Martinka Kremeckova
28 Oct - 13 Nov 2010
MARTINKA KREMECKOVA
Searching for the Origin – Tales of Matter and Material
28 October - 13 November, 2010
„What’s the point? The Nothingness could very well (and without any effort) have done without the Something; and even more so the inanimate, mineral Something without the animated and the planted. Less complexity: less complications! No complexity: no complications! So why need a Big Bang? Out of a creative urge? (like the artist’s need?)”
– Thomas Kapielski
Martinka Kremeckova (*1980 in Brno, Czech Republic) creates her own concepts of matter and its development process. Through experimental displacements of material, she unravels a speculative narrative about the texture of objects. When contemplating how things are created, she not only refers to living bodies, but also to objects of the inanimate world. “It is sometimes said that an old house tells the story of its past. This humanization of inanimate things is not just a metaphoric expression; some objects just seem to be more alive than others. On the other hand, lets remember that a living creature actually consists of lifeless amino acids. It is the sum of all details – ultimately the form – that brings inanimate components to life.” Seen from Kremeckova’s sculptural perspective, the plastic form turns matter into an object that may convey aliveness as well as rigidity. The tales of matter and material that her works recount describe the world as a place, where living thing and inanimate object are linked so closely that their categorization becomes obsolete. With her peculiar blend of scientific imagery, material science, mythological fragments and references to Science Fiction utopias, Martinka Kremeckova proves that objectivity is also a question of narration. Where stories and strata are densely layered, a free space arises which reveals itself to be a resonance of the question of origin.
Searching for the Origin – Tales of Matter and Material
28 October - 13 November, 2010
„What’s the point? The Nothingness could very well (and without any effort) have done without the Something; and even more so the inanimate, mineral Something without the animated and the planted. Less complexity: less complications! No complexity: no complications! So why need a Big Bang? Out of a creative urge? (like the artist’s need?)”
– Thomas Kapielski
Martinka Kremeckova (*1980 in Brno, Czech Republic) creates her own concepts of matter and its development process. Through experimental displacements of material, she unravels a speculative narrative about the texture of objects. When contemplating how things are created, she not only refers to living bodies, but also to objects of the inanimate world. “It is sometimes said that an old house tells the story of its past. This humanization of inanimate things is not just a metaphoric expression; some objects just seem to be more alive than others. On the other hand, lets remember that a living creature actually consists of lifeless amino acids. It is the sum of all details – ultimately the form – that brings inanimate components to life.” Seen from Kremeckova’s sculptural perspective, the plastic form turns matter into an object that may convey aliveness as well as rigidity. The tales of matter and material that her works recount describe the world as a place, where living thing and inanimate object are linked so closely that their categorization becomes obsolete. With her peculiar blend of scientific imagery, material science, mythological fragments and references to Science Fiction utopias, Martinka Kremeckova proves that objectivity is also a question of narration. Where stories and strata are densely layered, a free space arises which reveals itself to be a resonance of the question of origin.