Dear Martha turn around
/Once around, twice around,
Dear Martha turn around/
With works by Emma Kling and Karina Mendreczky
NEW NOW art space
Schwedlerstraße 1-5
60314 Frankfurt, 5th floor, room 5.15.
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Opening: 15 June 2022
The skin envelops the body, functions as a "screen" on which sensations and states of being can be read, observed and determined. Moles interrupt the monotonous continuity of the skin's surface. Inherited from parents or other close ancestors, these marks make connections visible. The inherited information accumulates in already known places.
For Karina Mendreczky, the past always seems more complete than the present. Inhabited by dreamlike images and recurring gestures, shapes and lines. Linguistic and physical levels overlap in the form of translucent objects constructed from fragile Japanese paper, absorbing information like membranes.
In her work, Emma Kling examines textiles, in their material-specific properties as skin-like phenomena that have a life of their own. Human skin and textile meet at countless points of contact and become one. The body moves the fabric and the fabric shapes the body. Questions of personal expression and identity as well as the process of putting on and taking off layers play a central role.
On the one hand, the carpet is an exotic field, a colourful garden in many a European flat. There it now lies on the parquet floor, as originally in the steppe. At the same time, it is also a familiar object whose outlines describe a safe zone. The threads of the fabric also contain the unsolved problems that are also passed on from generation to generation.
In the exhibition, the two artists juxtapose surfaces and materials and explore the recurring elements within them. In the process, traces should refer to family histories, recurring feelings and reactions. In the paintings and objects, the possibility of breaking patterns should be open as an option.
Exhibition operated by Galerie Rudolf Leeb
