Sarah Buckner

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Sarah Buckner

Born 1984 in Frankfurt, Germany. Lives and works in Cologne.
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Exhibition view: Sarah Buckner, Jeden kleinen Finger, sogar, Esther Schipper, Berlin (2023). Photo © Andrea Rossetti

Introduction

The figures and situations Buckner depicts appear both open-ended and precisely observed, as if emerging from a fully formed narrative of which viewers can only catch a momentary glimpse.

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Selected works

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Sarah Buckner
La rue, 2025
Oil and charcoal on linen
52 x 28 cm (unframed)
53 x 29 x 3 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Under your eyes, 2025
Ink and oil on paper
33,2 x 27,2 cm (unframed)
39,6 x 33,6 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Study for Poster C.D.V.P. II, 2025
Oil, candle wax and charcoal on paper
59,3 x 42 cm (unframed)
65,7 x 48,4 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Study for Poster C.D.V.P III, 2025
Oil, pastel and charcoal on paper
63 x 48,2 cm (unframed)
69,4 x 54,6 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Study for Poster C.D.V.P. IV, 2025
Oil and charcoal on paper
63 x 48,4 cm (unframed)
69,4 x 54,8 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Study for Poster C.D.V.P. V, 2025
Ink and charcoal on paper
62,8 x 43 cm (unframed)
69,2 x 49,4 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Alice, 2025
Pencil on paper
35 x 50 cm (unframed)
41,4 x 56,4 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Inferno Rosa, 2024
Oil and charcoal on linen
180 x 390 cm (overall) (unframed)
180 x 130 cm each (3 parts)
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Sarah Buckner
Hohes Lied zu tief / changes, 2024
Oil and charcoal on linen
116,9 x 90 x 4 cm
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Sarah Buckner
Studio View, 2024
Oil and charcoal on linen
41,9 x 36,2 x 2,6 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Untitled (For Inferno rosa), 2024
Charcoal and oil on paper
43,5 x 68,5 cm (unframed)
49,9 x 74,9 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Kater, 2024
Oil and charcoal on paper
31 x 24,2 cm (unframed)
37,4 x 30,6 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Untitled (Laces), 2024
Pastel and charcoal on paper
29,5 x 40,5 cm  (unframed)
36 x 46,9 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Der Kuchen, 2024
Oil on paper
42 x 57,8 cm (unframed)
48,4 x 64,2 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Untitled, 2024
Oil on paper
41,8 x 59 cm (unframed)
48,2 x 65,4 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Smoky monkey (Inferno rosa), 2024
Oil and charcoal on paper
30 x 30 cm (11 3/4 x 11 3/4 in) (unframed)
36,5 x 36,5 x 2,8 cm (14 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 1 1/8 in) (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Study for Starry Night, 2024
Oil and charcoal on craft paper
59,3 x 42 cm (23 3/8 x 16 1/2 in) (unframed)
65,7 x 48,4 x 2,8 cm (25 7/8 x 19 x 1 1/8 in) (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Hello, 2023

Damma and oil on fabric
75 x 68 cm (unframed)
76,2 x 69,3 x 3 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Schwalbe, 2023
Spray paint, charcoal on linen
40,5 x 33,4 cm
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Sarah Buckner
Tied up, 2023
Oil on linen
67,4 x 53 cm (unframed)
68,4 x 54 x 3 cm (framed)
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Sarah Buckner
Harlekin, 2023
Felt-tip pen and gouache on paper
19,6 x 9,4 cm (unframed)
55 x 41,8 x 2,8 cm (framed)
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Gallery Exhibitions

Chambre de la vie parallèle Sarah Buckner

Chambre de la vie parallèle

Sarah Buckner
Esther Schipper, Paris is pleased to announce Chambre de la vie parallèle, Sarah Buckner’s second solo exhibition with the gallery and her first in our Paris location. On view will be new...
January 24—March 13, 2025
Esther Schipper, Paris
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External Exhibitions

Inferno Rosa Sarah Buckner

Inferno Rosa

Sarah Buckner
“Inferno Rosa,” Sarah Buckner’s first solo exhibition in Asia at Longlati Foundation, curated by Sun Wenjie, showcases sixteen recent paintings that are as intimate as they are enigmatic. These pieces navigate the...
November 8, 2024—January 18, 2025
Longlati Foundation, Shanghai
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Featured stories

Pittoreske Zeitreise 'Jeden kleinen Finger, sogar' von Sarah Buckner bei Esther Schipper gallerytalk.net
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Pittoreske Zeitreise "Jeden kleinen Finger, sogar" von Sarah Buckner bei Esther Schipper

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Summer ’22
Esther Schipper

Summer ’22

This summer Esther Schipper is pleased to present Summer '22, an exhibition of works from Sarah Buckner, Ann Veronica Janssens, Sojourner Truth Parsons, Cemile Sahin, Julia Scher, Sun Yitian and Tao Hui.
July 21 – August 27, 2022
Esther Schipper is pleased to announce the representation of Sarah Buckner
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Esther Schipper is pleased to announce the representation of Sarah Buckner

Sarah Buckner was born in 1984 in Frankfurt, Germany. She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Palermo and at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Buckner lives and works in Cologne. Sarah Buckner's image...

Films

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Publications

L’Invitation au voyage Sarah Buckner, Cui Jie, Cordula Ditz, Almut Heise, Hannah Höch, Leiko Ikemura, Tala Madani, Isa Melsheimer, Sojourner...

L’Invitation au voyage

Sarah Buckner, Cui Jie, Cordula Ditz, Almut Heise, Hannah Höch, Leiko Ikemura, Tala Madani, Isa Melsheimer, Sojourner Truth Parsons, Paula Rego, Shahzia Sikander, Tsai Yi-Ting, and Yeesookyung
At a time when travel in real life has become fraught and the ease, even recklessness, with which we took this liberty for granted has come into question, this exhibition—its title, L’Invitation...
2021

Sarah Buckner