Maruša Sagadin: Doris Ionic Iconic

Join us for the exhibition of Maruša Sagadin's Doris Ionic Iconic, which includes two sculptures at SPACE Mare Street & a series of wall works in the gallery - opening on Thur 31 Mar - 11 Jun.

Exhibition opening: Thurs 31 Mar, 6 – 8pm.
Exhibition duration: 1 Apr – 11 Jun 2016.

Maruša Sagadin's Doris Ionic Iconic includes a public bench-like sculpture in front of SPACE Mare Street and in the gallery, a smaller sculpture for sitting on and a series of wall works. The project refers to architectural and bodily forms in combination with post-modern colour palettes and graffiti fonts to make visible a choreographed contemporary urban language.

Highly aware of her architectural predecessors, the artist plays off distinctly historical and contemporary forms and their associated classifications. By renaming the Doric column Doris, Sagadin shifts the concept of support structure to a gendered context. Collapsing the space between the Ionic column and Zaha Hadid's iconic architectural wave form, Sagadin's resulting sculptural mash-ups move swiftly between a stadium fashioned into a pair of platform shoes or a skyscraper depicted as a tube of lipstick. Brought together with foundational architectural elements, these associations highlight strength and visibility. The project as a whole reflects numerous perspectives from the general commercialisation of urban space to personal desires, consumer urges and experiences of the individual resident.

A commissioned essay on Doris Ionic Iconic written by Tina Di Carlo will soon be available online and at SPACE.
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Maruša Sagadin (b. Ljubljana, Slovenia) is based in Vienna and Doris Ionic Iconic is her first exhibition in the UK. Her practice incorporates references to architecture, feminism, pop and subcultures, as well as urban street culture. The resulting sculptural works articulate a seductive version of the built environment that is double-edged, both colourfully celebratory and critical.

Sagadin's work has been shown widely in Europe and USA.