MAJA MARX
MAJA MARX, Dénouement
oil on Belgian Linen, 100 x 100 cm
Maja Marx's paintings are essentially hyperactivations of surface. Marx starts by mapping ‘found’ compositions onto her canvas, and then allows this process of transcription to self-proliferate. Once the optical field of each canvas has become alive, the artist uses the act of painting to literally ‘stare herself’ out onto the canvas. Each layer of paint, each engagement responds to the layers beneath to become rich self-referential fields in which the physical act of looking is foregrounded; surfaces that are read, looked at and stared into all at once.
MAJA MARX, Litmus
oil on Belgian Linen, 75 x 50 cm
Maja Marx's paintings are essentially hyperactivations of surface. Marx starts by mapping ‘found’ compositions onto her canvas, and then allows this process of transcription to self-proliferate. Once the optical field of each canvas has become alive, the artist uses the act of painting to literally ‘stare herself’ out onto the canvas. Each layer of paint, each engagement responds to the layers beneath to become rich self-referential fields in which the physical act of looking is foregrounded; surfaces that are read, looked at and stared into all at once.
MAJA MARX, Slow Fade to Blue
oil on Belgian Linen, 75 x 50 cm
Maja Marx's paintings are essentially hyperactivations of surface. Marx starts by mapping ‘found’ compositions onto her canvas, and then allows this process of transcription to self-proliferate. Once the optical field of each canvas has become alive, the artist uses the act of painting to literally ‘stare herself’ out onto the canvas. Each layer of paint, each engagement responds to the layers beneath to become rich self-referential fields in which the physical act of looking is foregrounded; surfaces that are read, looked at and stared into all at once.
Specialists in contemporary art from South Africa. Established in 1913. South African artists are part of the global conversation. We seek to make their voices heard.