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How do spaces preserve time? What do materials collect and store? Marie Matusz (b. 1994) explores these questions in her largest institutional solo exhibition to date at Kunsthalle Basel. The Basel-based artist has created an installation for the historical spaces that functions like a Reservoir—it absorbs, stores, and simultaneously transforms.

Using industrial materials such as steel, zinc, and acrylic, Matusz transforms the exhibition space into a site of resonance. The installation is consistently rendered in dark tones reminiscent of soil or oil. On the surfaces across the sculptures and wall works, where natural materials meet artificial ones, a subtle interplay of reflections emerges: Mirrored surfaces capture fragments of the space, making visible what is present and what remains putatively unseen.

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Steinenberg 7, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
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Reservoir

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Introduction

How do spaces preserve time? What do materials collect and store? Marie Matusz (b. 1994) explores these questions in her largest institutional solo exhibition to date at Kunsthalle Basel. The Basel-based artist has created an installation for the historical spaces that functions like a Reservoir—it absorbs, stores, and simultaneously transforms.

Using industrial materials such as steel, zinc, and acrylic, Matusz transforms the exhibition space into a site of resonance. The installation is consistently rendered in dark tones reminiscent of soil or oil. On the surfaces across the sculptures and wall works, where natural materials meet artificial ones, a subtle interplay of reflections emerges: Mirrored surfaces capture fragments of the space, making visible what is present and what remains putatively unseen.

A site-specific sound installation amplifies this sense of collecting...More expand_more

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Steinenberg 7, 4051 Basel, Switzerland
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