Marisa Merz
Grote Hertstraat 12 Rue du Grand Cerf, 1000 Brussels
27 January -
5 March
Opening Wednesday, 26 January,
6-9pm
Gladstone Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Marisa
Merz. Born in Turin, Italy, Merz was a central figure and the only woman
associated with the Arte Povera movement of the late 1960s and 70s. Known for
her unusual use of materials such as copper-wire, clay, and wax, Merz’s works
reflect the poetic sensibility that delicately entwines her vision of art and
life.
Consisting of drawings and sculptures, this exhibition continues to
investigate Merz’s unique and intimate vision of finding meaning within the
possibilities of the everyday. One of the most significant themes to arise from
Merz’s oeuvre is the image of the face, which is centered upon the essential and
universal question of being. In these works, the figure of the face emerges as a
vestige of the eternal human spirit, capturing a single and infinite moment of
appearing and becoming. Composed of fleeting arabesque lines, Merz’s figures are
disconnected from any social or narrative context. Instead, each reveals a
ghostly configuration of abstracted features that defy expressions of individual
identity, fixing each in a state of suspended time. Operating within their own
temporal logic, these works powerfully mirror Merz’s overarching artistic belief
in the enduring effect of each artwork beyond its material realization and the
constraints of time and place. Through these works Merz’s meticulous formal
inventions reflect directly the gestures of her psyche, inviting each viewer
into the inner spaces of her
life.
Marisa Merz has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions at
museums including: Centre Internationale d’art et du Paysage, ÎIe de Vassivičre,
France; Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Naples, Italy; Stedelijk Museum,
Amsterdam; Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland; and the Centre Georges Pompidou,
Paris, among other international venues. Selected group exhibitions
include: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein; CCS Bard/Hessel Museum of Art,
Annandale-on-Hudson, New York; Tate Modern, London; and the Hirschhorn Museum,
Washington D.C. In 2001 Merz received the Biennale di Venezia Award for lifetime
achievement.
For further information please contact Gael
Diercxsens
+32 2 513 35 31 or
gael@gladstonegallery.com
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 10am-6pm – Saturday
12-6pm
515 West 24th
Street
Kai
Althoff
“Punkt, Absatz,
Bluemli
(period, paragraph,
Bluemli)”
January 15 through March
5
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Saturday,
10am-6pm
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