Chloe Wise’s practice spans diverse media, including painting, sculpture, video and installation. Foregrounding an interest in the history of portraiture, Wise examines the multiple channels that lead to the construction of a Self, paying particular attention to the interweaving of consumption and image making. With a wry sense of humour, she nods to canonical tableaux, like Manet’s Déjeuner Sur L’Herbe, exploring the shared projected desires built around food and the female body. Meticulously hand painted casts of food serve as the base for the artist’s sculptural practice where strange assemblies, now frozen in sculpted plastic, toy with the presence and absence of unchangeability and perishability, fiction and reality. Advertising, fashion, taboo, multi-national brands—Wise looks to the consumptive habits built around these structures with parody and derision, underlying how the body is framed and becomes excessive in its manipulation of these sites.
Chloe Wise
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Chloe Wise, And the virtuous men are ceaselessly perspiring, too, 2018
Oil on linen
208,5 x 157,5 cm
82 1/8 x 62 inches
And the virtuous men are ceaselessly perspiring, too, 2018 Oil on linen 208,5 x 157,5 cm 82 1/8 x 62 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, The Tedious Matter of Personal Will, 2019
Oil on linen
208,5 x 157,5 cm
82 1/8 x 62 inches
The Tedious Matter of Personal Will, 2019 Oil on linen 208,5 x 157,5 cm 82 1/8 x 62 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, Anonymous Now, 2019
Oil on linen
188 x 376 cm
74 x 148 inches
Anonymous Now, 2019 Oil on linen 188 x 376 cm 74 x 148 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, The way we never were, 2019
Oil on linen
183 x 152,5 cm
72 x 60 inches
The way we never were, 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 152,5 cm 72 x 60 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, You definitely lied to the right person, 2019
Oil on linen
183 x 152,5 cm
72 x 60 inches
You definitely lied to the right person, 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 152,5 cm 72 x 60 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Getting rid of evil would be boring, 2019
Oil on linen
183 x 152,5 cm
72 x 60 inches
Getting rid of evil would be boring, 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 152,5 cm 72 x 60 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, Which Lake Do I Prefer, 2018
Oil on linen
183 x 152,5 cm
72 x 60 Inches -
Chloe Wise, Tormentedly Untainted, 2019
Oil on linen
183 x 152,5 cm
72 x 60 inches
Tormentedly Untainted, 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 152,5 cm 72 x 60 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, Polysemic Primavera, 2019
Oil on linen
183 x 152,5 cm
72 x 60 inches
Polysemic Primavera, 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 152,5 cm 72 x 60 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, Indefinite Elsewhere, 2019
Oil on linen
183 x 152,5 cm
72 x 60 inches
Indefinite Elsewhere, 2019 Oil on linen 183 x 152,5 cm 72 x 60 inches - Courtesy the Artist and Almine Rech. Photo: Melissa Castro-Duarte -
Chloe Wise, A Treachery, 2016
Oil on canvas
76,2 x 61 cm
30 x 24 inches -
Chloe Wise, It’s Cool To Be Fun, 2016
Huile sur toile, uréthane, huile, bois
122 x 91,4 cm
48 x 36 inches -
Chloe Wise, Life's Rough, But Not Rough Enough, 2016
Oil on canvas
48 x 36 inches
122 x 91.4 cm -
Chloe Wise, You would have been a castle for a moment, 2016
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches
182.9 x 152.4 cm -
Chloe Wise, I Remember Everything I've Ever Eaten, 2015
Oil on canvas
52 x 76 inches
132.1 x 193 cm -
Chloe Wise, Virgo Triennal, 2017
Oil on canvas
182,9 x 152,4 cm
72 x 60 inches -
Chloe Wise, Louis Vuitton Crocs, a lamb who is tender, 2017
Oil on canvas
182,9 x 152,4 cm
72 x 60 inches -
Chloe Wise, Do not go gentle into that Hidden Valley, 2017
Oil on canvas
182,9 x 152,4 cm
72 x 60 inches -
Isn't it sad that you're not enough, 2017
Oil on canvas
127 x 98 cm (framed)
50 x 38 5/8 inches (framed) -
Chloe Wise, You'll go blind looking for it, 2017
Oil on canvas
182,9 x 152,4 cm
72 x 60 inches -
Chloe Wise, Gluten Freedom, 2017
Oil on canvas
182,9 x 152,4 cm
72 x 60 inches -
Chloe Wise, Vision of soft skin, Tabasco sauce, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, foil wrapper, glass on mirror plinth
131 x 40.5 x 40 cm
51 5/8 x 16 x 15 3/4 inches -
Chloe Wise, Bains de gros thé pour grains de beauté, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, glass on mirror plinth
119 x 30,5 x 30,5 cm
46 7/8 x 12 x 12 inches -
Chloe Wise, Void-of-course Probiotic Promise, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, antique kettle, glass jar on mirror plinth
88 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm
34 5/8 x 16 x 16 inches -
Chloe Wise, Inceste de Citron, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, antique silverware on cowhide
109,5 x 30,5 x 30,5 cm
43 1/8 x 12 x 12 inches -
Chloe Wise, A Poem For Pilates, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, glass, antique silverware on cowhide
130,5 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm
51 3/8 x 16 x 16 inches -
Chloe Wise, Rope that counts your jumps, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, antique candleholder, cowhide
89 x 40,5 x 40,5 cm
35 x 16 x 16 inches -
Chloe Wise, Breaking sugar on someone's back, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, wicker baskets, antique silverware, various nondairy milk packages, napkins on mirror
145 x 242 x 120 cm
57 1/8 x 95 1/4 x 47 1/4 inches -
Chloe Wise, Breaking sugar on someone's back, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, wicker baskets, antique silverware, various nondairy milk packages, napkins on mirror
145 x 242 x 120 cm
57 1/8 x 95 1/4 x 47 1/4 inches -
Chloe Wise, Breaking sugar on someone's back, 2017
Oil paint, urethane, wicker baskets, antique silverware, various nondairy milk packages, napkins on mirror
145 x 242 x 120 cm
57 1/8 x 95 1/4 x 47 1/4 inches -
Chloe Wise, Make me a copy of the keys to your body, 2017
Video 18’44’’
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Chloe Wise, Still life with peach, president, 2017
Oil on canvas
182,9 x 152,4 cm
72 x 60 inches -
Chloe Wise, Lactose Tolerance , 2017
Oil on canvas
210 x 300 cm
82 5/8 x 118 1/8 inches -
Chloe Wise, A poem and a sonnet and an essay and a sacrifice, 2021
Oil on linen
121.9 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm
48 x 72 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, A frenzy of indifference, 2021
Oil on linen
121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm
48 x 36 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Glowing symptoms of success, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
72 x 60 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Historical little illuminations, 2021
Oil on linen
152.4 x 182.9 x 3.8 cm
60 x 72 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Fossil murmur, 2020
Oil on linen
121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm
48 x 36 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Interstitial little offences, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
72 x 60 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, I’m so-and-so and I exist!, 2021
Oil on linen
121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm
48 x 36 x 1 1/2 in
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Chloe Wise, Total Landscape, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
72 x 60 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Nonpoetic Pillow Talk, 2021
Oil on linen
121.9 x 91.4 x 3.8 cm
48 x 36 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Promises are like pie crusts, 2020
Oil on linen
182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
72 x 60 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, All that free speech is very expensive, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 254 x 3.8 cm
72 x 100 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Sasha with lettuce, 2021
Oil on linen
35.6 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
14 x 11 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Oyinda, 2021
Oil on linen
35.6 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
14 x 11 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Sasha M., 2021
Oil on linen
35.6 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
14 x 11 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Rachel, 2021
Oil on linen
35.6 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
14 x 11 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Josefine, 2021
Oil on linen
35.6 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
14 x 11 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Daniela, 2021
Oil on linen
35.6 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
14 x 11 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Anastasia, 2021
Oil on linen
35.6 x 27.9 x 3.8 cm
14 x 11 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, That bland expanse, 2021
Oil on linen
20.3 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
8 x 6 x 3/4 in -
Chloe Wise, An American in America, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 61 x 3.8 cm
72 x 24 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Love in the time of Hydroxychloroquine, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
72 x 60 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Either it's raining or it isn't, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 152.4 x 3.8 cm
72 x 60 x 1 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Salad sconce I, 2021
Oil paint, pepper, urethane, light fixture
55.9 x 51.4 x 21.6 cm
22 x 20 1/4 x 8 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Salad sconce II, 2021
Oil paint, pepper, urethane, light fixture
50.2 x 40 x 17.8 cm
19 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 7 in -
Chloe Wise, Salad sconce III, 2021
Oil paint, pepper, urethane, light fixture
64.1 x 47 x 14 cm
25 1/4 x 18 1/2 x 5 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Caesar Salad Chandelier, 2021
Oil paint, pepper, urethane, plexi, light fixtures
94 x 109.2 x 109.2 cm (not including chain of variable length)
37 x 43 x 43 in (not including chain of variable length)
3/4 x 25 x 27 in (floor element 1 of 2)
3 1/2 x 11 x 9 in (floor element 2 of 2) -
Chloe Wise, Mound of butter, 2021
Glass block, wax, oil paint on urethane, polycrylic finish
121.9 x 47 x 47 cm
48 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in -
Mound of butter featuring corn, 2021
Glass block, wax, oil paint on urethane, polycrylic finish
104.1 x 47 x 47 cm
41 x 18 1/2 x 18 1/2 in -
Chloe Wise, Prime Time, 2021
243.8 x 243.8 x 91.4 cm
97 1/2 x 86 x 37 in -
Chloe Wise, Some pleasant lies would be nice, 2021
Oil on linen
182.9 x 152.4 cm
72 x 60 in
Exhibitions
Museum Exhibitions
Videos
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In conversation: Chloe Wise and Alice Pfeiffer
Selected press
- Sarah Cascone, 'Artnet Editors' Picks', Artnet News, April 13, 2021 — 173.3 kB
- Susan Harris, 'Chloe Wise: Thank You For The Nice Fire', Brooklyn Rail, April 7,2021 — 449.6 kB
- Alfred Mac Adam, 'Chloe Wise: Thank You For The Nice Fire', Brooklyn Rail, April 7,2021 — 136.8 kB
- Jill Singer, 'A Caesar Salad Chandelier is the Centerpiece of This New Exhibition', Sight Unseen, March 25, 2021 — 4.7 MB
- Alana Pockros, 'The Blithe Realism of Chloe Wise', Hyperallergic, March 22, 2021 — 3.1 MB
- Gideon Jacobs, 'Chloe Wise on hyperreality, painting during the pandemic, and the weirdness of smiles', ArtForum, March 18, 2021 — 397.4 kB
- Richie Shazam, 'Chloe Wise is Making Art for the “New Normal”', Interview Magazine, March 16, 2021 — 4.8 MB
- Thomas High, 'Chloe Wise Continues Her Meteoric Rise with a Striking New Show at Almine Rech Gallery',Galerie Magazine, March 15, 2021 — 1.0 MB
- Evan Pricco, 'Thank You For The Nice Fire: Chloe Wise Balances the Surreal and Intimate @ Almine Rech, NY', Juxtapoz Magazine, March 3, 2021 — 122.6 kB
- Eliza Jordan, 'Checking In: Chloe Wise Asks, “What’s an Art?”', Whitewall, April 27,2020 — 13.7 MB
- Anika Meier, ‘ "Die Welt explodiert,ich male" Fashion, Social Media, Politik -Undölaufleinwand :Diekanadierin Chloe Wisporträtiert Ihre Generation’, MONOPOL, March 2020 — 1.4 MB
- Yale Breslin, 'Pop Life. Chloe Wise', L'Officiel, July 2019 — 3.0 MB
- Gabriella Pounds, ‘Chloe Wise’, Frieze, 21st December 2017 — 454.3 kB
- Kevin West, 'Will Work With Food’, Surface, 8th December 2017 — 5.0 MB
- Hugo Compain, 'Chloe Wise, la plus contemporaine des artistes', Vogue, 23rd September 2017 — 640.4 kB
- '(Presque) célèbre Chloe Wise', Elle Magazine, 15th September 2017 — 273.0 kB
- Sarah Moroz, 'Chloe Wise is turning america’s food fetish into art', i-D, 5th September 2017 — 492.4 kB
- Thibault Wychowanok, 'Chloe Wise à la galerie Almine Rech', Numéro, September 2017 — 1.2 MB
- 'Chloe Wise : 'Of false beaches and butter money', Blouin Artinfo, 31st August 2017 — 220.3 kB
- 'Chloe Wise', Wall Street International, 9th August 2017 — 415.9 kB
- Jessica Pressler, 'The Crab Artist of Her Generation', New-York Magazine,19th April 2017 — 2.1 MB
- Mathias Rosenzweig, 'Artist Chloe Wise Talks Sex, Consumerism, And the Presidential Election', Vogue, 20th November, 2016 — 445.0 kB
- Molly Taylor, 'Chloe Wise : Haute couture et Confusion', summer 2016 — 1.0 MB
- Emily Warman, 'Beautiful People 2015: Art', Paper, 23rd April 2015 — 226.6 kB