The Ngombo (6)

Maria Loboda

The Ngombo (6), 201675 x 60cmSign in to view price
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Material
digital print on hahnemühle fine art cotton paper
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork presents a black leather purse filled with a variety of personal items and accessories. The composition is visually striking, with the dark, glossy bag contrasting against the diverse array of colorful objects it contains, including makeup, stationery, and decorative elements like tassels. The cluttered, haphazard arrangement of the items within the bag suggests a sense of personal expression and individuality. The piece seems to comment on the intimate, private nature of the items we choose to carry with us daily, inviting the viewer to consider the hidden stories and experiences these objects might represent. The artist's intention may be to explore themes of identity, consumerism, and the relationship between the public and private spheres of an individual's life. ...

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The Ngombo (6)
Artist
Maria Loboda
B.1979

Maria Loboda, born in 1979 in Krakow, Poland, composes installations and sculptures to investigate cultural codes, represented by pictorial signs and the grammar of various materials and objects. Throughout her work, Loboda engages with the historical narratives attributed to certain objects and juxtaposes them with contemporary interpretations and modern references in order to address the transformation of meaning of objects and images, tracing their paths from conveyance to encounter. Her research stems from the fields of poetry and history and leads to a formal equation of language and materiality, whose interactions she examines and uses in order to question what they express beyond their common readings. Thus, through the deconstruction and reorganization of common forms and symbols, Loboda has become a unique voice in what is described as contemporary archaeology. As a kind of re-enacting of semiotics, Loboda’s works are subversive as well as critical towards power structures. ...

Maria Loboda: Artworks
The Ngombo (6)
Maria Loboda
The Ngombo (6), 2016
75 x 60cm
to be looked at with the sound of e ruscha v the hostess
Maria Loboda
to be looked at with the sound of e ruscha v the hostess, 2021
18 x 24cm
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