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.
Mark Manders, Life on Mars, installation view, “55th Carnegie International”, Carnegie Museum of Art, 3 May 2008 – 11 January 2009. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Mark Manders, Anthropological Trophy, 2010, iron, brass, wood, painted epoxy, painted hair, and painted canvas, 375 x 210 x 260 cm. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Mark Manders, Room with Chairs and Factory, mixed media, 318 x 240 x 405 cm
Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Mark Manders, Finished Sentence (August 2010), iron, painted wood, offset print on paper, tea bags, 99,1 x 251,5 x 130,8 cm. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
Mark Manders, Room with Broken Sentence, installation view, “55a Biennale di Venezia”, Dutch Pavilion, Venice, 2013, 1 June – 24 November 2013. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp. Ph. C. Jan Kempenaers
Mark Manders, Room with Broken Sentence, installation view, “55a Biennale di Venezia”, Dutch Pavilion, Venice, 2013, 1 June – 24 November 2013. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp. Ph. C. Jan Kempenaers
Mark Manders, Mind Study, 2010-2011, wood, painted epoxy, painted ceramic, painted canvas, iron, 170 x 240 x 500 cm. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp
On the left: Mark Manders, Working Table, 2012-2013, / painted epoxy, painted wood, painted canvas, iron, offset print on paper, 368 x 142 x 225 cm. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp. On the right: Mark Manders, Room with Broken Sentence, installation view, “55a Biennale di Venezia”, Dutch Pavilion, Venice, 2013, 1 June – 24 November 2013. Courtesy the artist; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York; Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp. Ph. C. Jan Kempenaers
form March 9 until September 28, 2014
Mark Manders
Cose in corso
Collezione Maramotti
Via Fratelli Cervi 66
Reggio Emilia