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Gerhard Marx
A Small Escalating Refrain Transparent Territory, 2016
About:
In his own practice as a visual artist, Marx works across a number of media, including drawing and printmaking. He has often explored the idea of the broken and collaged image, and his drawings convey a delicacy and attention to fineness of detail that is belied by the massive sculptural works he has made with William Kentridge. In 2009 he and Kentridge created Firewalker, a large sculpture for the foot of the Queen Elizabeth Bridge in Johannesburg, commissioned by The Trinity Session for an ambitious public art programme in downtown Johannesburg. In the same year Marx worked on a sculpture, now installed on Pigeon Square in Johannesburg, with Maja Marx, and since then has worked with Kentridge on a second sculpture in the spirit of Firewalker, The World on its Hind Legs. Marx’s recent theatre productions have included They Say, written and directed by Marx for the Aardklop National Arts Festival and winner of the Bravo Award for Most Memorable Moment at the festival (2008) and Rewind: A Cantata For Voice, Tape and Testimony, directed by Marx, with an interactive film by Gerhard and Maja Marx and music by Philip Miller. Rewind performed in Brooklyn, New York, at Williams College, Massachusetts (2007) and at The Market Theatre, Johannesburg (2008). Marx has received fellowships from the Ampersand Foundation and the Sundance Film Festival.
Scribble Map, 2016.
Reiteration transparent territor, y2016.
Born in South Africa in 1976. Currently living and working in Cape Town, South Africa.
Marx completed his MA (Fine Art) Cum Laude at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (2004). His sixth solo exhibition, Lessons in Looking Down was held with the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg (2013), followed by The Garden At Night, Aardklop Arts Festival, University of Potchefstroom Gallery (2014). His work was selected for the Venice Biennale 2013. Other recent international exhibitions include My Joburg at La Maison Rouge, Paris and Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden; and The Beautiful Ones, Nolan Judin, Berlin. Marx’s work is shown regularly at international Art Fairs, including Art Basel, Frieze (London) and FIAC (Paris) and features in numerous public and private art collections. During 2009 he completed two large scale public sculpture commissions in Johannesburg, South Africa: The Fire Walker, a collaboration with William Kentridge; and Paper Pigeon, a collaboration with Maja Marx. He has extensive experience in theatre, as scenographer, director, filmmaker and playmaker, including REwind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony (directed by Marx, interactive film by Gerhard Marx and Maja Marx, composed by Philip Miller), performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank, London (2010), the Market Theatre, Johannesburg (2008) and the 62’Centre, William College, Massachusetts (2007).(text Goodman Gallery SA)
Reiteration transparent territory, 2016.