17 June 2013

SUNBURST: An installation by Melissa Marks



suntrap: SUNBURST


@ Melissa Marks/ Joya: arte + ecologia



SUNBURST: Volitia Escapes


New York artist Melissa Marks is returning, on behalf of Joya: arte + ecología, to Cortijada Los Gázquez to pursue an ongoing dialogue with her 2011 installation, SUNTRAP.

@ Melissa Marks/ Joya: arte + ecologia

Suntrap: Volitia Finds Some Freedom
 
This second discourse is entitled SUNBURST. We will see the artists work extend beyond the confines of the original installation space reaching across the expansive white walls and endless sunshine in a monochrome evolution of ideas and obsessions.
‘A trap is a lure, a burst is an explosion
A wall is a line, a garden is sanctuary
A façade is a surface, the interior is us
SUNTRAP is a catch of trapped energy. A line in motion, tempted by Nature, is free to enact its fantasies inside a protected space.
The installation space at Los Gázquez is an extraordinary intersection of history and the thoughtful work of contemporary minds and hands. It is a container that holds in its care both the material realities of shelter and the magical opportunity of art. The sun is ever-present, a powerful resource, an unambivalent contributor.
SUNBURST is the sequel, a response to overflow, a release, an escape. The trap has a yield. It is waiting. The line is loose, an exile in the landscape, exposed. The release, a concentrated outpouring or the inevitable expression of internal pressure, is an event. There are consequences. It is movement, once again, that animates the ecosystem and commands our attention. It is outrageous to be able to consider the adventure again, this time from the outside in.
SUNTRAP: Volitia Finds Some Freedom
SUNBURST: Volitia Escapes’
Melissa Marks

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