Looking for meaning in history
by
Michal Martychowiec
Year
2017
Size
26 x 200 cm
Material
Neon
Edition
2 von 4
Price
on request
Looking for meaning in history
Looking for meaning in history. To be aware of one’s own historicity, contingency and historical construction. To become aware of one’s own becoming. Not to let the overload of signs and images be a postmodern cudgel, not to become metaphysically homeless or even cynical; this is how I would characterize the core concerns of Martychowiec’s art. To this end, he is constantly looking for metaphors that are conceptually and symbolically reflecting these values.
The artist writes about this neon work, which is part of the Reading history cycle:
“Looking for meaning in history establishes a strongly existential base within the project as the statement handwritten by the artist, simply means looking for meaning whatsoever (and so the meaning of life).
As much as one cannot claim and position one’s identity without the context (of history), an object cannot become a work of art, without a context (of an artistic practice, history, museum or gallery space, etc.). And so looking for meaning is incorporated into a practice of creation of objects, whose inherent quality we always look out for, is precisely, the meaning (we ask ourselves what does this or that art mean). And in case of this project and of Martychowiec’s practice, the meaning can be found and created only through positioning oneself, or one’s creations, within history. “
Other works of art in the exhibition
Name looking for meaning in history
Size 26 × 200 cm
Year 2017
Name Josephine, reading history
Size two-channel 4K video
Year 2017/2020
Name Reading history #6 (2018–1100)
Size 130 x 140 cm
Year 2018
Name Josephine, history is happening today
Size HD video
Year 2017
Name still from Pixelated Venus
Size 90 × 120 cm
Year 2017