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Mariana Vassileva

MARIANA VASSILEVA

The gentle brutality of simultaneity Starkwhite 6–31 January 2012 Auckland
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All of us are bearers of time - times experienced and recounted, read and desired. Existing and occurring in the here and now is what legitimizes the present, which - on the surface - can appear as an open or closed entity. In reality, however, every one of us in the present is a collage formed of various elements of experience. Our continuous, linear-temporal actions result in both successive and parallel aspects in the synchronism of assembled fragments and forms consisting of memories and political, social, and cultural perspectives. Thought constructs of different mass and content - similar to plastic shapes - rub up against one another at different speeds.

In the concurrence of asynchrony, we lose ourselves only to find and redefine ourselves
anew.

Starkwhite is pleased to present The gentle brutality of simultaneity by Bulgarian-born, Berlin-based artist Mariana Vassileva from 6 - 31 January 2012. The exhibition is presented in collaboration with DNA, Berlin.

Mariana Vassileva’s recent exhibitions include: 4th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2011); Alchemy/ Microwave; International New Media Festival, Hong Kong; 17thBiennale of Sydney: The Beauty of Distance, Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age (2010); Menos Tiempo que lugar Museu de Arte Contemporanea do Parna/Curtiba, Brazil (2010); INDEX GLASS, Galleri Image, Aarhus, Denmark (2009); Bicentenario, Palacio National de las Artes - Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2009); Videos Europa, Le Fresnoy, Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, Paris, France (2009); Mariana Vassileva, Musée d´art Contemporain de Montréal (2008); MEDIATIONSBIENNALE, Poznan, Poland (2008); Brilliant Noise, Tate Britain, London UK (2008); Beyond Stereotypes, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany (2008); REVOLUTIONS,San Diego State University Art Gallery, San Diego (2008); and Beyond the Stereotypes, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Germany (2008).

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About the Artist

Mariana Vassileva’s works emanate from her experiences and emotions in her new living environment. Her videos seem timeless and they take us on at times meditative journeys through space and time, which always begin with the gender, biography and role of the self. With simple but nevertheless symbol-ladden pictures of great beauty, the artist succeeds in transporting such complex themes as fear, escape, orientation and the search for freedom. At the same time, Mariana Vassileva always manages to subliminally counteract the seemingly harmless casualness of her works.

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Starkwhite is a contemporary art gallery in Auckland, New Zealand, specialising in the presentation of interdisciplinary visual art exhibitions with an international focus. Starkwhite is committed to a strong art fair programme engaging with the best of contemporary art practice.

In 2022 Starkwhite partnered with 1301PE (Los Angeles) to open 1301SW in Melbourne, Australia. 1301SW opened its second space in Sydney in October 2024. www.1301SW.com.

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