Maria Zervou
dal 21/10/2009 al 2/12/2009
Segnalato da
21/10/2009
Maria Zervou
Francoise Heitsch, Munich
The works of Zervou almost exclusively focus on an emotional vulnerability; the expression of her most personal nature is a characteristic feature of her work. Her stories rely on metaphors, and occupy diverse forms. In her works the artist investigates the dubious nature of things, and uses settings, which turn out to be unexpectedly connected to things alien to or paradoxes for us.
The works of Maria Zervou (1977) almost exclusively focus on an emotional vulnerability; the
expression of her most personal nature is a characteristic feature of her work. Her stories always
rely on metaphors, and occupy – born as mental images – diverse forms. In her videos, drawings,
and installations, Maria Zervou often investigates the dubious nature of things, and uses everyday
settings, which turn out to be unexpectedly connected to things alien to or paradoxes for us.
In her
video „Traveler,“ the artist concentrates on the exploration of the two-sided perception of our reality
– of both our visibile world and the world only tangible with our inner eye, the reality of our own
imaginary worlds. Her aim is it to reverse the spectator’s expectations by highlighting the absurd
elements of realtiy. One of her approaches in order to investigate the ambiguous view on reality is
the combination of miscellaneous elements, which are juxtaposed and hence forced into a dialogue.
This dialogue is directly linked to a re-positioning of the individual into well-known social, personal
or political structures. In her exhibition POINT OF DEPARTURE Maria Zervou transforms banality
into the unexpected, performs an interactive relationship between space and time, between interior
and exterior, and leads the onlooker towards newly defined limits.
Opening october 22nd, at 6 pm
Françoise Heitsch
Amalienstr. 19, München