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until 13.04. | #4144ARTatBerlin | Galerie Martin Mertens presents from 26th January 2024 (Opening: 25.01.) the solo exhibition Ravages of Time by the Dutch artist Raquel Maulwurf. It is the second exhibition of the artist in the gallery.
While Maulwurf’s earlier works dealt with the effects and devastation of war, her latest works describe the chaos that ensues when the earth is hit by the forces of nature and ecological disasters. She explores the notion of whether nature strikes back when we pollute its oceans, poison its air, burn down forests and turn the ground we walk on into a radioactive wasteland.
In order to turn terrible events into something moving and beautiful, these images – destructive and monumental at the same time – are edited in such a way that only the essence of the event remains. The drawings no longer show what we see, but what we know. They make current events tangible and raise the question of why humanity is so eager to destroy.
Drawing on museum cardboard enables the artist to tear open the surface with sharp tools and depict violence through violence. The artist materialises the destruction that is evident both in the motif and in the working process.
Vernissage: Thursday, 25. January 2024, 6:00 – 9:00 Uhr
Exhibition period: Friday, 26. January to Saturday, 13. April 2023
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Image caption title: Raquel Maulwurf, Yamamoto, Japan (tsunami 2011), charcoal pastel on museum board, 152 x 112 cm, 2022
Exhibition Raquel Maulwurf – Galerie Martin Mertens | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Exhibitions Berlin Galleries | ART at Berlin
