Florencia S.M. Brück

Tension & Interlude — Giudecca Art District

Giudecca Art District, Venice — solo show, 2019

Tension & Interlude — Giudecca Art District

Giudecca Art District, Venice — solo show, 2019

Pliage works in which the canvas is treated as an entity in itself: folded, inked in large swaths of black or colour, then unfolded to reveal the pattern that emerged.

The resulting patterns read as a map reminiscent of reverse-engineered programming, or of an intelligent fabric able to recall its original form.

The series continues an ongoing exploration of intricate patterns and networks, both digital and organic — a traditional method meeting a technological way of thinking.

Giudecca Art District
Consulado General de la República Argentina en Milán

GAD – Giudecca Art District and the General Consulate of the Argentine Republic in Milan presented Tension and Interlude, a solo show by Florencia Brück, at the close of her residency at GAD, which began in mid-February.

During those two months Brück developed a new body of work exploring gravity and the action of erosion and vibration within the canvas. Working with a self-made preparation that behaves like oil on the canvas but with a controlled drying time, she seeks a flawless harmony between the human and nature, planned action and randomness, predictability and contingency.

The show includes 15 paintings, among them 3 three-dimensional shaped canvases, and two installations made with a new technique that matured during the residency in Venice.

The practice consists of dripping ink onto a crinkled white canvas, free of its frame. The self-made preparation creates friction with the ink and lets it flow freely. Every trace left by a drop is a unique mark with its own intensity: a dotted line, a continuous line or a plane. When the ink has settled into the folds and dried, Brück stretches the canvas out. Gravity no longer acts on the ink, and the black lines are no longer just evidence of its passage: they become purely aesthetic, abstract forms.

“There is this principle of letting things go in my work to see what would happen.” The artist says. “No interference, no specific intent. That element of surprise is crucial for the work to have its magic. The moment there is total certainty there is no life”

Details

  • Tension and Interlude, solo show of Florencia Brück
  • Curated by Valentina Gioia Levy & Pierpaolo Scelsi
  • 12–14 April 2019, 11:30 am – 8 pm · opening 12 April, 6:30–9 pm
  • GAD – Giudecca Art District, GAD Gallery, Giudecca 211-b, Venice (boat stop Redentore)
  • Free entry · info@giudecca-art-district.com

Works shown