Centerfolds: Cristine Brache
Current exhibition
Overview
We are pleased to announce Centerfolds, a solo exhibition by Cristine Brache at Bernheim, London. Centerfolds presents three interrelated bodies of work exploring persona, obsolescence, alienation, and the inherent power dynamics within each.
Exhibition Dates: 12 February – 02 April 2026
Location: Bernheim, 1 New Burlington St, London W1S 2JA
This entire body of work emerged from Brache’s discovery that Dorothy Stratten wrote poetry, a fact nearly absent from her biographies and documentaries. That omission became a catalyst for the project. As a poet herself, Brache was struck by the intimacy and solitude embedded in Dorothy Stratten’s writing, and by the gap between the inner life it reveals and the spectacle through which she’s culturally remembered.
Additionally, a custom scent, created in collaboration with perfumer Marissa Zappas, operates not as a portrait but as an afterimage—one that exists in space and unfolds gradually as viewers move through the building
Works
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Cristine BracheDorothy, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on cotton and wood109.22 x 149.86 x 5.3 cm
43 x 59 x 2 in -
Cristine BracheMourning Song, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on cotton and wood134 x 122 x 5.3 cm
52 3/4 x 48 x 2 in -
Cristine BracheCenterfold, 2024Oil and encaustic on cotton and wood84 x 152.5 x 5.3 cm
33 x 60 x 2 in -
Cristine BracheDorothy Diptych, 2025Eight panels, Oil, ink, and encaustic on cotton and wood121.9 x 203 cm
48 x 80 in -
Cristine BracheHeadshots, 2025Two panels, oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood
91.4 x 121.6 cm
36 x 48 in -
Cristine BracheI’m not a hypocrite. I did it, didn’t I?, 2025Two panels, oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood
167.6 x 127 cm
66 x 50 in -
Cristine BracheSuds, 2025Two panels, oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood
61 x 91.4 cm
24 x 36 in -
Cristine BracheRepose, 2025Two panels, oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood
50.8 x 81.2 cm
20 x 32 in -
Cristine BrachePlaymate of the Year (Study), 2025Two panels, oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood
45.8 x 60.9 cm
18 x 24 in -
Cristine BracheEcstasy, 2025Two panels, oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood
91.4 x 121.6 cm
36 x 48 in -
Cristine BracheTable Dancing, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on cotton and wood
152.4 x 121.9 cm
60 x 48 in -
Cristine BracheAfter the Pageant, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on cotton and wood
144.8 x 121.9 cm
57 x 48 in -
Cristine BracheThe Stairwell, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood60.96 x 50.8 cm
24 x 20 in -
Cristine BracheTrophy Winners, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on cotton and wood132.08 x 104.14 x 5.3 cm
52 x 41 x 2 in -
Cristine BracheApprehension, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on cotton and wood121.92 x 91.44 cm
48 x 36 in -
Cristine BracheMuse, 2025Oil, ink, and encaustic on silk and wood101.6 x 76.2cm
40 x 30 in -
Cristine BracheThe Well, 2025Acrylic, iPhone, SD video (on loop)61 x 45.7 x 17.8 overall
24 x 18 x 7 in -
Cristine BracheFinal Fantasy, 2025Acrylic, marble, SD Video (on loop)71.5 x 43.2 x 5.6 cm
28 x 17 x 2 in
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