Sophie Ko / Márta Kuscora – Questo Caos Del Tempo

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PostmastersROMA is extremely pleased to present a two person exhibition of new work by Sophie Ko (1981, Tbilisi) and Márta Kuscora (1979, Budapest), a first presentation for both artists at our gallery in Rome. Postmasters Gallery in New York City has held a solo exhibition of Márta Kuscora in 2021.

Questo Caos Del Tempo is an exhibition of two artists, facing each other in all their chaos and fearlessness, chosen in tandem by the curator, Melania Rossi (Sophie Ko), and Paulina Bebecka, director of PostmastersROMA (Márta Kuscora).

The show features new paintings and wall works from each artist, a site specific floor based installation created by Sophie Ko, and a video installation of Márta Kuscora.

Sophie Ko utilizes time as her primary material, as well as pigments, butterflies, earth and ashes of burnt images. She attempts to control the unpredictable materials in her Temporary Geographies series by containing them in geometrically shaped frames. It's an attempt to freeze the uncontrollable loose pigments or ashes which over time change and shift unnoticeably, highlighting the transient nature - of everything. Kucsora's paintings suggest an infinite psychological and physical space, where rhythm and order exists amidst chaos and control alongside chance. Kuscora, like an alchemist, mixes up paints of varied density and viscosity, pastes, lacquers and gelatins, spraying, and sprinkling them onto canvas. Her paintings are simultaneously spatially deep and canvas-flat. For both artist, the metamorphosis occurring through time is of major importance. While confronted with these visual interpretations of thoughts, ephemeral like the batting of butterflies' wings, the viewers' beliefs, memories and sparks get unlocked.

A critical text by Melania Rossi and Paulina Bebecka will accompany the exhibition.

For more information about Sophie Ko and Márta Kucsora and press inquiries please contact Paulina Bebecka [email protected] or +39 375 537 6941.

Sophie Ko is based in Milan where she earned and MFA from Accademia di Brera. She is the First prize winner Gran Premio della Pittura, MAC-Contemporary Art Museum, Lisbon among many other awards. Her work was the subject of a solo project at Ca’Pesaro- Galleria Internazionale d’arte Moderna, Venice and was featured in museum exhibitons at MAMbo-Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Palazzo Barbò Torre Pallavicina, RISO-Museo regionale d’arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Palermo, Fondazione Malvina Menegaz, Museo Marino Marini, Museum Ettore Archinti, Lodi.

Márta Kucsora is based in Budapest, Hungary. She graduated from Montclair State University, NJ and Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest. Her work has been featured in museum shows such as DEJI Art Museum, Nanking, China, 21 Century Museum in Bentonville, Arizona, National Gallery, Budapest, and solo exhibitions at Kepes Institute, Eger, Hungary and Kunsthalle Budapest. It is in many public collections, most notably MNB, Hungarian National Bank, Hungary, Deji Art Museum, Nanjing, China, 21C Museum, Louisville, KY, US, ERSTE BANK, Hungary, Ruhrverband, Essen, Germany, Erftverband, Bergheim, Germany, Wasserverband Eifel-Rur, Düren, Germany, Sammlung Lupa, Germany.