Maria Loboda
demeter, after Ivan Lytovchenko
FSP ING 0251
Maria Loboda
born 1979, Kraków
A visual artist, Maria Loboda creates puzzling, multi-element installations, sculptural objects, photographs, graphic works, and drawings with intriguing titles. Literary works or obscure historical facts often serve as an inspiration and point of departure for her. Loboda constructs exhibitions like a tale without beginning or end, entering into a dialogue with the history and architecture of the site. She resorts to forgotten symbols, codes and iconography. She interrogates the dominant narratives and systems of authority, and their material attributes, from ancient Egyptian monarchies to the British bourgeoisie and the modern figure of the international business tycoon, conducting a form of speculative contemporary archaeology. Her works have been shown at such events as Documenta 13 in Kassel (2012) and the 58th Venice Biennale (2019). She lives and works in Berlin and Kraków.
born 1979, Kraków
A visual artist, Maria Loboda creates puzzling, multi-element installations, sculptural objects, photographs, graphic works, and drawings with intriguing titles. Literary works or obscure historical facts often serve as an inspiration and point of departure for her. Loboda constructs exhibitions like a tale without beginning or end, entering into a dialogue with the history and architecture of the site. She resorts to forgotten symbols, codes and iconography. She interrogates the dominant narratives and systems of authority, and their material attributes, from ancient Egyptian monarchies to the British bourgeoisie and the modern figure of the international business tycoon, conducting a form of speculative contemporary archaeology. Her works have been shown at such events as Documenta 13 in Kassel (2012) and the 58th Venice Biennale (2019). She lives and works in Berlin and Kraków.