On July 10, the Munich-based gallery max goelitz will open its doors to an exhibition celebrating the Postminimalist conceptual art of two US artists, Rosemarie Castoro and Liz Deschenes. The two have lengthy catalogues of work ranging over a variety of mediums dating from the 1960s onwards. The exhibition entitled “a changing ratio” was made possible through a close collaborative process with Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac that presides over the Rosemarie Castoro Estate.
The exhibition showcases how the practices of both Castoro and Deschenes evolved from more traditional Minimalist works that were completed at earlier stages of their careers. These works were heavily reliant on the temporal processes that were used to create them. The exhibition then goes on to detail how their artwork moved into a Postminimalist space, as their efforts became decidedly more experimental.
Both artists frequently experimented in their work through their use of cross-media, process based approaches. A similarity found in both of their artistic evolutions can be seen in how their views on materiality became liberated over the course of their careers. Castoro began her career with a focus on drawing whilst Deschenes’ medium of choice was photography. The artistic signatures both women developed in these mediums of expression would then be transfused into sculptural works at a later point in their career. A key draw of the exhibition is the role that the viewer plays in both artists’ work. The work reflects the architecture of its surroundings and therefore requires a viewer to take their own position in the exhibition into context.
All photos by Dirk Tacke
“a changing ratio” is open from 10 July to 22 August 2020 at the max goelitz Gallery, Munich