Marcius Galan

Indianapolis, 1972. Vive em São Paulo

Marcius Galan’s installation takes as its theme the venue at which most of the Triennial’s exhibitions will be held: the Sesc Sorocaba car park. Interested in architecture and its context, Galan asked for his designated space to be as little altered as possible by the exhibition design, considering its original characteristics to be the main determiner for his concept and choice of materials.

The artist uses design and geometry to reflect upon the bureaucratic shaping of spaces and to suggest ways of subverting their tailored uses. Galan seeks concision in his use of materials, whose original functions help determine the form and content of his art. Here, subject and execution are perfectly attuned. So precise is he that the result of his artistic thought very often identifies flaws in apparently perfect mechanisms. In order to see what lies behind the veneer of order, Galan’s work demands an engaged viewer willing to look from other angles, distrusting what is immediately recognized as functional and humdrum.

[L. B.]