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Deborah
Aschheim
Elena Bajo
David Bowie
Monika Goetz
Elin Hansdottir
Marla Hlady
Emily Jacir
John Noestheden
Fahamu Pecou
Tomo Savic-Gecan
Katerina Seda
Emna Zghal
Monika Goetz (selected by Susanna Cole and Erin Donnelly), Convex/Concave
2003, Acrylic mirror glass
26 inches diameter each
BIO
Monika Goetz studied Graphic Design at the FH Würzburg and Fine Arts at the Art Academy of Kassel, Germany. While still studying she received grants from the City of Kassel (1996, 1997) and the Cultural Council of Germany (1997). A grant from the DAAD brought her to the United States. Here Monika Goetz has participated in the “Artists in the Marketplace Program” at the Bronx Museum for the Arts, received grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Greenwall Foundation, Cowles Charitable Found and American Center Foundation.
In retrospect the shows at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn and at the Helmhaus in Zürich, were the ones most important while still in Europe. Whereas the shows at the Sculpture Center, P.S.1/MoMA and the Queens Museum of Art had the most impact on her future work since being in NYC.
Most recently she participated at the Gwangju Biennale in South Korea. Currently she is an artist-in-residence at LMCC/Workspace: 120 Broadway. Monika Goetz’ work has changed over the past years- it shifted from an investigation of the act of seeing/non-seeing to a broader interest in consciousness, self-awareness, the limits of our perception and the experience of space.
STATEMENT
My work deals with consciousness and the boundaries of human perception. It questions and challenges the perception of the viewer, in particular the act of seeing and the sense of space.
I am interested in creating environments that make it hard for the viewer to orientate. Those spaces could either be already existing ones, where I intervene, or I create them from scratch.
My work emphasizes a physical and emotional reaction of the viewer, it is meant to evoke a wide range of reactions, which can reach from irritation to rejection or attraction.
Experiencing my environments intensifies the awareness of one’s own consciousness and of one’s boundaries. It starts thought processes, that may otherwise not be initiated at all. It leads to a high consciousness of the complex and sublime structure of perception, which tends to get lost in our daily routine.
I work with the architecture of a given site. Often the space surrounding my work is an essential part of the concept and becomes equally important as the work itself. Therefore most of my work relates to and depends on the chosen site, it is site-specific. By demanding an active participation of the viewer, his/ her reaction to my work becomes part of it and completes it.
