Revitalizing in Rhizome
Marta Viktorija Agruma
15/09-25/09/2021
Rhizomes make us think of the earth, earth – of soil moisture, moisture – of water particles in the air, them – of the amount of water in all living beings, including humans. Water in its presence can also be attributed to rhizomes.
If a system arising from one main root or trunk (in nature or thought) in a sense demands submission to its order, the rhizome, on the other hand, offers to refresh itself in its infinite connections.
Deleuze and Guattari call it “and … and … and ….” logic, the works displayed in the exhibition were created in a similar way during an indefinite period of time.
Marta Viktorija Agruma is a visual artist based in Riga, Latvia. Her main artistic interest is the process of abstraction which Marta Viktorija explores in the form of objects, paintings and video, working with different materialities, textures and object transparency. The visual research has resulted in the series “The Cloud at the Edge of the World” (2020-ongoing), a solo show “Refreshing Rhizome” (2021, DOM gallery, Riga, Latvia), and is continued in a body of work called “The Cloud Of Unknowing 101-112” (2023). When things get too cloudy and abstract, an occasional text-based work might appear on the horizon. Marta Viktorija Agruma holds a bachelor’s degree in painting from Art Academy of Latvia (AAL) and in 2023 she obtained a master’s degree in the interdisciplinary programme POST (AAL).
Photos: Beāte Gredzena
Marta Viktorija Agruma
15/09-25/09/2021
Rhizomes make us think of the earth, earth – of soil moisture, moisture – of water particles in the air, them – of the amount of water in all living beings, including humans. Water in its presence can also be attributed to rhizomes.
If a system arising from one main root or trunk (in nature or thought) in a sense demands submission to its order, the rhizome, on the other hand, offers to refresh itself in its infinite connections.
Deleuze and Guattari call it “and … and … and ….” logic, the works displayed in the exhibition were created in a similar way during an indefinite period of time.
Marta Viktorija Agruma is a visual artist based in Riga, Latvia. Her main artistic interest is the process of abstraction which Marta Viktorija explores in the form of objects, paintings and video, working with different materialities, textures and object transparency. The visual research has resulted in the series “The Cloud at the Edge of the World” (2020-ongoing), a solo show “Refreshing Rhizome” (2021, DOM gallery, Riga, Latvia), and is continued in a body of work called “The Cloud Of Unknowing 101-112” (2023). When things get too cloudy and abstract, an occasional text-based work might appear on the horizon. Marta Viktorija Agruma holds a bachelor’s degree in painting from Art Academy of Latvia (AAL) and in 2023 she obtained a master’s degree in the interdisciplinary programme POST (AAL).
Photos: Beāte Gredzena