Previously: AJG-MBart-00002, AJG-MBart-00374

Galerie Rudiger Schottle: BMA/S 2530

From "Matter & Memory" press release, 2014:

"Czech artist Maria Bartuszová is known for her expression of 'the abstract in the concrete' and her ability to delicately balance animate with inanimate form. Her fragile plaster work often depicts a state of constant expansion while in turn her bronze sculptures seem to revert into themselves. Inspired by natural and elementary forms, Bartuszová's work is caught between states of destruction and formation, stability and fragility. "

Vladimir Beskid, 2005:

"Bartuszová focuses on universal principless,the expression of 'the abstract in the concrete' and the creation of elementary shapes-‚bio-forms' containing the logic of the natural order. The prevailing means of expression are the contrasts or forces and filling (positive volume) and taking out (hollow,negative opening), the natural contra the artificially created, as well as the overlapping of geometric and organic elements.

The flow of energises in matter and the ,fluid´ character of the shapes of sculptures are the bases of Bartuszová 's thinking in matter. She follow the secret of the birth of shape, the sinusoid of its evolution,and the irreversibility of its extinction. Shape is the short-term solidification of an idea. Bartuszová's most frequently used methods include casting in rubber (balloon) matters, lightening in water, and the elimination of gravitation, also know as pneumatic shaping. The reincarnation of plaster from liquid to solid state strongly supports the processual character of its creation. In this way, plaster is given the status of a full-value artistic medium. It is no longer just a preperatory material but also a part of a field of research, a construction element as well as the interpreter of the sculptor's expression. The white , neutral plaster (with the exclusion of colour) only emphasizes the meditative character of Bartuszová 's works and the spiritualization of their expression. Its fragility, vulnerability and temporary character refer to natural processes."

Zuzana Bartuszova, 2007:

"In her works the artist used reproductive principless deeply rooted in nature,balancing between its animate and inanimate form.She strived to capture the ephemeral in the shape-shifts of matter: the growth raising from inside ,the spreading volumes ,bringing their fragility to the verge of bursting, giving out the secrets of their inner shapes,thriving and penetrating. Despite external pressures and sharp limitations,she seeks possibilities to reach out. She possessed the courage to express herself about the enigmas of life's origin.

Maria Bartuszova sometimes composed the ovoid shapes of individual elements of her installations like floating ones. She perforated fragile forms in a way that gives an account of their fragility and hollowness at a time. In order to indicate the fact that they are the part of the world of bio-forms, she installed them on threes as well. In the course of time , she diversified the morphology of bio-forms by other interpretation. While the penetrations into the interior of the shapes pointed out the possibilities of their origin by layering, the connection of their exterior forms modified their final shape that gave an impression of being soft and pliable.She also used the unknown points to shape the reliefs from inside,without penetrating to the surface.The Negative casting of reliefs resulted in suggestive forms mediating intimate haptic feelings."