‘Contemplation’ Exhibition

July 2022

Porto, Portugal

« Macs is pleased to present Contemplation as the first solo exhibition of French artist Mab.ko. The works pursue the artist’s investigation of symbolic languages and her relationship to the sacred.
While traveling in Naples, Italy, the artist was fascinated by the religious altars at every corner of the streets and by the respectful fear that such icons rise in believers. Inspired by these votive shrines, Mab.ko created her own altar references and superstitions.
Holding small cult places and symbols belonging to the artist’s own vocabulary, the exhibition explores a dimension of contemplation and worship. By using geometric or playful figures, while balancing bright and discreet colors on large and small format objects, Mab.ko creates a vivid and, at the same time, rigid environment. Through a series of acrylic paintings recalling sacred icons, ceramics holding religious reminiscences, and paper sculptures as sanctuaries, Contemplation is proposing the affinity to a new possible faith, personal rites, and fetishes. »
_{Text and curatorhip by Benedetta Eva}