MAGALI REUS

17 Jul-27 Sep 2015

Overview

Dutch artist Magali Reus will create a new body of work to be exhibited at The Hepworth Wakefield’s new 600sqm space The Calder. This will be Reus’ first UK institutional exhibition, following recent presentations at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hannover and Fridericianum in Kassel. In recent works Reus has used recognisable everyday objects as frameworks for exploring the languages of material and colour. Reus marries these forms with art historical references, to the industrial seriality of Minimalism and the modernist ‘assemblage’. In this new series of works, Reus focuses on the curb as an architectural motif, using elements such as manhole covers, pavement cracks and graffiti as starting points for new sculptural forms. Reus’ emerging practice focuses on material form and presence, offering an exciting new take on these key tenets of sculpture.