„There is an emptiness in my shell that demands content, but I ask myself whether this content is to be found on the outside or whether it already lies within me. I surround myself with my own body and ponder the hidden essence that lies within and the expectations that are placed on me. A delicate softness surrounds me and creates a cosy atmosphere, but at the same time I am as hard as stone. What components actually shape my existence?“ Mara Weyel

An exhibition at super+centercourt Galery in Munic:
It starts with a shell. A protection, a boundary, an expectation. Something that gives form, holds, encloses – and yet does not reveal what lies within. The female artist deals with packaging as a metaphor for the outer layers that conceal our innermost being. For that which should be visible – and that which remains hidden. The starting point is a personal experience: our own inability to produce eggs. A biological fact that manifests itself in social discourse as a deficiency, as something that does not fulfil expectations.
The packaging becomes a symbol for the pressure that weighs on bodies, for norms that shape, define and determine. But what happens when the outer shell comes loose? When what was thought to be firmly defined becomes fragile? The artist works with materials that embody both: solidity and fragility. Plastic, cardboard, clay, canvas and colour merge into a formal language that that questions the relationship between inside and outside. Her works reveal the layers that surround us and pose the question of what remains when the packaging no longer protects but exposes, an invitation to approach one’s own – beyond specifications, beyond shells.
Curation & Text: Sophie Bombeck
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