Mika Rottenberg concocts eminently
imaginative videos and installations, from which new, strange worlds — only slightly askew from our own — are born.
Not exact matches
She is interested in the logic of place
and her paintings,
installations, performances
and videos consider the idea that symbolic
and ideological systems can be activated
and re-imagined through collaboration,
imaginative play
and masquerade.
In 2016, Mutu opened a second studio in Nairobi,
and this return to her «alien mother,» as the artist has referred to it, has catalyzed a transformation in her work.4 Fresh materials
and methods referencing the Kenyan landscape — such as the distinctive rust - colored clay of Nairobi's volcanic soil
and a dark, coal - like paper pulp — evidence a shift in the artist's focus from primarily two - dimensional works to the earthy, the organic,
and the spiritual, with an emphasis on three - dimensional forms
and performance - based
installations, as well as the playful
and imaginative opportunities of
video animation.
Since the Club 57 era, Scharf has vehemently pursued an artistic practice that's consistently characterized as pop, surrealist,
imaginative,
and a bit loopy — though it spans street art, painting on canvas,
video / performance,
and installation.