07 Mar Paula Menchen
Residency Programme: November 2017
Paula works through deconstruction: she dissects the parts and reassembles them to determine how much of the initial meaning is still imprinted.
Her process begins in a dialogue with the materials. She analyzes and explores the different possibilities of each surface: its translucency, its resistance, its texture. She seeks a constant interaction between opposites, between complementary parts. She explores the matter against the grain.
Therefore, she chooses techniques that reinforce this idea: rubbing, stenciling, engraving, printing. Through them, she creates multiple material samples. A catalogue that is later put into play. She uses them as if they were brushstrokes of color, and each piece is derived from a process of accumulation, where numerous parts are combined to create a certain volume and palette.
