Galli (Anna-Gabriele Müller)
Galli (b. 1944, lives in Berlin) established herself in the West Berlin art scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when she carved out her own niche amidst the masculine transgression of the painterly style of Die neuen Wilden, by depicting bodies in states of vulnerability, disfigurement and ecstatic joy. Galli’s works pay close attention to corporeality and explore the inexhaustible potential in depictions of a human body. Her work is exuberant, wide-ranging and endlessly surprising. It comprises a complex mixture of figures, signs, disembodied parts, porous shapes, scribbles, words, interiors, animated architectural elements and domestic objects, art historical motifs and references.From 1962 to 1967, Galli studied painting at the Saarland Art School in Saarbrücken. In 1969 she began further studies at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin (today UDK). From 1992 to 2005, she taught at the FH Münster.
Relevant exhibitions include CCA Goldsmiths, London (2025, solo, forthcoming); PalaisPopulaire, Berlin (2024, solo); Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg (2024, solo); Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden (2023); CCA Goldsmiths, London (2023); Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (2022, solo); Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow (2022, solo); brunand brunand, Berlin (2021, solo); 11th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, KW, Berlin (2020); Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (2015, solo); Saarländische Galerie im Palais am Festungsgraben, Berlin (2008, solo); Kunstverein Augsburg (2005, solo); Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken (2003); Museum St. Ingbert (2004, solo); Musées de la Cour d’Or, Metz (2001); Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken (1992, solo); Villa Romana, Florence (1990, solo); Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (1989, solo); Städtisches Bodensee-Museum, Friedrichshafen (1985, solo); Gropius Bau, Berlin (1983); Moderna Galerija Ljubljana (1983); Galerie der Berliner Festspiele, Berlin (1981, solo); Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin (1980, solo); Modersohn-Becker-Haus, Bremen (1978, solo).
Galli’s work is in the collections of:
Deutsche Bank
Berlinische Galerie
Philara Collection, Düsseldorf
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Kupferstichkabinett (Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany: Cabinet of Prints and Drawings), Berlin
TCollection, London
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o.T., 2011
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Helgas Werkstatt, 1994
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o.T. (Münster), 1993
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Farbige Arbeit auf Papier (Münsterbilder), 1992
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Kentaur (für Schari!), 1990
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Klassisches Getümmelbild, 1990
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o.T., 1990
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o.T. (Florenzblätter), 1990
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Baum/ Tasse, aka fürchtet euch nicht, 1987/2004
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Turbasky, 1987
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Fidschi im Transit (o.P.), 1984
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Wer das Gelbe nicht ehrt, 1981/1987
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GALLI
exhibition view, See How You Get On, PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank, Berlin, 2024
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GALLI
exhibition view, See How You Get On, PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank, Berlin, 2024
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GALLI
exhibition view, Galli: Seht Zu, Wie Ihr Zurechtkommt / See How You Get On, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, 2023
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GALLI
exhibition view, Galli: Seht Zu, Wie Ihr Zurechtkommt / See How You Get On, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, 2023
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GALLI
exhibition view, Galli: Seht Zu, Wie Ihr Zurechtkommt / See How You Get On, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, 2023
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GALLI
exhibition view, Unruly Bodies, Goldsmiths CCA, London, 2023
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GALLI
exhibition view, THE KING IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE QUEEN / DER KÖNIG IST TOT, LANG LEBE DIE KÖNIGIN, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, 2023
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GALLI,
exhibition view, wer bis drei zählen kann, kann gerettet werden, Kraupa–Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, 2022
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GALLI,
exhibition view, wer bis drei zählen kann, kann gerettet werden, Kraupa–Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, 2022
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GALLI,
exhibition view, wer bis drei zählen kann, kann gerettet werden, Kraupa–Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Works 1989-1993, Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Works 1989-1993, Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Works 1989-1993, Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Works 1989-1993, Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Works 1989-1993, Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Works 1989-1993, Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Works 1989-1993, Spaced Out, Gut Kerkow, 2022
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GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021 -
GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021 -
GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021
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GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021 -
GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021 -
GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021 -
GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021 -
GALLI
exhibition view, Absage ans Paradies, brunand brunand, Berlin, 2021
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Wo der Schweinewurm wohnt
Benjamin Paul, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 27 July 2024 -
"Der Körper als Schlachtfeld, das trifft jeden"
Ausstellungskritik | Galli im Palais PopulaireJulia Sie-Yong Fischer, RBB, 20 June 2024 -
Artforum Artguide: Galli
Joaquín Jesús Sánchez, Artforum -
Post-anthro Dust-ups
Martin Herbert, Spike, 8 February 2023 -
Malerin Galli: Wo Sehnsucht und Trauma Nachbarn sind
Oliver Koerner von Gustorf, Monopol Magazine, 16 December 2022 -
Galli: Absage ans Paradies
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Widerstand und Weltbehauptung. Die Berliner Malerin GALLI in der Galerie brunand brunand
Daniela Kloock, art-in-berlin, 23 December 2021 -
TAZ: Wer braucht schon Köpfe?
Beate Scheder, TAZ , 2 December 2021 -
Frieze: Galli at brunand brunand
frieze, 1 October 2021