Łódź / Signum Foundation Gallery
23 IV 2015 - 30 VI 2015

Pré-Pénétrables

Exhibitions

The exhibition is devoted to one of the most iconic works by Jesús Rafael Soto.

 

The concept of „ Pénétrables” was created at the end of 1960, as an effect of previous experimentation with the use of colourful nylon threads hanged from specifically designed constructions. From that time onwards Soto had presented many works from this series at several small galleries, large museums and outdoor spaces. One of the most spectacular installations was created at the exhibition Expo in Sevilla in 1992. In 2010 Signum Foundation showed installation “Pénétrables” at the exhibition “Lumière et mouvemen” at Palazzo Donà, Venetian space of the foundation. It was then that a contemporary artist – Michal Martychowiec – was commissioned to create a personal artistic documentation inspired, among others, by then dead Jesús Rafael Soto.

 

The following project consists of a series of video and photographic works under the common title “Blue Red Green”. It conveys Martychowiec’s personal narration of new contexts through a mosaic consisting of documented elements (through video or photography) of other artists’ works.

 

At the current exhibition we are presenting Soto’s installation through works of this artist.

 

However, the source for creation of Soto’s „ Pénétrables” lays in preceding paintings-objects consisting of refined spatial structures inspired by the music of Pierre Bouleza. The works from this particular period are being presented at this exhibition: „ Vibration à droite” , 1969 and  „La courve bleue”, 1965.

 

Jesús Rafael Soto/ 1923 – 2005/, Venezuelan born artist, his artistic career started with his arrival in Paris in 1950. It was soon afterwards that he met Denise René with whose gallery he had been affiliated until the end of his life. As a co-creator of Kinetic Art movement, he is considered one of the most important creators of kinetic structures. Soto’s works were exhibited and are part of collections of the most prestigious art museums like Centre Pompidou, Tate and MoMA. http://www.jr-soto.com

 

Michal Martychowiec /born 1987/ graduate of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. He works and lives in Berlin and London. Martychowiec creates photographic series, videos, drawings, neons, multi-media installations. His artistic practice is inspired by classical and ancient art and moreover philosophy and aesthetic of the Far East. The intellectual characteristic of his most recent installations shows his greater interest and involvement in the tradition of constructivist – minimalistic conceptualism of 20th century.

 

His works have been showed at among others: Signum Foundation Palazzo Dona in Venice,

 

Palazzo Tre Ochi and galleria upp also in Venice, Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw, Foundation Genshagen in Berlin and recently Signum Project in Lodz. http://michalmartychowiec.com

 

curator Grzegorz Musiał

 

Signum Foundation Gallery, Piotrkowska 85, Łódź