Elias Wessel

Interviews by Brainard Carey

Elias Wessel in front of his work series “Nostalgia” at International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) New York. Elias Wessel is an artist whose conceptual work moves between photography, painting and site specific installations with moving images and sound. He has had exhibitions at 1014 New York (formerly known as Goethe House); Palais Beauharnais, Paris; Art Collection of the Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin; NRW-Forum, Dusseldorf; Art Basel, Basel; Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern (mpk); and Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei among many others. His works are included in public and private collections such as the Spallart Art Collection, Salzburg; AXA Art Collection, Cologne; and the German Parliament’s Art Collection (Kunstsammlung des Deutschen Bundestages), Berlin. Recent publications include Textfetzen (Kulturverlag Kadmos, 2022) and Aesthetics of Conflict (Verlag Kettler, 2023). He is based in New York City since 2008 with regular stays in Germany. Picture Theory: Elias Wessel, “It’s Complicated” (2019-2022), Installation View, 2024 Elias Wessel It’s Complicated – No. 2, 2019 Color photograph, archival pigment print Tabloid Edition: 24 1/2 x 18 5/8 in (framed) Original: 80 1/8 x 60 5/8 in (framed) Is Possibly Art – No. 2, 2021 Audio: 1:42 min Elias Wessel It’s Complicated – No. 5, 2019 Color photograph, archival pigment print Tabloid Edition: 20 5/8 x 18 5/8 in (framed) Original: 67 5/8 x 60 5/8 in (framed) Is Possibly Art – No. 5, 2021 Audio: 1:59 min