Will Stovall (Ph.D. Yale University, 2018; M.F.A. Bard College, 2025) is an artist based in Washington, DC. He completed a dissertation on the institutional imagination of German philosopher Jürgen Habermas. His paintings were the subject of a solo exhibition at Ulrik and have been featured as cover illustrations for Oxford German Studies and Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies. In addition to his interest in visuality in the German philosophical tradition, he has presented research and organized exhibitions on the art history of Washington, DC, and is the editor of Of the Land: The Art and Poetry of Lou Stovall (Georgetown University Press, 2022).
Eden and Inferno, 2020, oil on canvas, walnut frame, 15 x 10 in. (38.1 x 25.4 cm.). Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen FaughtFaces and Goalie, 2021, oil on paper pinned on linen, 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. (17.1 x 14 cm.) Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen FaughtWatchers, 2021, oil on linen, 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (11.4 x 13.3 cm.) Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen Faught
Watchers [verso], 2021, oil on linen, 4 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (11.4 x 13.3 cm.) Courtesy of Ulrik, New York; Photo: Stephen Faught
[…] Will Stovall joined us to discuss his show Kant Crisis, which was on view until July 12 at Ulrik Gallery in NYC. The show includes various works from the last two years, but the title derives from one in particular that draws inspiration from a drawing of an arch by German writer Heinrich von Kleist. To learn more about this and other aspects of the show and Stovall’s work, listen to the complete interview. […]
[…] Will Stovall joined us to discuss his show Kant Crisis, which was on view until July 12 at Ulrik Gallery in NYC. The show includes various works from the last two years, but the title derives from one in particular that draws inspiration from a drawing of an arch by German writer Heinrich von Kleist. To learn more about this and other aspects of the show and Stovall’s work, listen to the complete interview. […]