Drinking Ink
10.06.–16.06. 2013 | EXILE, Liste Art Basel
“Katharina Marszewski approaches artistic production from an otherwise fragmented angle. Her questioning relates not so much to a dilution of the body but to a critical commentary on the forces of artistic production in a late capitalist, western society in crises – one in which the occupation of “being an artist” has become convention. Her self-reflexive works on display at LISTE and her concurrent solo exhibition at the gallery in Berlin, entitled CV CE LA VIE, confront the viewer with her identity as an artist in its exposed, and at times, exploitative vulnerability. Starting with traditional silk screen, Marszewski pours lacquer over its surface and hand-writes the work’s title Drinking Ink onto it; a threat perhaps, of a physical reaction against the medium itself. Her works in Berlin seem to want to take on the appearance of artworks, but can in fact be better described as décor for the purpose of a gallery exhibition.” Presstext: EXILE, Berlin more here