Marina Moevs
JULY 2019
Marina Moevs
In her calm, serene, and brightly lit landscapes, Moevs calls for a rethinking of our identity and our relationship to each other and the planet, in light of the challenges presented by the climate crisis.
For summer 2019 at galerie PLUTO, Marina Moevs exhibits a selection of her more recent drawings. The drawings are a critical component of Moevs' practice; it is where Moevs works out her ideas, and they serve as studies or guides for her large paintings. Climate change is the point of departure for her drawings and paintings, and her work is an extended meditation on our current inability to adequately connect with each other and to adequately value the planet we call home. The thesis of her metaphysical landscapes is that only through a revolution in our understanding of our identity will we be able to act and avert catastrophe. Her work describes a key transition in the experience of identity: from a culturally sanctioned interpretation of our individual “self,” to a radical identification with everyone and everything. This identification is the focus of the works on display, where the landscape opens to reveal a unifying space and light.
A Los Angeles based artist, known for her precisely constructed paintings, Moevs has exhibited in solo and group shows, locally and nationally. Her work has been seen in museums including the Autry Museum, the California Museum of Afro-American Art, and the Nevada Museum, and she has had solo shows at Koplin Del Rio and Peter Blake Gallery. She has taught at Loyola Marymount University, and the University of Southern California.
The musicians, flute–Liene Krole; guitar–Julián Restrepo; and violin—Mareike Neumann; were each given compositions by American composer, Robert Moevs, the father of Marina Moevs, to play or consider as inspiration as part of the selected program.
On Sunday, July 7th at 18:00, Moevs was joined by Prof. Dr. Dirk Lanzerath, Director, German Reference Centre for Ethics in the Life Sciences, University of Bonn and art historian and independent curator, Dr. Susannah Cremer-Bermbach in a salon-style discussion led by Dr. Jeremy Wasser, Director of galerie PLUTO. In addition, the evening included food and music of American composer Robert Moevs, who is known for his highly chromatic music. Robert Moevs is the father of Marina Moevs.