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Artist: Marck

Talk: Marck vs Elsa Wang. Thursday 21 March, 7pm. RSVP: info.uk@blueriderart.com

Bluerider ART breaks free from traditional frameworks, invites Marck with his 2024 new works and built in a site-specific artist studio in London•Mayfair. Marck invites the audience to interact and explore his creative working process in the playground. The artist also draws inspiration from his observations of local life, using local elements for on-site creations.

The exhibition encompasses a series of both new and classic works, including the large classic piece "Gegenstrom" depicts a woman swimming in slow motion, expressing the desire for survival and exploration. "Clockwork" combines video and kinetic installation, showcasing avoidance dynamics between a woman and a pendulum, provoking feelings of anxiety. The new "Phone connected," portraying global social network connections and contemporary social modes. Dive deeper into the immersive world of Marck's Playground, where artistic innovation and sensory delight converge.

Marck (Switzerland, b. 1964), a contemporary Swiss artist renowned for Video Sculpture, currently lives and works in Zurich. Marck's unconventional journey led him to enter a prestigious art school at a young age, only to leave due to the inability to tolerate formal education. Subsequently, he engaged in diverse occupations, including auto dismantling, mechanical electrician, rock singer, and tech installation design. Marck's unique life experiences transcend the imagination of conventional academy-trained artists, manifesting in his self-created video sculpture expressions, addressing societal issues through themes of frames, women, viewing, and interaction. In 2019 he was honoured with the International Culture Award by Academia Culturale Internazionale Cartagine in Italy . His works have been showcased internationally and collected by significant museums including La Maison Rouge in Paris, St. Petersburg Contemporary Art Museum, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Istanbul Modern, and the Karlsruhe Center for Art and Media.

Renowned Swiss art historian and critic Dr. Andres Pardey comments on Marck's artistic journey, emphasising the four key themes: video, design, women, and narrative (interactive process). "Marck's video works often depict women in narrow spaces, sometimes confined or struggling, with thinly clad attire. Interpretations may vary, with some viewing through a lens of objectification, while others analyse the visuals for signs of oppression and constraints. The diverse perspectives, ranging from open acknowledgment to clandestine observation, contribute to a unique interactive interpretation process involving the artist, the artwork, and the audience. Marck's direct engagement with the external challenges and pressures faced by women in his works releases a spectrum of emotions, making his art profoundly meaningful."

Marck acknowledges influences from the Fluxus movement member Nam June Paik (1962) and the founder of Video Art, Wolf Vostell. He emphasises that the purpose of video is not to narrate a story but to evoke emotions in the audience. For Marck, technology is a means and a purpose, using designed film scenes to capture video, eliminating the static state of traditional sculpture. With handcrafted tangible sculptures, he appeals globally to audiences of all races, ages, and genders, offering a delightful and imaginative viewing experience through the distinction between the virtual and the real.

Marck's works represent a societal microcosm, reflecting the physiological and psychological states of modern individuals across various social strata, navigating familiarity and unfamiliarity, and grappling with identity in time and space. The collision between the subject and the frame unfolds under multiple layers of constraints, illustrating how modern individuals traverse the boundaries of survival and respond to the limitations of existence. Marck throws these questions at the audience through video sculpture, eliciting resonance and imagination. If an artist can create the physiological and psychological states of humanity in various societal contexts, then the "Marck's Playground" exhibition and his works serve as a journey for the audience to experience various psychological scenarios.