The painterly practice of Düsseldorf-based artist Edie Monetti (b. 1986 in Munich, Germany, Masterstudent of Günther Förg) draws on her research into extremophilia, the history of the standardization of catastrophes, and strategies of refusal.
Monetti addresses questions of power structures, destruction of bodies and the singularity of extreme states. Rather than developing a clearly identifiable style, she experiments with ambiguity. The paintings consistently quote and deconstruct simultaneously, honoring and disturbing, refusing a clear or stable reading and emphasize a certain "in notes form-like" quality.
