Marie Matusz (b. 1994, Toulouse) lives and works in Basel.
Her work results from critical engagement with forms and their inherent meanings, evolving through in-depth research into philosophical, sociological, and linguistic theories. By juxtaposing elements and textures, she creates an aesthetic of management and develops a choreography of the viewer while the works seem to remain motionless and static. This suspension goes beyond the physical, as it seeks to activate a suspension of time. Her work plays with this moment of idleness by presenting objects from various historical archives taken from our classical lexicon, and reexamining them through contemporary lenses and production techniques.
Marie Matusz obtained a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD) in 2016 and a master’s from the Basel Academy of Art & Design (FHNW) in 2018. Recent solo exhibitions include Prequel, Blue Velvet Project, Zurich (2023); Lonely Daters, Clima, Milan, Fall, Swiss Institute, Milan (2022); Until We Turn Blue (Dorothea Von Stetten Art Award), Kunstmuseum Bonn (2020); Epoche, Kunst Raum Riehen (2020); Golden Hour, Atelier Amden (2019); and Caravan, Aargauer Kunsthaus (2019). Matusz received the Swiss Art Award in 2021.
Marie Matusz (b. 1994, Toulouse) lives and works in Basel.
Her work results from critical engagement with forms and their inherent meanings, evolving through in-depth research into philosophical, sociological, and linguistic theories. By juxtaposing elements and textures, she creates an aesthetic of management and develops a choreography of the viewer while the works seem to remain motionless and static. This suspension goes beyond the physical, as it seeks to activate a suspension of time. Her work plays with this moment of idleness by presenting objects from various historical archives taken from our classical lexicon, and reexamining them through contemporary lenses and production techniques.
Marie Matusz obtained a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from the Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD) in 2016 and a master’s from the Basel Academy of Art & Design (FHNW) in 2018. Recent solo exhibitions include Prequel, Blue Velvet Project, Zurich (2023); Lonely Daters, Clima, Milan, Fall, Swiss Institute, Milan (2022); Until We Turn Blue (Dorothea Von Stetten Art Award), Kunstmuseum Bonn (2020); Epoche, Kunst Raum Riehen (2020); Golden Hour, Atelier Amden (2019); and Caravan, Aargauer Kunsthaus (2019). Matusz received the Swiss Art Award in 2021.
- Marie MatuszAll systems create the conditions of their own demise, 2022
acrylic glass (10 platforms, stacked version) 60 × 80 cm
Photo: GiulioBoem - Marie MatuszAll systems create the conditions of their own demise, 2022
acrylic glass (10 platforms, stacked version) 60 × 80 cm
Photo: GiulioBoem - Marie MatuszMillenial Clock, 2022
Aluminium, ash, Taenaris myops female 44,5 x 30 x 16,5 cm Edition of 15 + 2 AP
credits ChristianKnoerr - Marie MatuszStand still for a second (no needs) (II), 2022
Information panels, acrylic glass
132x96x8cm - Marie MatuszStand still for a second (no needs) (I), 2022
Information panels, acrylic glass
132x96x8cm - Marie MatuszStand still for a second (no needs) (III), 2022
Information panels, acrylic glass
132x96x8cm - Marie MatuszEverybody feels thee wind blow, 2022
shark jaw (Charcarinus obscurus), mirror, acrylic glass
45 x 18 x 45 cm vitrine: 100x48x176 cm
Photo: GiulioBoem - Marie MatuszEverybody feels thee wind blow, 2022
shark jaw (Charcarinus obscurus), mirror, acrylic glass
45 x 18 x 45 cm vitrine: 100x48x176 cm
Photo: GiulioBoem - Marie MatuszThere is no document of civilisation that is not a document of barbarism, 2022
cast iron piano frames
170x140x130 cm
Photo: GiulioBoem - Marie MatuszThere is no document of civilisation that is not a document of barbarism, 2022
cast iron piano frames
170x140x130 cm
Photo: GiulioBoem - Marie MatuszHarness the Storm (portrait), 2022
Shaders (aluminium woven fabric)
190x130x2cm - Marie MatuszHarness the Storm (landscape), 2022 Shaders (aluminium woven fabric)
190x130x2cm - Marie MatuszThe Doomed, 2022
Hair mats
83x46x18cm - Marie MatuszThe Doomed, 2022
Hair mats
83x46x18cm - Marie MatuszNo created world ever hindered the course of thunder, 2022
Wax coated fabric, wood frame
240x120x5cm - Marie MatuszNo created world ever hindered the course of thunder, 2022
Wax coated fabric, wood frame
240x120x5cm