Oliver Wagner: Rehearsal

  • COMA is pleased to present Oliver Wagner's solo presentation titled, Rehearsal, on view Friday 10 October - 8 November, 37 Chapel Street, Marrickville, Sydney, 2204, NSW. This is the artist's first solo presentation with the gallery.
  • Oliver Wagner
    Reconstructed Painting 79, 2025
    house paint dust on linen
    198 x 167.5 cm 78 x 66 inches
  • Oliver Wagner (b. 1969, Zurich, Switzerland) experiments with labour, speculation and volatility to examine notions of skill, care and chance....
    Oliver Wagner in his studio, Sydney, Australia, 2025. Image Courtesy of COMA.
    Oliver Wagner (b. 1969, Zurich, Switzerland) experiments with labour, speculation and volatility to examine notions of skill, care and chance. Drawing from the history of painting, Wagner employs house paint rendered into dust as his primary medium for both permanent and ephemeral works. This involves two approaches, one being cascades of house paint dust, named “Reconstructed Paintings” and gestural compositions where the dust is brushed off the picture plane, named “Removed Paintings.”