Museum van Bommel van Dam
Keulsepoort 1
5911 BX Venlo
Netherlands
Tirzo Martha - Intensive Care
The socially engaged artist Tirzo Martha (Curaçao, 1965) is coming to museum van Bommel van Dam this spring. The exhibition Intensive Care shows a comprehensive series of sculptures with which Marta is charting a new course within his already extensive oeuvre.
This predominantly white series is being shown in the Netherlands for the first time. He deliberately chose Venlo for the presentation of 20 of his latest sculptures. 'To discover the city's qualities and share them with the rest of the country.' To increase that impact, there will also be a gallery open studio where the artist will work with local communities, students and visitors on a new, collaborative artwork.
The imposing sculptures in the Intensive Care exhibition are part of the Chronisch Monochroom series. In contrast to Martha's often colourful installations, the pieces in this series are mainly white. The inspiration for Chronisch Monochroom arose when the artist stayed in hospitals in Colombia and on Curaçao, where he was admitted due to a heart infection. The seemingly dilapidated monochrome structures and landscapes originated in those sterile, white rooms. With these sculptures, Tirzo Martha has constructed monuments dedicated to social issues that stifle the development and growth of our people. And that on a global level as well as close to home. These issues including recent crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine, but also unemployment, the decline in education, corruption and racism. The artist gives these issues a stage and asks the viewer for their sustained attention. At the same time, he attempts to reassure you and carry you along with his imagination. As a collective, we can bridge differences and make new memories through decisiveness and trust but above all by working together.
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