Author(s): Clemens Habicht (Designed by); Lamington Drive Editions (Produced by); Ulla (Illustrator)

Puzzles

Ulla Von Brandenburg

Das Was Ist (That Which Is)

Difficulty Level: Extreme, 1000 Pieces

Ulla von Brandenburg’s distinct visual language

draws on the traditions and tropes of theatre,

the stage and colour theory. Her work Das Was

Ist (That Which Is) is a series of curtains with

circular holes installed in the entrance to the

Palais de Tokyo in Paris as a part of her solo

exhibition Le Milieu est Bleu.

“…the coloured curtains are a reference

to theatrical history, but they can also be

associated with the history of monochrome

painting, or Brazilian art of the 1960s (…) The

pierced curtains become a metaphor for

photographic optics and the making of a

frame…” (Laure Fernandez)

Reproducing this physical installation piece

translates the work into a series graphically flat

circles with hard borders between signature

colour juxtapositions that create multiple

non concentric edge-like puzzle pieces when

played.

Ulla von Brandenburg is a Paris based

German artist whose work is characterised

by a diversity of means and media such as

installations, films, watercolours, murals,

collages, performances… that answer to one

another and which she stages according to

different exhibition spaces.

Her internationally recognised work has

appeared in numerous solo shows including

the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and the

Whitechapel Gallery in London. Her works

are included in such prestigious collections

as the Tate Modern in London, the MAMCO in

Geneva, the and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

She is represented by the Art : Concept gallery

in Paris, the Pilar Corrias Gallery in London, the

Produzentengalerie in Hamburg and the Meyer

Riegger gallery in Karlsruhe and Berlin.