Diana Mureškič: Elementary Circulation

The clay items that were hand processed by Diana Mureškič are composed of various types of natural clay. They are marked by a refined shape that abides by the fragility and (non-) durability of the material as well as its natural colour and structured form. Of key importance in the creative process is to get to know the material, the soil, the medium. Touching it with hands and fingers, direct communication with the material that changes and never repeats itself – neither can it be repaired – this is the core of the creative process. It works subconsciously. What worlds are there, emerging to the surface? Phantasmagorical pre-landscapes, figural art and abstractions abounding in details. The clay comes to life in reflections and blurred images, in the eternal movement of repetition and disappearance, and in the awareness of transience. The four basic elements supplement each other, circling in the creative process of the shaping moist clay that needs to be baked on fire. Fire blazes in the air. And then there is water, poured over the baked clay and the flower, to round up the cycle once more... only to make it repeat again.

As regards the level of performance, attention is directed at highly aestheticised traditional everyday practices. Arts and crafts items imply at a different intent, feeding in other cultures that are somewhat more remote from the European environment. The flower of Jericho is kept in dried condition. When covered with water, however, it opens up in a few hours as if coming to life. When the supply of water is stopped, it again dries and closes down. The cycle can be repeated arbitrarily. The flower itself is an element of performance encountered in nature. The flower symbolises the Indian philosophical premise that each path has to be walked in its entirety bringing us back to the starting point – both in detail and in structures of more complexity, in everyday chores as well as art and philosophy. The rule reflects the circulation of life in contact with nature and in handicraft. (A. Kostič)

4 March 2011 – 16 March 2011
Opening: 4 March 2011 at 8 pm
KiBela / KIBLA Maribor

KiBela, Space for Art is open every day 9.00 am to 10.00 pm, Saturdays 4.00 pm to 10.00 pm, the gallery is closed Sundays.

MMC KIBLA wishes to thank the following for their support: EU-EACEA, Culture Programme, Brussels, Slovenian Ministry of Culture, Municipality of Maribor and Office of Youth. KiBela programme is part of the European X-OP project.