Cose in Corso

The large installation by Mark Manders at Collezione Maramotti uses objects which are already present in other works (bathtub, chairs, the unfinished body laid out on the wood plank resting on the chair), which are here contextualized differently.

The installation rests on the floor made of iron tiles which create a virtual environment inscribed onto the exhibition space. The outcome is the creation of a stage representation which – as indicated by Manders himself – may hold a “conceptual potential narrative in a total frozen theatre”. A new element is the use of pure colour defining some objects present in the work as to underline the possibility of a strongly pictorial gesture within a sculptural dimension.

Found, re-constructed or better still re-invented objects are placed side by side with elements created by the artist in compositions which continuously and kaleidoscopically reveal novel organic constellations. These juxtapositions create a narrative, like the pages of a diary in a very personal artistic development. Sculptures and objects are left to settle for long periods of time, even years, in his studio, and undergo on-going changes and transformations in a long process of gestation ending when they are placed in the space set aside for their installation.

The choice of a material such as clay is consistent with the concept of an in fieri progression; Manders employs it in his creations both as a mould for further developments with other materials (epoxy resins, casts) and as raw material for the creation of human and animal figures, which are broken or disjointedly incomplete

The project “Cose in corso” is accompanied by an artist’s book devised and made by Manders and published by Roma Publications, the independent publishing company founded by the artist.

form March 9 until September 28, 2014
Mark Manders
Cose in corso
Collezione Maramotti
Via Fratelli Cervi 66
Reggio Emilia