I am interested in the relationship between physical presence and
physical space and the resulting dialectics of inner and outer
form. The question of place and location is placed within cultural,
institutional, and psychological contexts. The object or the viewer
can reveal the shape of a place or, the place of the body can be
indicated as a void. Charging sculptural objects and spaces with
meaning is an invitation for a physical interaction and the
questioning of why things are the way they are and what would happen
if they change.
Three-dimensional images of the body focus on humanity in
general. They are stripped from narrative syntax of the body. Animal
subjects are used to explore human experiences, while the differences
between humans and other species, nature and culture are
deconstructed. The correlation between individual and collective
experiences and the irresolvable tensions between the two are explored
through an object's reaction to another object. The objects are
reexamined through transformation from their inanimate state into
something that is immersed with a presence of an absent person.
I use anything from the concreteness clay to ephemeral materials and
found objects to reflect on the organic and technological experiences
of ourselves and our lives. The interplay between matter, space,
object, and time, conveys the various meanings of my work.
Copyright © 2011 Marina Kuchinski