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Mariona Berenguer - A/P (Artist's proof), 2024
Artist Biography: Mariona Berenguer (b. 1992 Barcelona, Spain) lives and works in Berlin, Germany. She graduated with honors from the Massana School in Barcelona and with an Extraordinary Prize from the University of Fine Arts in Barcelona. Parallel to her studies, she taught Sculpture, Drawing and Modeling in various Art Centers. Taking conflict as a starting point, Mariona Berenguer explores spaces of tension in human existence -desire, loss, identity- and currently focuses on investigating how the new work culture affects creative processes while addressing the value and belief systems underlying it. In today's society, work has moved to the center of human consciousness. Increased productivity and efficiency are seen as sources of self-esteem and self-fulfillment -as well as of self-exploitation. Against this background, Berenguer is developing a series of works that, from a poetic and critical perspective, questions what it means to be working as an artist in our contemporary society. This body of work embraces sculptural, textile, and graphic means.
In the interplay between object and title, the paradigms of re-/productivity are called into question. The pregnancy test inevitably refers to maternity, but the result of the test differs depending on who is looking at it and whether it gives rise to relief or regret. In this case, the negative test is a precondition for continuing an artistic career, but only at the expense of motherhood. In this sense, the title is an ironic reference to the level of commitment and personal sacrifice required for being an artist which is difficult to reconcile with being a mother. At the same time, the pregnancy test alludes to the numerous projects that never see the light of day as a consequence of failed attempts or due to a lack of resources. AP (Artist's Proof) thus challenges our understanding of success and failure in both artistic production and sexual reproduction. What does it mean to re-/produce-and what are the stakes of posing this question? Text by: Lisa Deml
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