Umbra

2023

Galerie Jochen Hempel

Ausstellungsansicht Galerie Jochen Hempel
Ausstellungsansicht Galerie Jochen Hempel
Ausstellungsansicht Galerie Jochen Hempel
Ausstellungsansicht Galerie Jochen Hempel
Thousand and one life, ink on wall, 12x4m, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, 2023
Thousand and one life, ink on wall, 12x4m, Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, 2023

Manifestations

Künstlerhaus Bethanien

Kavata Mbiti Peitschenhiebe Tusche Zeichnung Performance drawing ink wall Künstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin 2020
Thousand and one life, ink on wall, 3x10m, 2020
Kavata Mbiti Skulptur Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden Wuppertal
Halt, 2,5x3,5m, wood, 2020

Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden Wuppertal

Kavata Mbiti, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Cragg Foundation, Skulptur, Habitat
View Habitat, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal 2019
Höhen und Tiefen im Freien Fall, wood and wax, 2019
Höhen und Tiefen im Freien Fall, wood and wax, 2019

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.

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


Photos: Björn Siebert, Uwe Walter, Eric Tschernow, Michael Richter