"Moyra Davey's first major survey in Germany traces a multimedia artistic practice rooted in repetition and referential modes of creation. Currently on view at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), the exhibition showcases over 30 years of the artist's oeuvre, featuring lens-based media in both analog and digital forms. Drawing from her own life as well as from personal research, Davey's work interplays text and image-her distinct voiceover narration providing compelling deliberations about grief, sexuality and survival."
"One of the first pieces one encounters upon entering the exhibition is a collection of printed macro shots of US one cent coins. Sequenced on the wall in grid formation, they depict the early US president Abraham Lincoln's profile. Upon closer observation, the pieces, together titled, 'EM Copperheads, 151-210,' reveal postage markings such as stamps and addresses. These physical traces demonstrate the journey each piece has undergone, on its way to art institutions where they were set to be shown."
Moyra Davey's major survey at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein presents over 30 years of lens-based work in analog and digital formats. The exhibition emphasizes repetition and referential creation, pairing photographs, films and voiceover narration that meditate on grief, sexuality and survival. A grid of printed macro shots titled 'EM Copperheads, 151-210' displays one-cent coins marked with postage traces and rich patina, highlighting circulation and time. The film 'Hell Notes' (1990–2017) uses digitized Super8 to render a textural portrait of New York while probing Freud's unconscious linkage of money and feces. The show situates art production within late Cold War capitalism and personal economics.
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