evoking a sense of sublimity through the most economical of means. Selin’s preoccupations descend primarily from the Scandinavian tradition, from the thematic concerns of artists like Edvard Munch, Peder Balke, and Akseli Gallen-Kallela, all of whom located contemporary mores and anxieties almost counterintuitively in nature. As demonstrated by works such as Am I mistaking the fluttering moths for a ticking clock, 2022, the artist’s investment is in replicating the more extreme sensory experiences of being in nature – its disorienting effects and awe-inspiring capabilities, while maintaining, like the fin-de-siècle artists who inspire her, a correspondence between landscape painting and deeper existential questions. Her navigation of this correspondence is redolent of the framework first constructed by Wilhelm Worringer’s foundational text Abstraction and Empathy, originally published in 1907. “The need for empathy and the need for abstraction to be the two poles of human artistic experience,” Worringer wrote. “They are antitheses which, in principle, are mutually exclusive. In actual fact, however, the history of art represents an unceasing disputation between the two tendencies.” What’s remarkable about Selin’s paintings is her ability to oscillate between both concepts within the same work, between suggestions of organic identification and self-alienation, or the inner turmoil of the artist, and between the objecthood of the canvas and the picture-window of the works’ surface. Landscape painting is never neutral, and neither is nature, its source material– both are human constructs, culturally determined. Seen from this perspective, Selin’s undulating paintings reflect an ultimately successful struggle to represent both a retreat into the natural world and a fearless confrontation with the contemporary moment.Text by&nbsp;Jeremy Gloster Moth Paths, solo show at Tara Downs, New York. September 8 - October 14 Sprung out of this world, oil on canvas, 270x196cm, 2023 Detail 41 billion... market http://juliaselin.com/market Mon, 15 May 2023 07:34:18 +0000 Julia selin 442797 Duo show with Matti Sumari at Market Art Fair in Stockholm, with Galleri Flach. May 2023 <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5d40ffca0b31562f638ab03c3f51b304f0ef9bd9ea85570eab8cde20578a5a1e/market-juliamatti-2023-06.jpg" data-mid="1287018" border="0" /> Installation view, sculpture by Matti Sumari. Photo: Fredrik Åkum <img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/eb45374042ccb4d342705d122e18eedae3dc96265548425e6058d200570e9be5/market-juliamatti-2023-04.jpg" data-mid="1287019" border="0" /> Nattfly, oil on canvas, 270x196 cm, 2023.&nbsp;Photo: Fredrik Åkum <img width="2951" height="3935" width_o="2951" height_o="3935" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/185544c357274dcb9ae03959982be13c418bba3e8b72a26542d263f3e3cc48ec/17.-Skalskifte--olja-pa-duk--soloxiderad-linolja-och-farg-pa-fururam--27x23-cm--2023.jpg" data-mid="1287027" border="0" />Shell shift, oil on canvas,paint and standoil on wooden frame, 27x23 cm, 2023. Photo: OMN <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e14975ccb49fa63162fb1f1a8595053ad5564f4c8de19184dbc9d234171ad972/market-juliamatti-2023-05.jpg" data-mid="1287020" border="0" /> To every trembling place by crawling and biting (and flying and sinking), Ink on paper, paint and standoil on wooden frame, 2023.&nbsp; Photo: Fredrik Åkum <img width="2161" height="3236" width_o="2161" height_o="3236" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b9c04221d9317f770535629e0ef51bcff488f5a137325765c917341bc2a166f4/02.Till-varje-darrande-plats-genom-att-krypa-och-bita-och-flyga-och-sjunka--tusch-pa-papper--soloxiderad-linolja-och-farg-pa-fururam--43x33cm--2023.jpg" data-mid="1287021" border="0" /> <img width="2084" height="3122" width_o="2084" height_o="3122" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7568d8c391e3b481f07c9cbba216eeba9ede111b09deae3d37abdcc9a01dffc6/03.Till-varje-darrande-plats-genom-att-krypa-och-bita-och-flyga-och-sjunka--tusch-pa-papper--soloxiderad-linolja-och-farg-pa-fururam--43x33cm--2023.jpg" data-mid="1287022" border="0" /> <img width="2657" height="3980" width_o="2657" height_o="3980" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b8c2bda33c302ab009d1bf317058219d967756795ffc24289e6aea282cf1e569/01.Till-varje-darrande-plats-genom-att-krypa-och-bita-och-flyga-och-sjunka--tusch-pa-papper--soloxiderad-linolja-och-farg-pa-fururam--63x48.jpg" data-mid="1287023" border="0" /> <img width="2171" height="3253" width_o="2171" height_o="3253" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a5d0871fbc36abfa9b6b159746df3600069c8362884490b4a0b2ac5d653ee5da/05.Till-varje-darrande-plats-genom-att-krypa-och-bita-och-flyga-och-sjunka--tusch-pa-papper--soloxiderad-linolja-och-farg-pa-fururam--43x33cm--2023.jpg" data-mid="1287025" border="0" /><img width="2079" height="3114" width_o="2079" height_o="3114" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ad1fc99a72ce8c7b9183183ff256d020e888fffd664bd223dc44c110cb114080/06.Till-varje-darrande-plats-genom-att-krypa-och-bita-och-flyga-och-sjunka--tusch-pa-papper--soloxiderad-linolja-och-farg-pa-fururam--35x30cm--2023.jpg" data-mid="1287024" border="0" /> <img width="1972" height="2954" width_o="1972" height_o="2954" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/09d5da2a9de836572264ef9f9bee0681b49ccf8ae94cb35693b680c44a8978d2/07.Till-varje-darrande-plats-genom-att-krypa-och-bita-och-flyga-och-sjunka--tusch-pa-papper--soloxiderad-linolja-och-farg-pa-fururam--43x33cm--2023.jpg" data-mid="1287026" border="0" /> Photos of ink drawings by OMN Duo show with Matti Sumari at Market Art Fair in Stockholm, with Galleri Flach. May 2023 Installation view, sculpture by Matti Sumari. Photo: Fredrik Åkum ... krognoshuset http://juliaselin.com/krognoshuset Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:59:44 +0000 Julia selin 441531 The artist’s dream of the insect’s innermost desirewith Matti Sumari at Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden 2023 Photo: OMN To every trembling place by crawling and biting (and flying and sinking), Ink on paper, paint and standoil on wooden frame, 2023: <img width="2330" height="3490" width_o="2330" height_o="3490" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2a9772499870ec173f6524ad3bfe445428b6843be488769e2c2acc246289252f/js6.jpg" data-mid="1280931" border="0" /><img width="2569" height="3847" width_o="2569" height_o="3847" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/aa2dcdc3f2916347bca49cb29069f8483bdb7ec17da9e294ec093727bec10f26/js7.jpg" data-mid="1280928" border="0" /> <img width="5323" height="3553" width_o="5323" height_o="3553" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b6fea3b1b0936ea70ae5b0641911fdf17f6db59b928ad7307d8b1aa83cf4ea9a/js2.jpg" data-mid="1280910" border="0" /> <img width="5560" height="3711" width_o="5560" height_o="3711" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d9c65f0768b8ff21f8d91785f8f6a473e2bbc830e8446c697e85853c59eaebc5/js4.jpg" data-mid="1280927" border="0" /><img width="5422" height="3619" width_o="5422" height_o="3619" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/436239e5c11f0b7cc8234a3e67e02987515b8293837c6734fb8c9ff9500f9b9b/js3.jpg" data-mid="1280913" border="0" /> <img width="2738" height="4101" width_o="2738" height_o="4101" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b6fea3b1b0936ea70ae5b0641911fdf17f6db59b928ad7307d8b1aa83cf4ea9a/js8.jpg" data-mid="1280916" border="0" /> <img width="3355" height="5026" width_o="3355" height_o="5026" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/46bc12d7a964dfde2b5309d526403a4d2a762e25dfb3502d5bcbc67dd537cba9/js24.jpg" data-mid="1280923" border="0" /> <img width="2758" height="4132" width_o="2758" height_o="4132" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1599b275f188479b9674422af966e274b36798ba52b42c00b9a7fd77a9eb87f1/js9.jpg" data-mid="1280912" border="0" /><img width="2696" height="4040" width_o="2696" height_o="4040" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0f00fe4f2b77cc94b2c97eff035ae9bcd222e6ff7769a1fea8464f2ed6b06f62/js11.jpg" data-mid="1280919" border="0" /> <img width="3121" height="4580" width_o="3121" height_o="4580" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/e784f586ffec32d172d81c2f6eebdfe3647385db776b50d0d90f7ea71b992366/js12.jpg" data-mid="1280924" border="0" /> <img width="2580" height="3866" width_o="2580" height_o="3866" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/0a7242aba6f7eed5216daa7b24f5f08018f9acb8ec2df87066f4e0432015c221/js13.jpg" data-mid="1280925" border="0" /><img width="2231" height="3293" width_o="2231" height_o="3293" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/27762e5cd6ec43223639cbf5b3dcbf22e2e040ca9647a70d00a4b6899fe3f940/js5.jpg" data-mid="1280921" border="0" /> <img width="3230" height="4838" width_o="3230" height_o="4838" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/981436295ab132b7f21a48db0d42dd4d58534a6e7114e065df4f036e15804ea6/js23.jpg" data-mid="1280917" border="0" /> <img width="3188" height="4776" width_o="3188" height_o="4776" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b0fa6dfdfd4287220bac2c84761743efa893c65d04571e12645d2a3237b9c1a2/js14.jpg" data-mid="1280933" border="0" /> <img width="3175" height="4756" width_o="3175" height_o="4756" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/bb03d868e0946717b255382623858a14dde31c7fa22d0f672e9faa5354a13425/js15.jpg" data-mid="1280926" border="0" /> <img width="2785" height="4174" width_o="2785" height_o="4174" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7d15174bcdf5ca9765096434fc83bbcba7856080f70127a9d1c208d4fc66f2d2/js17.jpg" data-mid="1280929" border="0" /><img width="3097" height="4640" width_o="3097" height_o="4640" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d890657ea7934f7536ff2de20529cc20b08675fd895ac16ad171ec893bae2ff3/js18.jpg" data-mid="1280930" border="0" /> <img width="3854" height="5773" width_o="3854" height_o="5773" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/a14771d3b23c6eff6ccad68d24302c2029c5a16a07965771a2997da0668f4213/js25.JPG" data-mid="1280909" border="0" /> A sweet rot will set us free, oil on canvas, 39x35 cm, 2023 <img width="3897" height="5838" width_o="3897" height_o="5838" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/cd720dce12541ec35ec6dae4c0045bb099432ce1aab0532031e3c93f9960a679/js26.jpg" data-mid="1280932" border="0" /> Tentacle thirst, oil on canvas, 39x35 cm, 2023 <img width="3519" height="5263" width_o="3519" height_o="5263" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fbdd7c1a4e1c4170c09930f8a18e28d0f73b423d5df1c8f552f8bf98047765a7/js28.jpg" data-mid="1280914" border="0" /> Who is writing the writings of the fly? oil on canvas, 160x140 cm, 2023 Konstnärens dröm om insektens innersta önskanVår utställning är ett kapitel lika kort som en nattfjärils vingslag Spöket av en fluga som levde i det här huset för 700 år sen vet att jag snart är ett lik dess ättlingar ska lägga sina ägg i mig Äggen ska kläckas och tusentals larver kommer krypa i mig äta mitt ruttnande kött och växa och bli flugor Det är spökflugans inneboende instinkter Insikter hos insekter är ofta formulerade på det sättet Mitt lik blir involverat i insektens innersta önskan Hur ska man göra en utställning i ett hus där saker redan hänt i 700 år Tänk sen att det går 700 år till Vi är redan lik redan förmultnade, borta, glömda Men fortfarande sitter konstnärens spöke i källaren och försöker komma på hur man ska kunna göra den här utställningen hur ett verk kan komma att se dagens ljus i just den tiden den lever i Hur får man den till att bli motsatsen till det spöke det är innan det blir till Konsten är också ett spöke men den är ett spöke inuti konstnärens tanke likt min ateljé har den bara ett draperi som en fladdrande hinna En idé om en skulptur i plast eller metall eller en målning kan slås ihjäl som en fluga slogs ihjäl med en träsko mot en stenvägg år 1349 Vad har en fluga från 1300-talet egentligen för oavslutade affärer som gör att den hemsöker oss? Småkryp kommer äta mitt lik när jag dör Min kropp blir en hemvist för många olika individer Med unika fladdrande, krypande, smaskande läten Deras gemenskap kan liknas vid den gemenskap som fanns i en atelje i Malmö under en mycket mycket kort period The artist’s dream of the insect’s innermost desirewith Matti Sumari at Krognoshuset, Lund, Sweden 2023 Photo: OMN To every trembling place by crawling and... chart http://juliaselin.com/chart Mon, 29 Aug 2022 08:27:10 +0000 Julia selin 429619 Chart art fair with Galleri Cora Hillebrand, Copenhagen August 2022 <img width="1335" height="2000" width_o="1335" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/1ab486a2bab0f03162d1370e93f27d546fad6e49163add72c0da94aab719d94d/selin3_s.jpg" data-mid="1219452" border="0" /> During pollination season a very promiscuous season it all lies wide open, oil on canvas, 270x196cm, 2022 <img width="1335" height="2000" width_o="1335" height_o="2000" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c14930cd5db30ba69474533fb4f2bb18d14b3d77afe04b665f4840863d90e548/selin2_s.jpg" data-mid="1219451" border="0" /> Night wails, oil on canvas, aluminium bronze and aluminium, 270x198cm, 2022 Details: <img width="1440" height="1800" width_o="1440" height_o="1800" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/138ea758eff44d7cfd91755388470ac5445d29c082a4c404c9709b4d6b9e22e9/FBAD66A1-0876-4172-B86C-9FE005F80B5E.JPG" data-mid="1227068" border="0" /><img width="1440" height="1796" width_o="1440" height_o="1796" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c36e4019595a1a20b6362b6def3cdb81cfd9182307da2530b152f9f1affd27bb/981E005C-CEA6-4663-8687-D3A21B068E49.JPG" data-mid="1227066" border="0" /> Chart art fair with Galleri Cora Hillebrand, Copenhagen August 2022 During pollination season a very promiscuous season it all lies wide open, oil on canvas,...