At the current exhibition the artist presents her new work that studies choreography of desire and its representation through images.
The exposition is introduced by the installation where the main image is the screenshot of a workout video with Jane Fonda recorded in 1982. The title Jane Fonda’s Workout refers to an endlessly cyclical act similar to housework and housekeeping.
The gym with Palladian windows and Fonda’s colourful lycra training outfit are one of the most vivid elements symbolizing Western lifestyle that Monko remembers from her childhood.
The artist also presents her new photographic series Ten past ten where she has used the images of wrist watch advertisements; and video Dear D that focuses on the contemporary ways of declaring one’s love.
Marge Monko (b. 1976) has studied photography at the Estonian Academy of Arts and at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, and mainly works with photography, video and installation. Monko has been mainly inspired by historical images and influenced by the theories of psychoanalysis, feminism and visual culture. The artist has held personal exhibitions in Tallinn, Helsinki, Budapest and Mumok (Museum of Modern Art in Vienna); she has taken part in several reputable international exhibitions. Monko won the Henkel art.Award in 2012; in 2013-2015 she participated in studio program in HISK (Higher Institute for Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium); in 2015 she was in the artist residence in ISCP (International Studio & Curatorial Program) in New York.
Marge Monko is represented by Ani Molnár gallery (Budapest).
www.margemonko.com
Exhibition will be open until May 16, 2016
Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and OUTSET Estonia.
Special thanks to: Dénes Farkas, Mikk Heinsoo, Laura Marmor, Johannes Säre, Toomas Täht, Benjamin Verhoeven, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo, Valge Kuup LLC.
Exhibitions in Hobusepea gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Ministry of Culture.
