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Installation view of Goshka Macuga's "It Broke from Within." at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. Photo by Gene Pittman. |
I am often attracted to minimalist forms and spaces. It probably comes from a desire for simplicity and order... There is a fine line in achieving a space that is minimal yet one that 'feels' intimate and not austere. Also, the look of the tapestry covering an entire wall is appealing to me...
From The Walker Art Center: "Polish born and English based artist GOSHKA MACUGA explores ways in which modern and contemporary art forms and museums have engaged evolving ideas of politics and community. Within a physical space of her own design—inspired by a rendering of a "town square" lounge proposed for the Walker's 2005 Herzog & de Meuron expansion—the artist has arranged elements from the institution's collections and archives against a monumental new tapestry."
Another Polish artist carrying on the minimalist approach is sculptor and installation artist, MONIKA SOSNOWSKA. Chosen for the 52nd. Venice Biennale representing the Polish Pavilion in 2007, Sosnowska's installation created of steel posts is reminiscent of a structure out of post war Easter Europe, or the Gdansk Shipyard.. The mat black bones revel bends and twists and angles and reflect their frail design. The minimalist aspect of this work accentuates the obvious failures in architecture and proposes its mistakes as symbols for practices where we want to look for poetry.
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Monika Sosnowska, Installation view, '1:1', Venice Biennale, Polish Pavilion, Venice, Italy, 2007 Photo Jan Smaga |
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