WILL STOVALL, “Circus,” 2022 (oil on canvas, walnut frame, 15 1/4 x 26 3/4 inches / 38.7 x 67.9 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
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FOR HIS FIRST-EVER solo exhibition, Will Stovall is presenting a series of intimately scaled paintings inspired by diagrammatical drawing and German philosophy. After earning a Ph.D., from Yale University, with a dissertation on democratic politics and the institutional imagination of German philosopher Jürgen Habermas (2018), Stovall turned to painting.
“Will Stovall: Kant Crisis” at Ulrik in New York features 11 paintings produced between 2020 and 2022. The works on view reflect the artist’s interest in the human figure and are informed by his philosophical studies. The exhibition engages with Heinrich von Kleist. The German writer and poet looked to German philosopher Immanuel Kant for instruction and grew despondent over his theory that we can only have knowledge of what we experience. A drawing made by Kleist at the end of 1800 was the inspiration for Stovall’s densely rendered compositions envisioning “a fallen world and the appearance of a new order emerging from this collapse,” as Martin Wagner described in his essay introducing the exhibition. Based in Washington, D.C., Stovall is an MFA candidate at Bard College (2025). CT
“Will Stovall: Kant Crisis” is on view at Ulrik gallery, New York, N.Y., from May 18-July 12, 2024
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WILL STOVALL, “Arched Gate,” 2021 (oil on canvas, walnut frame, 7 1/4 x 16 1/2 inches / 18.4 x 41.9 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Faces and Goalie,” 2021 (oil on paper pinned on linen, 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches / 17.1 x 14 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
Installation view of “Will Stovall: Kant Crisis,” Ulrik gallery, New York, N.Y. (May 18-July 12, 2024). | Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
Installation view of “Will Stovall: Kant Crisis,” Ulrik gallery, New York, N.Y. (May 18-July 12, 2024). | Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Scapegoat Comedy,” 2021 (oil on linen, painted maple frame, 9 3/4 x 16 inches / 24.8 x 40.6 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Cardreaders,” 2021 (oil on pine, 8 3/4 x 9 x 3 7/8 inches / 22.2 x 22.9 x 9.8 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
Installation view of “Will Stovall: Kant Crisis,” Ulrik gallery, New York, N.Y. (May 18-July 12, 2024). | Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Watchers,” 2021 (oil on linen, 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches / 11.4 x 13.3 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, Alternative views (2) of “Watchers,” 2021 (oil on linen, 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches / 11.4 x 13.3 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
Installation view of “Will Stovall: Kant Crisis,” Ulrik gallery, New York, N.Y. (May 18-July 12, 2024). | Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Eden and Inferno,” 2020 (oil on canvas, walnut frame, 15 x 10 inches / 38.1 x 25.4 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
Installation view of “Will Stovall: Kant Crisis,” Ulrik gallery, New York, N.Y. (May 18-July 12, 2024). | Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Limbo,” 2021 (oil on canvas, walnut frame with cotton liner, 11 1/2 x 26 3/4 inches / 29.2 x 67.9 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Townscape with Sun and Moon,” 2020 (oil on linen, cherry frame, 11 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches / 29.2 x 48.9 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
Installation view of “Will Stovall: Kant Crisis,” Ulrik gallery, New York, N.Y. (May 18-July 12, 2024). | Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
WILL STOVALL, “Plague Doctor Garden Scenario,” 2022 (oil on paper, painted pine frame, 12 x 15 1/2 inches / 30.5 x 39.4 cm). | © Will Stovall, Courtesy the artist and Ulrik
BOOKSHELF
Will Stovall edited “Of the Land: The Art and Poetry of Lou Stovall,” a recently published volume exploring his father’s work.
