| View of Marcus Arm’s solo exhibition. Provided by Gallery Barton. |
(Seoul = News 1) Reporter Kim Il-chang = The ever-changing sky color of Switzerland is coloring the Hwaytu Cube.
The works, which are placed in silence on the white walls of the gallery and show off their delicate details and mysteries, are each unique in their own way, such as the mysticism of the sky at sunset, the fluttering aurora in the northern night sky, the cheeks of children showing red blood vessels, and the distant glimpse of a deep abyss. It evokes various emotions and leads us to experience the author’s ‘that moment’ together.
Gallery Baton will be holding Swiss artist Markus Amm’s second solo exhibition ‘Cats, Goats and Monsters-La Jonction’ until December 21st.
Marcus’s work fully embodies the artist’s philosophy of pursuing a balance between contingency and intuition.
His work involves repeatedly painting a directly mixed oil paint mixture on a canvas that has been hardened by combining with gesso. After one layer is painted, he piles up another layer by brushing or sanding the surface again at intervals of 2 to 3 weeks.
In the process of stacking and drying multiple layers, they are exposed to light, and the interaction between pigment concentrations and ingredients gives the work a sense of chance and is reflected on the surface.
The author named this work method ‘tennis game’.
In Marcus’s work method, which is reminiscent of a process of alchemy, the element of ‘time’ physically intervenes in the sequential condensation process of the surface and essentially contributes to the artist’s awareness of the time of completion of the work.
The formation of layers, which seems reminiscent of the formation process of strata, becomes a history of repetitive performativity and a medium that contains mechanical temporality as an element of the work.
The final process of completing a work is a complete wait for inspiration, and before the final surface work, the artist continues to observe the unfinished work for up to several years.
According to the artist, observation is a process that is given more importance because it is not a process of inaction but a stage of contemplation that fully connects oneself to the work.
After sufficient time of observation and contemplation, Marcus reaches the ‘Eureka moment’ and completes the work by adding the final layer of color.
