Faust and Other Tales: The Paintings of Jan Muller

Faust and Other Tales: The Paintings of Jan Müller focuses on the last years of the artist's life. With works from the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, the estate of Jan Muller as well as various private collections. Müller was among the first in the Hofmann school to return to figuration, and he used literary themes as a point of departure. The story of Faust, replete with characters of uncontrolled ambition and moral abandon, was of particular fascination to Müller who was forced to reconcile his impeding mortality at an early age; fitted with a pace-maker at 31, the audible ticking of the mechanism served as impetus for his feverish artistic output. However, Müller was attracted to neither the romantic hero nor the narrative of Faust, but by his interest in the psychology of man and the limitations of formalism in conveying the human condition.

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