SOMETHING ABOUT ETNA

In ‘Something About Etna’, London-based artist Fipsi Seilern explores her fascination with volcanic landscapes, cowboys with disembodied limbs, alongside an underlying fear of crowds.

Using colour pencils to draw directly onto untreated wood panels, the compositions oscillate between solitude and chaos: some figures sit isolated with skulls and miniature pigs, while others charge on horseback, guns drawn, with an imminent sense of eruption.

Drawing inspiration from mediaeval tapestries, Middle Eastern miniatures, and Japanese woodblock prints, her new body of work reflects a shift from her previous work blending Old Master copies and graffiti, revealing a more introspective and instinctive approach. This series offers a meditation on personal and collective anxieties through a distinct, surreal and unique visual language.