Jill Mulleady: We Wither Time Into a Coil of Fright
March 2, 2020—January 2021

Based in Los Angeles, Jill Mulleady (b. 1980; Montevideo, Uruguay) makes figurative, narrative paintings often with fantastical, surreal elements. Part of a series of public art installations, organized by the Whitney in partnership with TF Cornerstone and High Line Art, Mulleady’s work will be installed on the façade of 95 Horatio Street, across the street from the Whitney and the High Line on the corner of Gansevoort and Washington Street. For Mulleady, ideas and imagery drawn from both contemporary life and the history of painting are equally significant influences that she adeptly fuses within her work. For a recent cycle of paintings, Mulleady imaginatively combined her interest in the work of early twentieth century painter Edvard Munch, using his paintings as a creative springboard for her surreal world-making, ultimately suggesting the possibility of the co-existence of multiple temporalities in a single composition. Combining this history with contemporary references to violence and our ongoing existential struggle, Mulleady acknowledges our collective anxiety about violence in the world and what this means for our sense of personal vulnerability.

Jill Mulleady: We Wither Time into a Coil of Fright is organized by Jane Panetta, Curator and Director of the Collection.