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Marco Maggi
SUPRA muro, 8 September - 6 October 2018
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Marco Maggi, SUPRA muro

Known for his virtuoso drawings, Marco Maggi presents a new body of surprising and beguiling sculpture for his eighth exhibition at Hosfelt Gallery.  SUPRA muro consists primarily of works made of the tiniest hand-cut paper shapes that cluster, fold, curl, stack and bend, encrusting all sorts of surfaces, including the very walls of the gallery.

 

For twenty years, Maggi has considered – then elegantly answered – the question of how to take drawing from two into three dimensions.  He has drawn in relief on aluminum foil, carved everyday objects like rulers or apples with his abstracted lexicon, and inscribed plexiglass to create drawings that are only visible when they cast a shadow.

 

The forms suggest meaning – alphabets of unknown languages, computer circuitry, Google Earth imaging of vaguely familiar cities – but no matter how much you puzzle over them, the shapes are inexplicable.

 

Viewers are compelled to move close, slow down, stand on tiptoe, look obliquely, even crawl around on the ground in an effort to make sense of these encryptions.  And in so doing, they physically act out Maggi’s metaphor for understanding:  you must change perspective – see things from another point-of-view – in order to find meaning.

 

While Maggi’s visual vocabulary evades certitude, his titles — referring to technology, geopolitics and cultural history — offer clues to his messages.  A philosopher-poet of non-representational drawing, Maggi says of his work, “Focus is not the object or the subject, but the time between the object and the viewer.  I am interested in the pace of the viewing process.”

Born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1957, Marco Maggi now divides his time between New Paltz, NY and Montevideo. He was chosen to represent Uruguay in the 2015 Venice Biennale. His work is in numerous museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Art Institute of Chicago; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, São Paulo; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; as well as in the Cisneros Collection, New York and the Daros Foundation, Zurich. He has been represented by Hosfelt Gallery since 1999.

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Works
  • Marco Maggi What is the Meaning of Blue, 2018 cut paper on museum board 24 x 18 in 61 x 45.7 cm
    Marco Maggi
    What is the Meaning of Blue, 2018
    cut paper on museum board
    24 x 18 in
    61 x 45.7 cm
  • Marco Maggi Thesis (Selectric), 2018 cut paper on ping pong ball, Selectric typeball, shelf 3 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 3 in 8.9 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Thesis (Selectric), 2018
    cut paper on ping pong ball, Selectric typeball, shelf
    3 1/2 x 4 1/8 x 3 in
    8.9 x 10.5 x 7.6 cm
  • Marco Maggi RED means NET in Spanish, Translation Series, 2018 cut paper on dibond 24 x 18 in 61 x 45.7 cm
    Marco Maggi
    RED means NET in Spanish, Translation Series, 2018
    cut paper on dibond
    24 x 18 in
    61 x 45.7 cm
  • Marco Maggi Stacking Quotes (Red), 2018 cut paper, cloth bound notebooks 6 x 8 1/4 x 6 in 15.2 x 21 x 15.2 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Stacking Quotes (Red), 2018
    cut paper, cloth bound notebooks
    6 x 8 1/4 x 6 in
    15.2 x 21 x 15.2 cm
  • Marco Maggi Spelling : R-e-c-t-a-n-g-l-e, Sliding Series, 2018 hand-cut paper, 600 35 mm slide mounts 60 x 40 in 152.4 x 101.6 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Spelling : R-e-c-t-a-n-g-l-e, Sliding Series, 2018
    hand-cut paper, 600 35 mm slide mounts
    60 x 40 in
    152.4 x 101.6 cm
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  • Marco Maggi Turner Box, Complete Coverage on Botta / Snøetta, 2018 cut paper, plexiglass box 11 1/2 x 9 x 2 1/2 inches/29.2 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm overall with shelf 13 3/4 x 12 x 9 inches
    Marco Maggi
    Turner Box, Complete Coverage on Botta / Snøetta, 2018
    cut paper, plexiglass box
    11 1/2 x 9 x 2 1/2 inches/29.2 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm
    overall with shelf 13 3/4 x 12 x 9 inches
  • Marco Maggi Falling Paragraph (Yellow), 2018 cut paper on museum board 36 x 24 in 91.4 x 61 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Falling Paragraph (Yellow), 2018
    cut paper on museum board
    36 x 24 in
    91.4 x 61 cm
  • Marco Maggi Frozen Quadrant, 2018 engraved acrylic 8 x 8 x 2 inches/20.3 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm overall with shelf 10 1/8 x 12 x 12 inches
    Marco Maggi
    Frozen Quadrant, 2018
    engraved acrylic
    8 x 8 x 2 inches/20.3 x 20.3 x 5.1 cm
    overall with shelf 10 1/8 x 12 x 12 inches
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  • Marco Maggi Falling Paragraph (White), 2018 cut paper on museum board 36 x 24 in 91.4 x 61 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Falling Paragraph (White), 2018
    cut paper on museum board
    36 x 24 in
    91.4 x 61 cm
  • Marco Maggi Turner Box, Complete Coverage on SFMOMA Zone, 2018 cut paper, plexiglass box 11 1/2 x 9 x 2 1/2 inches/29.2 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm overall with shelf 13 3/4 x 12 x 9 inches
    Marco Maggi
    Turner Box, Complete Coverage on SFMOMA Zone, 2018
    cut paper, plexiglass box
    11 1/2 x 9 x 2 1/2 inches/29.2 x 22.9 x 6.3 cm
    overall with shelf 13 3/4 x 12 x 9 inches
    Inquire
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  • Marco Maggi Dating Data, 2018 cut paper on museum board 60 x 40 in 152.4 x 101.6 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Dating Data, 2018
    cut paper on museum board
    60 x 40 in
    152.4 x 101.6 cm
  • Marco Maggi Gold is the New White, 2017 hand-cut metal foil, 600 35mm slide mounts 60 x 40 in 152.4 x 101.6 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Gold is the New White, 2017
    hand-cut metal foil, 600 35mm slide mounts
    60 x 40 in
    152.4 x 101.6 cm
  • Marco Maggi Drawing Machine (Horizontal Line), 2018 pencil and horizontal bow string 3/8 x 61 x 7 in 1 x 154.9 x 17.8 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Drawing Machine (Horizontal Line), 2018
    pencil and horizontal bow string
    3/8 x 61 x 7 in
    1 x 154.9 x 17.8 cm
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  • White pingpong ball attached to wall is covered in cut-out geometric shapes of yellow and white paper.
    Marco Maggi
    Thesis on Wall, 2018
    cut paper on ping pong ball
    1 1/2 inch sphere/3.8 cm sphere
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  • Marco Maggi Framing Thesis, 2018 cut paper on museum board, cut paper on ping pong ball 12 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/2 in 31.1 x 38.7 x 6.3 cm
    Marco Maggi
    Framing Thesis, 2018
    cut paper on museum board, cut paper on ping pong ball
    12 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 2 1/2 in
    31.1 x 38.7 x 6.3 cm
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  • Marco Maggi Smith Corona (Stationary Movie), 2018 cut paper on a roll of 1000 labels each label 4 x 6 inches/10.2 x 15.2 cm, installation dimensions variable
    Marco Maggi
    Smith Corona (Stationary Movie), 2018
    cut paper on a roll of 1000 labels
    each label 4 x 6 inches/10.2 x 15.2 cm, installation dimensions variable
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  • Marco Maggi Notebook, 2018 cut paper, notebooks 6 1/2 x 8 x 7 1/2 inches/16.5 x 20.3 x 19.1 cm overall with shelf 9 x 12 x 9 inches
    Marco Maggi
    Notebook, 2018
    cut paper, notebooks
    6 1/2 x 8 x 7 1/2 inches/16.5 x 20.3 x 19.1 cm
    overall with shelf 9 x 12 x 9 inches
  • Marco Maggi The Grey Lady, 2018 cut paper on museum board 24 x 18 in 61 x 45.7 cm
    Marco Maggi
    The Grey Lady, 2018
    cut paper on museum board
    24 x 18 in
    61 x 45.7 cm
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Press
  • Marco Maggi, "SUPRA muro," 2018, installation view

    Marco Maggi @ Hosfelt

    Mark Van Proyen, Squarecylinder, September 26, 2018

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