Ulla von Brandenburg

Ulla von Brandenburg

b. 1974, Karlsruhe, Germany
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Born 1974 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Lives and works in Paris.

Ulla von Brandenburg has a richly complex and multifaceted practice that is realised through a combination of black & white film, installation, performance, drawing, and painting. The vocabulary of von Brandenburg's work comes from a basis of using approaches and methods of the theatre, the stage, and rules of performance to engage with cultural or social issues from different moments in history to explore how stories, rituals, and symbols of the past have constituted our societies. Permeated by recurring themes and images sourced from literature; expressionist theatre; early cinema, and pre- Freudian psychoanalysis, von Brandenburg's practice cross-references back and forth between media creating a language that loops back on itself: endlessly repeating and developing. Concerned with 'the borders of different consciousness: past and present, alive and dead, real and illusionary', von Brandenburg creates work positioned uncertainly at the point at which reality ends and the illusion of life, emotions and events begins.

Selected Artworks

Ulla von Brandenburg, Zusammen/Allein IV, 2020
Ulla von Brandenburg
Zusammen/Allein IV
2020
Various fabrics, muslin
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 1/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Zusammen/Allein III, 2020
Ulla von Brandenburg
Zusammen/Allein III
2020
Various fabrics, muslin
225 x 150 cm
88 5/8 x 59 1/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Vorhang Blau 16, 2019
Ulla von Brandenburg
Vorhang Blau 16
2019
Cyanotype on Paper
248 x 152 cm
97 5/8 x 59 7/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Vorhang Blau 12, Angeln, 2019
Ulla von Brandenburg
Vorhang Blau 12, Angeln
2019
Cyanotype on Paper
239 x 146 cm
94 1/8 x 57 1/2 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Nicolas, 2018
Ulla von Brandenburg
Nicolas
2018
Watercolour on gesso
140 x 110 cm
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Mary, 2018
Ulla von Brandenburg
Mary
2018
Watercolour on gesso on wood
140 x 110 cm
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Colette, 2018
Ulla von Brandenburg
Colette
2018
Watercolor on assembled papers
Unframed
200 x 100 cm
78 3/4 x 39 3/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Louise Michel, 2018
Ulla von Brandenburg
Louise Michel
2018
Watercolor on assembled papers
Unframed
100 x 80 cm
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Rosa Luxembourg, 2018
Ulla von Brandenburg
Rosa Luxembourg
2018
Watercolor on assembled papers
Unframed
100 x 80 cm
39 3/8 x 31 1/2 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Tamara und Serge, 2018
Ulla von Brandenburg
Tamara und Serge
2018
Watercolor on assembled paper
Unframed
80 x 80 cm
31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Tanz, gesprungen, 2016
Ulla von Brandenburg
Tanz, gesprungen
2016
Watercolour on ancient paper
135 x 106 cm
53 1/8 x 41 3/4 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Couple, Dance, 2016
Ulla von Brandenburg
Couple, Dance
2016
Watercolour on ancient paper
Unframed:
140 x 110 cm
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
Framed:
143.5 x 113.5 x 4 cm
56 1/2 x 44 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, "Woman, Man, dancing", 2016
Ulla von Brandenburg
"Woman, Man, dancing"
2016
Watercolour on ancient paper
Unframed:
140 x 110 cm
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
Framed:
143.5 x 113.5 x 4 cm
56 1/2 x 44 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Dance with Mask, 2016
Ulla von Brandenburg
Dance with Mask
2016
Watercolour on ancient paper
Unframed:
140 x 110 cm
55 1/8 x 43 1/4 in
Framed:
143.5 x 113.5 x 4 cm
56 1/2 x 44 3/4 x 1 5/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Kalns, grimsti ! Ieleja, celies ! [Sink down mountain, Raise up valley], 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Kalns, grimsti ! Ieleja, celies ! [Sink down mountain, Raise up valley]
2015
Super-16-mm-film, b&w, sound
18'00"
Ulla von Brandenburg, Folds and Box, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Folds and Box
2015
Chlorine on cotton canvas, metal box, paper ribbons
Canvas: 185 x 130 x 3.8 cm
Object: 47.9 x 35.2 x 32 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Folds and Dowsers, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Folds and Dowsers
2015
Chlorine on cotton canvas, hazelnut branch, string
Canvas: 200.5 x 140.5 x 3.8 cm
Object: 108.5 x 63 x 77 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Folds and Rope, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Folds and Rope
2015
Chlorine on cotton canvas, rope
Canvas: 205 x 100.3 x 3.8 cm
Object: 26.8 x 46.9 x 47 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Folds and Bamboo, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Folds and Bamboo
2015
Chlorine on cotton canvas, bamboo sticks
Canvas:
185 x 110.5 x 3.8 cm
72 7/8 x 43 1/2 x 1 1/2 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Folds and Hoops, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Folds and Hoops
2015
Chlorine on cotton canvas, six wooden hoops
Canvas: 210.5 x 135.3 x 3.8 cm
Object: 91.5 x 111 x 28.1 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Folds and Branch, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Folds and Branch
2015
Chlorine on cotton canvas, hazelnut branch, string
Canvas: 200.6 x 140.2 x 3.8 cm
Object: 71.5 x 190.5 x 2 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Game, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Game
2015
Metal table, hand dyed ribbons
92.4 x 42 x 42 cm
36 3/8 x 16 1/2 x 16 1/2 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, It has a Golden Yellow Sun and an Elderly Grey Moon, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
It has a Golden Yellow Sun and an Elderly Grey Moon
2015
Metal table, drum, drum sticks, dyed fabric, painted book, nuts, money tin
60.7 x 114.1 x 70.3 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Folds and Compass, 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Folds and Compass
2015
Chlorine on cotton canvas, wood
Canvas: 215.2 x 125.4 x 3.8 cm
Object: 165 x 136.4 x 20 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Orange trifft Blau [Orange meets blue], 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Orange trifft Blau [Orange meets blue]
2015
Ribbon
4200 x 8 cm
1653 1/2 x 3 1/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Beuge (Bow), 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Beuge (Bow)
2015
Watercolour on paper
Unframed size
153.5 x 122.5 x 4 cm (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, Puppen (Puppets), 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Puppen (Puppets)
2015
Watercolour on paper
Unframed size
153.5 x 122.5 x 4 cm (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, Mann ohne Kopf (Man without head), 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Mann ohne Kopf (Man without head)
2015
Watercolour on paper
Unframed size
153.5 x 122.5 x 4 cm (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, Frau auf Mann (Woman on man), 2015
Ulla von Brandenburg
Frau auf Mann (Woman on man)
2015
Watercolour on paper
Unframed size
153.5 x 122.5 x 4 cm (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, After L'Argent, 2014
Ulla von Brandenburg
After L'Argent
2014
35mm film transformed to HD video
1'58"
Ulla von Brandenburg, Mann mit Baer [Man with bear], 2013
Ulla von Brandenburg
Mann mit Baer [Man with bear]
2013
Ink, watercolour on tissue paper, collage on old paper
200.3 x 150.5 cm
210.3 x 160.5 x 5.3 cm (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, Rautenkleid [Diamond dress], 2013
Ulla von Brandenburg
Rautenkleid [Diamond dress]
2013
Ink, watercolour on tissue paper, collage on old paper
120.2 x 181.6 cm
130 x 191 x 5.3 cm (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, Blau-Orangenes Kleid [Blue-Orange Dress], 2013
Ulla von Brandenburg
Blau-Orangenes Kleid [Blue-Orange Dress]
2013
Ink, watercolour on tissue paper, collage on old paper
120 x 181.5 cm
130 x 191.5 x 5.3 cm (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, Kostüm für einen [Mann costume for a man], 2013
Ulla von Brandenburg
Kostüm für einen [Mann costume for a man]
2013
Ink, watercolour on tissue paper, collage on old paper
90 x 180.5 cm
100 x 190.5 x 5.3 (framed)
Ulla von Brandenburg, Die Straße [The Street], 2013
Ulla von Brandenburg
Die Straße [The Street]
2013
HD video, B&W, sound
11’20”
Ulla von Brandenburg, Kreis / Innen ist nicht Aussen (Circle / Inside is not Outside), 2013
Ulla von Brandenburg
Kreis / Innen ist nicht Aussen (Circle / Inside is not Outside)
2013
Patchwork, ties, fabric
250 x 250 cm
98 3/8 x 98 3/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Hemden Quilt (Shirt Quilt), 2012-2014
Ulla von Brandenburg
Hemden Quilt (Shirt Quilt)
2012-2014
Fabric
240 x 220 x 3.5 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Shadowplay, 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Shadowplay
2012
HD video, B&W, sound
7’00"
Ulla von Brandenburg, Segel [Sail], 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Segel [Sail]
2012
Fabric, rope
15.7 x 5 m (fabric)
Rope dimensions variable
Ulla von Brandenburg, Stock mit Schatten [Walking stick with shadow], 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Stock mit Schatten [Walking stick with shadow]
2012
Walking stick, tie
70 x 70 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Band blau I (positiv/negativ), 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Band blau I (positiv/negativ)
2012
cut out, ink
50 x 64cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Band blau II (positiv/negativ), 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Band blau II (positiv/negativ)
2012
Cutout on paper, ink
64 x 50 cm (each)
25 1/4 x 19 3/4 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Regal mit Masken [Shelf with Mask], 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Regal mit Masken [Shelf with Mask]
2012
Paper cutout, ink
75 x 63 cm
29 1/2 x 24 3/4 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Fleder maeuse [Bats], 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Fleder maeuse [Bats]
2012
Paper cutout
74 x 64.5 cm
29 1/8 x 25 3/8 in
Ulla von Brandenburg, Spiegellied I & II (Mirrorsong I & II), 2012
Ulla von Brandenburg
Spiegellied I & II (Mirrorsong I & II)
2012
2 channel HD video B&W, sound
7'12" each
Ulla von Brandenburg, Mamuthones/Issohadores, 2011
Ulla von Brandenburg
Mamuthones/Issohadores
2011
16mm film, B&W, sound
3’06’’
Ulla von Brandenburg, Chorspiel [Choral Play], 2010
Ulla von Brandenburg
Chorspiel [Choral Play]
2010
HD video, black and white, sound
10'35"
Ulla von Brandenburg, Stages, 2009-2014
Ulla von Brandenburg
Stages
2009-2014
Super 8mm film transformed to HD video, B&W
1'27"
Ulla von Brandenburg, Monkey Wrench, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
Monkey Wrench
2009
Fabric quilt
2 m x 154 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Tumbling Blocks, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
Tumbling Blocks
2009
Fabric quilt
2 m x 150 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Bear Paw, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
Bear Paw
2009
Fabric quilt
2m x 135 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Drunkard’s Path, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
Drunkard’s Path
2009
Fabric quilt
202 cm x 136 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Wagon Wheel, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
Wagon Wheel
2009
Fabric quilt
188 cm x 136 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Flying Geese, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
Flying Geese
2009
Fabric quilt
196 cm x 146 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, Log Cabin, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
Log Cabin
2009
Fabric quilt
194 cm x 151 cm
Ulla von Brandenburg, The Objects, 2009
Ulla von Brandenburg
The Objects
2009
Super 16mm transferred to HD, B&W, silent
14’55”
Ulla von Brandenburg, 8, 2007
Ulla von Brandenburg
8
2007
16 mm film, B&W, silent
9'00"

Exhibitions

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Ulla von Brandenburg: Thoughts Are Things
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Thoughts Are Things

Pilar Corrias is delighted to present Thoughts Are Things, a solo exhibition of new textile works, sculptures, paintings and films...
La Société des spectacles
Exhibitions

La Société des spectacles

In Atassi’s paintings, the curtain is open and yet the dancers are motionless. Time stands still. The curtain does not...
Ulla von Brandenburg: One-Sequence Spaces
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: One-Sequence Spaces

In this exhibition conceived specifically for the Palacio de Velázquez in Retiro Park, the artist encourages the public to become...
Ulla von Brandenburg & Meris Angioletti: On her dress she wears a body. Notes on Sonia Delaunay
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg & Meris Angioletti: On her dress she wears a body. Notes on Sonia Delaunay

In 1913, Sonia turned a dress into her manifesto: her first “simultaneous dress” was built through a combination of colours...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Le FRAC Picardie
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Le FRAC Picardie

FRAC Picardie has selected Ulla von Brandenburg for its annual associate artist project. This collaboration is envisaged as a living...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Le milieu est bleu
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Le milieu est bleu

Oven Projects presents an exhibition by Ulla von Brandenburg, showcasing Le mileu est bleu, the film work the artist created...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Moved by Schlemmer
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Moved by Schlemmer

Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet premiered at the Württembergisches Landestheater in Stuttgart on 30 September 1922. Almost a century later, this...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Eine Landschaft ohne Blau, wie ungefähr
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Eine Landschaft ohne Blau, wie ungefähr

With Ulla von Brandenburg (born 1974 in Karlsruhe, lives in Paris), the Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst is showing one...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Blue and yellow shadows
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Blue and yellow shadows

Ulla von Brandenburg develops a work inspired by the theater, its imagination and conventions. Around the notion of ritual, the...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Blaue und Gelbe Schatten
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Blaue und Gelbe Schatten

A dance of colors, fabrics, and bodies occurs in Ulla von Brandenburg's new artworks, which span an arc in the...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Le Milieu est bleu
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Le Milieu est bleu

“Fabrics allow me to camouflage, conceal and clad the white cube of a museum, and thus change the system of...
Ulla von Brandenburg: SWEETS / QUILTS / SUN
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: SWEETS / QUILTS / SUN

Ulla von Brandenburg has up to now developed an extensive, complex and characteristic oeuvre to which the Kunstmuseum Bonn and...
Ulla von Brandenburg: The Motion's Method
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: The Motion's Method

The Institute Mathildenhöhe is showing a solo show by the Paris-based object and media artist Ulla von Brandenburg from June...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Duel - Of a Golden Sun
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Duel - Of a Golden Sun

The exhibition begins with the black-and-white images of Singspiel, a video produced in 2009, to reach, at the end of...
Mixtape 2016
Exhibitions

Mixtape 2016

Mixtape 2016 stems from a commitment to film and video art held from the gallery’s inception. The expanding field of...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Objects Without Shadow
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Objects Without Shadow

Ulla von Brandenburg has a richly complex and multifaceted practice that is realised through a combination of black & white...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Mirrorsong
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Mirrorsong

Von Brandenburg draws from a wide variety of historical and cultural references, such as literature, psychoanalysis, theatre, photography, games and...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Wagon Wheel
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Wagon Wheel

Ulla von Brandenburg works in a diverse range of media to create complex, multi-layered narratives that investigate the thresholds that...
Ulla von Brandenburg,: It Has a Golden Sun and an Elderly Grey Moon
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg,: It Has a Golden Sun and an Elderly Grey Moon

Alluding to diverse histories rooted in Western traditions, Ulla von Brandenburg (b. 1974, Karlsruhe, Germany; lives in Paris) makes films,...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Sweet Feast
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Sweet Feast

Five hundred children visited Whitechapel Gallery on 28 January 1973 to learn about sweets as a popular art. An enticing...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Sometimes yes, sometimes no
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Sometimes yes, sometimes no

Ulla von Brandenburg’s complex and luscious oeuvre includes specifically selected references to cultural history in a broad range of media....
Ulla von Brandenburg: Sink Down Mountain, Raise Up Valley
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Sink Down Mountain, Raise Up Valley

Sink down mountain, raise up valley… is a tune from the 1830s folk song regionally linked to Talabot, one of...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Yesterday and Today is Tomorrow is also like this
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Yesterday and Today is Tomorrow is also like this

The exhibition GESTERN IST AUCH MORGEN UND HEUTE IST WIE HIER is an atempt to create an interdisciplinary exhibition concept...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Wagon Wheel
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Wagon Wheel

Wagon Wheel is the first major museum exhibition in the Midwest of Paris-based German artist Ulla von Brandenburg as well...
Ulla von Brandenburg: 24 films, no edits
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: 24 films, no edits

On the fourth floor, Ulla von Brandenburg (1974, Karlsruhe) presented twenty-four films that she had made since the early 2000s....
Ulla von Brandenburg : Inside is not outside
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg : Inside is not outside

A comprehensive exhibition at the Kunstverein Hannover is dedicated to the complex and distinctive style of Ulla von Brandenburg. In...
Ulla Von Brandenburg: Following the signs
Exhibitions

Ulla Von Brandenburg: Following the signs

Ulla von Brandenburg’s works are concerned with various models of theatricality. She works in a range of mediums, including installation...
Ulla von Brandenburg : La Maison
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg : La Maison

In Docking Station, the project space at Stedelijk Museum CS, she presents her installation La Maison, first seen as part...
Ulla von Brandenburg: Das Versteck des W.L.
Exhibitions

Ulla von Brandenburg: Das Versteck des W.L.

The artistic work of Ulla von Brandenburg (* 1974) is extraordinarily complex. She uses various media (sculpture, installation, film, works...

News

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Ulla von Brandenburg awarded the Kubus Sparda Art Prize 2022
Artist News

Ulla von Brandenburg awarded the Kubus Sparda Art Prize 2022

Pilar Corrias is excited to announce that Ulla von Brandenburg has been awarded the Kubus Sparda Art Prize 2022. This...
7 11 2022
Ulla von Brandenburg stages 'Friede auf Erden' for Wiener Festwochen
Artist News

Ulla von Brandenburg stages 'Friede auf Erden' for Wiener Festwochen

'Thou shalt not make unto thee any image. For an image restricts, limits, contains what should remain unlimited and unimaginable'...
15 - 19.05.2022
, Jugendstiltheater am Steinhof, Vienna
Ulla von Brandenburg produces stage and costume design for 'Die Walküre'
Artist News

Ulla von Brandenburg produces stage and costume design for 'Die Walküre'

Ulla von Brandenburg has produced the stage, set and costume design for the third act of the Staatsoper Stuttgart's new...
10.04 - 2.05.2022
, Staatsoper Stuttgart

Selected Press

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The Standard

Ulla von Brandenburg Thoughts are Things is featured in The Standard

Ulla von Brandenburg's exhibition Thoughts are Things is featured in The Standard's best free exhibitions to see in London.
28.3.2024

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