Carbon 12 proudly presents “All the Soaring Days in Our Nights: Dollhouse – Applied Arts”, a new series of works by Austrian artist Philip Mueller (born 1988), for the 47th edition of Art Cologne. For Mueller, painting is a shamanistic ritual; his studio is his dungeon and every canvas initiates a rite of passage. The artist is transformed into an alchemist, in search of inner truth and outer space, beyond the usual realms of imagination and material matters. This quest might seem particular, but his intentions are universal; where are we coming from, and where are we going, not only in art, but also in life in general.

As a multidisciplinary artist who often reaches beyond the canvas by exploring media such as sculpture or installation, Mueller has created a mixed media installation for this year’s edition of Art Cologne, which is part of a triptych with two follow up exhibitions at Carbon 12, Dubai. “All the Soaring Days in our Nights: Dollhouse – Applied Arts”, is Mueller’s stage where he turns day into night and vice versa: the eternal equinox as a permanent state of mind, his eyes always transfixed on a metaphysical horizon, flourishing in the act of creation, yet on the verge of annihilation.

Chaos and structure, excess and asceticism are the coordinates as the artist becomes a cosmonaut in a solar system of his own; traveling through space and time, always in search of the miraculous.

Art Cologne will take place at Hall 11 of the Cologne – Deutz exhibition center, at Messeplatz 1, Cologne. Art Cologne is the world’s oldest and longest-running fair for 20th / 21st century Fine Art. Its launch in 1967 has had a profound impact on the international art market. This year over 200 high caliber international galleries from over 25 countries will take part in the fair, which underlines Art Cologne’s position as one of the world’s most important contemporary art fairs.

Image: © Philip Mueller, Carbon 12