Manifestations
Longings
Striche wie Narben einer nicht gelebten Zukunft: die Performance Tausend und ein Leben ist den Opfern von Gewalt gewidmet. Die Zeichnung ist ein Manifest, in der die Gewalt der tausend Peitschenhiebe durch den Körper in Form von Zeichnung übertragen wird.
A thousand and one life: indigo
Falkenrotpreis 2020
Höhen und Tiefen im freien Fall
In her works Kavata Mbiti scrutinizes what constitutes reality and continually attempts to shake the foundations of our understanding of what is real and true.
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In the case of Höhen und Tiefen im Freien Fall the wood has been painted and then finished with wax. The wax layer breaks up the surface so that the
various layers of colour merge into each other almost iridescently and provide a reflective surface for the light illuminating the sculpture. Through the wax the sculpture‘s geometric forms
become softer and blend into each other when seen by the observer. This means, that a subjective reality can arise in the inner eye of the viewer which is as malleable and changeable as warm wax.
Dr. Maya Anna Rosalie Großmann
Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden Wuppertal, 2019
Translation: Robert Payne