THE SECRET BORDER IN HUMAN CLOSENESS By Andrew Maerkle Deaf and Dumb Universe (2008), iron, foam, rubber, plaster, paint, ceramics. Installation view, Neue Nationalgalerie, 5th Berlin Biennial. © Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, Uwe Walter, 2008. All images: Courtesy SprüthView More >
III. Abandonment – Occupation Limitless Situation (Stairs) (1970), installation view at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Courtesy Kishio Suga and Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo. ART iT: We’ve addressed different aspects of your concept of activation, but in yourView More >
II. Action – Event Sui-jyou shikitai (1973), photo documentation of open-air work. Courtesy Kishio Suga and Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo. ART iT: Earlier you mentioned how in your “events” there was a tension between your own viewpoint and those ofView More >
IV. Quod petis, hic est I don’t blame you, or, When we made love you used to cry and I love you like the stars above and I’ll love you like the stars above and I’ll love you ‘til IView More >
I. Perception – Frame Limitless Situation (Window) (1970), installation view at the National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto. Courtesy Kishio Suga and Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo. ART iT: Let’s continue with the idea of sculpture’s role in the age ofView More >
III. Timeo hominem unius libri Matthew Young falls from the year 1985 into a white room (Maybe this is the way it is supposed to happen) (2009), stunt glass, window framing. Pieces of broken glass and sections from a windowView More >
II. Homo sum, humani a me nihil alienum puto Aesthetics and ethics, looking good is just not enough (2011), ceramic, display vitrine, plaque. A redesigned ashtray for Café Aubette by Theo van Doesburg (1883-1931) from 1927, from the perspective thatView More >
BETWEEN POTENTIALITY AND FATALITY By Andrew Maerkle Kairitsu (1974), photo documentation of open-air work with stone and rope, Tama River, Tokyo. Courtesy Kishio Suga and Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo. Born in 1944, Kishio Suga was one of the key exponentsView More >
IN SOME WAYS IT IS AND IT IS INDESCRIBABLE By Andrew Maerkle Caverne (2009), resin cave with sculptures of Buddha and Taliban figures, shadow projection, variable dimensions. Installation view in the exhibition “Caverne 2009” at kamel mennour, Paris. Photo AndréView More >
MOBILIS IN MOBILI By Andrew Maerkle In Spades? (2011). A 30-sided die, made with a simple icon, character, marking made by the artist to represent each of the 30 previous shows in the exhibition space. Installation view at Le Forum,View More >