Marco Maggi, "Underline," 2014, detail view; 60 8.5 x 11 inch reams of paper; cuts and folds on 8 1/2 x 11 inch sheets of yellow, blue, and red Wassau card stock
The context for Marco Maggi's exhibition "West vs. East" is geo-political-taking typography, perception, and time into consideration. As the title suggests, juxtapositions are at play: visual and phenomenological; near and far; small and large. By using industrial, mass-produced materials that are painstakingly altered by hand, Maggi prompts a closer look, shifting the viewer's temporal relationship in order to stimulate consciousness.
