Margot Sameli Galeriis New Yorgis (295 Church Street, NY, NY) avatakse 10. juulil Mariann Metsise (sünd. 1991) esimene personaalnäitus USAs.
Näitus jääb avatuks kuni 5. augustini. Allpool näituse tutvustusest.
“What if an actor could do it for you? Isn’t that why they are called actors? They act for you.” —Anne Carson
Trauerspiel— a German term for Baroque tragic drama that directly translates to “mourning play”—encapsulates the interdependence of grief and performance. This exchange between artifice and emotional upheaval serves as the foundation for a new series of oil paintings, all produced specifically for the space.
The paintings are organized as fragmented Greek theater: episodic and unresolved. An actor playing a schoolmistress stands before illegible scribbles on a chalkboard, highlighting the didactic structure of the show. A black poodle play-bows, asking, “Do you want to play with me?” Metsis’ recurring motifs—actors, performing dogs, circus seals, and theater binoculars—appear again in Trauerspiele, examined from shifting perspectives and worked through until exhausted.
