Concentric ribbons of cadmium, coral, and acid yellow coil inward with an insistence that picks up Deleuze's notion of becoming - not a fixed form arriving at rest, but perpetual, churning process. Mariana's centripetal accumulation of layered hues invites comparison to the colour-field fervour of late Matisse cut-outs, yet the work refuses the decorative, pressing instead toward a kind of optical vertigo that implicates the viewer bodily.
Concentric ribbons of cadmium, coral, and acid yellow coil inward with an insistence that picks up Deleuze's notion of becoming - not a fixed form arriving at rest, but perpetual, churning process. Mariana's centripetal accumulation of layered hues invites comparison to the colour-field fervour of late Matisse cut-outs, yet the work refuses the decorative, pressing instead toward a kind of optical vertigo that implicates the viewer bodily.
- Curatorial note, wifärt gallery