Incorporating sculpture, installation, video and prayer, Bronwyn Katz’s practice engages with the concept of land as a repository of memory and trauma, reflecting on the notion of place or space as lived experience, and the ability of the land to remember and communicate the memory of its occupation.
Bronwyn Katz, 59th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, The Milk of Dreams, Installation View, 2022. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and La Biennale di Venezia. Photography: Marco Cappelletti.
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Working with found natural materials such as iron ore, or used man made objects such as foam mattress and bed springs, Katz’s approach to making is driven by storytelling and intuition. Conceptually, her sculptures refer to the political context of their making, embodying subtle acts of resistance that draw attention to the social constructions and boundaries that continue to define our environments.
For Katz, the language of abstraction is in active opposition to overt representation, allowing her work to be open to multivalent readings. Hers is a minimalism that converses with early forms of abstract art; methods and traditions of mark-making and story-telling that long predate Western Modernism.
Bronwyn Katz, Future Generation Art Prize 2021, Installation View, 2021. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv. Bronwyn Katz, Afterimage, Installation View, 2022. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and Fondazione MAXXI. Photography: Andrea Rossetti.Bronwyn Katz, 2021 Triennial: Soft Water Hard Stone, Installation View, 2021. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and New Museum, New York. Photography: Dario Lasagni.Bronwyn Katz, Salvaged Letter, Installation View, 2020. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and Peres Projects, Berlin.Bronwyn Katz, Back Home, Installation View, 2022. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and Lamb Arts, London.Bronwyn Katz, I turn myself into a star and visit my loved ones in the sky, Installation View, 2021. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and White Cube, London. Photography: Ollie Hammick.Bronwyn Katz, I turn myself into a star and visit my loved ones in the sky, Installation View, 2021. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and White Cube, London. Photography: Ollie Hammick.Bronwyn Katz, A silent line, lives here, Installation View, 2018. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist, André Morin and the Palais de Tokyo.Bronwyn Katz, ǁammũb (water-eye) (iv), Detail View, 2022. Copyright: Bronwyn Katz. Courtesy: the Artist and Gasworks, London.
