Marie Matusz
Coated in Compassion, 2022
Dried giant lily pads (Victoria amazonica), thistles, organza, polyurethane foam, copperleaf, wood, steel, aluminum and tinted glass
100 x 200 x 100 cm
39 3/8 x 78 3/4 x 39 3/8 inches
39 3/8 x 78 3/4 x 39 3/8 inches
Copyright The Artist
Photo: Marjorie Brunet Plaza
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Die Werkreihe „Long Ago, Tomorrow“ besteht aus gläsernen Vitrinen, in denen Marie Matusz skulpturale Szenerien aus pflanzenartigen Formen, stählernen Podesten und geometrischen Elementen in Beziehung setzt, um Seherfahrungen herauszufordern. Durch...
Die Werkreihe „Long Ago, Tomorrow“ besteht aus gläsernen Vitrinen, in denen Marie Matusz skulpturale Szenerien aus pflanzenartigen Formen, stählernen Podesten und geometrischen Elementen in Beziehung setzt, um Seherfahrungen herauszufordern. Durch die grau getönten Gläser wirken die skulpturalen Anordnungen abgeschirmt und unnahbar, gleichzeitig spiegelt sich der umgebende Raum in den Glasflächen. So überlagern sich Objekte, Personen und Architektur und verschränken sich zu instabilen Gefügen, die sich durch Bewegungen und unterschiedliche Blickwinkel immer wieder neu formen. Innen und Außen, Nähe und Distanz, Sichtbarkeit und Entzug werden zu relationalen Größen, die die Mechanismen des Sehens offenlegen. Matusz arbeitet ganz bewusst mit diesen räumlichen Strukturierungen und deren Verschiebungen. Ihre Praxis basiert auf einer kritischen Auseinandersetzung mit Formen und ihren inhärenten Bedeutungen und Machtgefügen, die eng an die architektonischen Bedingungen des Ausstellungsraums gebunden sind: Volumen, Blickachsen und perspektivische Bezüge erzeugen eine choreografische Ordnung, in der das Sehen geführt und zugleich hinterfragt wird. Die systematische Anordnung von „Long Ago, Tomorrow“, die an neuzeitliche Wunderkammern oder museale Präsentationen erinnert, machen die Instabilität und Konstruktion von Repräsentation erfahrbar und zeigen, wie Zeit, Material und Struktur das Sehen prägen. Gleichzeitig greifen die Werke mit ihrer gläsernen Hülle auf kollektive Erfahrungen von Distanz, Entfremdung und Abwesenheit realer Begegnungen zurück. Die reflektierenden Oberflächen erinnern an Screens und die flüchtige Art von Wahrnehmung und Zirkulation in einer Welt, in der Information, Waren, Emotionen und Werte digital vermittelt werden. In diesem Zusammenhang wird „Long Ago, Tomorrow“ zur Projektionsfläche von Wahrnehmungsmustern und ihrer sozialen Rückkoppelungen und somit selbst zum Träger von Wert.
The series “Long Ago, Tomorrow” stages sculptural scenes within glass vitrines, where Marie Matusz arranges plant-like forms, steel pedestals, and geometric elements in relation to one another to challenge the experience of seeing. Through the grey-tinted glass, the sculptural arrangements appear shielded and unapproachable, while at the same time the surrounding space is reflected in the glass surfaces. Objects, people, and architecture thus overlap, intertwining into unstable configurations that continuously reshape themselves through movement and shifting perspectives. Interior and exterior, proximity and distance, visibility and concealment become relational dimensions that reveal the mechanisms of perception. Matusz deliberately works with these spatial structures and their displacements. Her practice is grounded in a critical engagement with forms and their inherent meanings and power structures, closely linked to the architectural conditions of the exhibition space: volume, sightlines, and perspectival relations create a choreographed order in which vision is both guided and interrogated. The systematic arrangement of “Long Ago, Tomorrow”, reminiscent of early modern cabinets of curiosities or museum displays, makes the instability and construction of representation tangible, demonstrating how time, material, and structure shape perception. At the same time, the works with their glass casings evoke collective experiences of distance, alienation and the absence of direct encounter. Their reflective surfaces recall screens and the fleeting nature of perception and circulation in a world where information, commodities, emotions, and values are digitally mediated. In this context, “Long Ago, Tomorrow” becomes a projection surface for patterns of perception and their social feedback, thereby transforming into a bearer of value itself.
The series “Long Ago, Tomorrow” stages sculptural scenes within glass vitrines, where Marie Matusz arranges plant-like forms, steel pedestals, and geometric elements in relation to one another to challenge the experience of seeing. Through the grey-tinted glass, the sculptural arrangements appear shielded and unapproachable, while at the same time the surrounding space is reflected in the glass surfaces. Objects, people, and architecture thus overlap, intertwining into unstable configurations that continuously reshape themselves through movement and shifting perspectives. Interior and exterior, proximity and distance, visibility and concealment become relational dimensions that reveal the mechanisms of perception. Matusz deliberately works with these spatial structures and their displacements. Her practice is grounded in a critical engagement with forms and their inherent meanings and power structures, closely linked to the architectural conditions of the exhibition space: volume, sightlines, and perspectival relations create a choreographed order in which vision is both guided and interrogated. The systematic arrangement of “Long Ago, Tomorrow”, reminiscent of early modern cabinets of curiosities or museum displays, makes the instability and construction of representation tangible, demonstrating how time, material, and structure shape perception. At the same time, the works with their glass casings evoke collective experiences of distance, alienation and the absence of direct encounter. Their reflective surfaces recall screens and the fleeting nature of perception and circulation in a world where information, commodities, emotions, and values are digitally mediated. In this context, “Long Ago, Tomorrow” becomes a projection surface for patterns of perception and their social feedback, thereby transforming into a bearer of value itself.
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