Mariana Vassileva
Fragile Power
Published in October 2020
Book
184 pages
978-3-903320-82-6 (ISBN)
Description
Mariana Vassileva verfährt in ihrem künstlerischen Schaffen wie eine Fallenstellerin, indem die äußere Erscheinung ihrer Werke verführerisch leicht, poetisch und ästhetisch ausgewogen daherkommt und unwiderstehlich anzieht. Auf den zweiten Blick jedoch offenbaren sich inhaltliche Tiefe und beißende Kommentare auf gesellschaftliche Wirklichkeiten. Immer wieder geht es um Gewalt, Schmerz, Heimatlosigkeit oder das Ausgesetzt-Sein innerhalb alltäglich wirkender Hierarchien. Doch bleibt es bei Vassileva nicht beim Konstatieren solcher Befindlichkeiten. Meist wird es begleitet von einem humorvollen Bruch oder der Sehnsucht nach einem Zustand, in dem unüberbrückbar erscheinende Gegensätze versöhnt werden. Der Katalog "Fragile Power" gibt einen umfassenden Einblick in Vassilevas Skulpturen, Zeichnungen, Installationen, Fotografien, Filme und Texten seit 2000.
In her artistic production, Mariana Vassileva acts like a trapper, inasmuch as the external appearance of her works proves to be seductively simple, poetical and aesthetically balanced, so that it radiates an irresistible attraction. At second glance, however, the depth of content and biting comments on social realities reveal themselves. Again and again it is about violence, pain, homelessness or vulnerability amid seemingly everyday hierarchies. But Vassileva does not stop at the observation of such sensitivities. Mostly it is accompanied by a humorous break or the longing for a state of affairs in which seemingly irreconcilable oppositions are brought into harmony. The catalogue "Fragile Power" provides a comprehensive insight into Vassileva's sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, films and texts since 2000.
In her artistic production, Mariana Vassileva acts like a trapper, inasmuch as the external appearance of her works proves to be seductively simple, poetical and aesthetically balanced, so that it radiates an irresistible attraction. At second glance, however, the depth of content and biting comments on social realities reveal themselves. Again and again it is about violence, pain, homelessness or vulnerability amid seemingly everyday hierarchies. But Vassileva does not stop at the observation of such sensitivities. Mostly it is accompanied by a humorous break or the longing for a state of affairs in which seemingly irreconcilable oppositions are brought into harmony. The catalogue "Fragile Power" provides a comprehensive insight into Vassileva's sculptures, drawings, installations, photographs, films and texts since 2000.