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Murmurs of expanded time IV Print

Monika Malgorzata Gabrys

Mexico

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This painting is part of the project "Murmullos of expanded time. A multidimensional patchwork". Working on the project I have been faced with the problem of what to do with —and how to install or circulate in the virtual world— the painting. Because one question is to paint and produce more pieces, and another would be to answer the question: what's next with those? It is very interesting to observe paradoxes in current art. Relatively overloaded and over-saturated with the images circulating in the great network —as of March 2020— we find ourselves deprived of coexistence with live works of art. The "lock downs" and even the "reopens", finally, have reduced social interaction, restricting —among others— contact with art and artists in galleries and museums. Limited hours, limited public, prior telephone appointments to attend exhibitions ... Even taking into account the insecurity due to the danger that has not yet diminished, personally, I have not attended any face-to-face artistic event since the beginning of the pandemic . I'm definitely not the only one. So, works of art (in my case painting) have to find other ways of being exhibited. Distribution undoubtedly falls on social media. They dominate the videos of the production process, virtual exhibitions in 3d or simply a tour/report type guided tour of the exhibition. And I have also encountered the problem of how to install painting in a small and intimate space of the house, being a space of everyday life and family life. Something that was thought of as an exhibition of expanded painting in a museum space had to make a turn to adapt to the space much more complicated than the typical “white cube”, in addition to the virtual modality. Despite being the concrete and physical pieces, his life is not limited to the physical plane. In reality his true life is in cyberspace. There will be no vernissage or visits at my house. The exhibition will only be momentary. Serving more like an ephemeral installation distributed in the form of digital images and/or a video. So time expands because the life of this installation is short. The moment of witnessing the exhibition is the moment of maximum use. Because of its ephemeral nature. Because in a few hours, what became a museum space at home, will disappear followed by the daily life of the house. Family life that was disrupted will return to its daily routine. A patchwork: since we know that reality is very complex and heterogeneous. For this reason, the concept of heterodox art seems more appropriate to me even when the voices that call for a return to orthodoxy can be perceived. Patchwork joined by the threads of intention. Flirting with dimensions to challenge the seemingly unpleasant situation. Flirting with dimensions defying time. The denatured time that opens, the affective time, the emotional duration, beyond the rhythms dictated by haste and uncertainty.

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Giclee on Fine Art Paper

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12 W x 6 H x 0.1 D in

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17.25 W x 11.25 H x 1.2 D in

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Monika Gabrys I was born in Cracow, Poland, however, since 2004 I live and represent Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. I am binational since 2009. I have a career of more than 20 years in painting and in the medium of visual arts. I have dedicated myself to painting, drawing, collage, I have experimented with engraving, contemporary textile art, installations, conceptual art and action art. As a painter I have been active since 1995, after having won first place in a local art festival FEKUSZ and I am still active, since in addition to the Master's artistic project I have just finished the other, selected and supported by the Merida Municipal Fund for the Visual Arts. My main focus is painting, although the label of the painter conflicts me, since my personal search has led me to experiment in different fields and with different media, that is, my position is flexible and open towards what is called interdisciplinary and trans art. I also have a Bachelor of Nursing degree (Institute of Human Sciences INCIH) and experience gained at the Medical Center of the Americas (CMA) and the Agustín O'Horán General Hospital, the fact that at first glance it could be seen as very abstracted from art . However, I consider it an extension of the same search that motivates me to make art, because in recent times, innumerable aspects have been opened that can be used in artistic paths. Painting seems to be a relic of the past, and yet it is still alive, because the act of painting accompanies the human being practically from the beginning. That is why my idea of two-dimensional painting and art oscillates around the questions —which are in accordance with my line of research—: How could painting, located in time and space, be reconciled with the accelerated and paradoxical transformations of contemporary world? How to figure and represent —through painting— our situation in space and time inevitably linking to the computerized and globally interconnected world-space? Because, definitely, we are facing a complex world, with an excess of information, images, screens, references and, now, a post-pandemic world. By choosing this medium (painting) I place myself again in "between” (which is part of my research). I am currently counter-producing with the collective "Des-obra".

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