At the 2013 Lyon Biennial Matthew Ronay plunges us into a vast forest haunted by symbolic forms. In its mix of the contemplative and the shamanistic, the Ronay oeuvre provides a true sensory and psychic experience. Makeshift materials like papier mâché, wood and fabric are pushed to their limits by the artist in a game of patience that deliberately defies immediate interpretation while dramatising mind-body interplay.
For the Biennale, Matthew Ronay is showing a work which tells the great story of death and all that follows it. With their obsessive symbolic forms, his sculptures make their way slowly towards the threshold of apainting – a gateway to the unknown. In its mix of the contemplative and the shamanistic, Ronay’s oeuvre is a sensory and mental experience with a straight forward but enigmatic storyline. Makeshift materials like papier-mâché, wood and fabric are pushed to the limits of their potential, but the artist has ensured that the work, which highlights the interplay of mind and body, defies immediate interpretation. The leading role is given to a ship in order to give substance to the idea of a journey with an unknown destination. The huge assemblage seems to connect with some kind of archaic ritual, forgotten to contemporary society.
For the Biennale, Matthew Ronay is showing a work which tells the great story of death and all that follows it. With their obsessive symbolic forms, his sculptures make their way slowly towards the threshold of apainting – a gateway to the unknown. In its mix of the contemplative and the shamanistic, Ronay’s oeuvre is a sensory and mental experience with a straight forward but enigmatic storyline. Makeshift materials like papier-mâché, wood and fabric are pushed to the limits of their potential, but the artist has ensured that the work, which highlights the interplay of mind and body, defies immediate interpretation. The leading role is given to a ship in order to give substance to the idea of a journey with an unknown destination. The huge assemblage seems to connect with some kind of archaic ritual, forgotten to contemporary society.
For the Biennale, Matthew Ronay is showing a work which tells the great story of death and all that follows it. With their obsessive symbolic forms, his sculptures make their way slowly towards the threshold of apainting – a gateway to the unknown. In its mix of the contemplative and the shamanistic, Ronay’s oeuvre is a sensory and mental experience with a straight forward but enigmatic storyline. Makeshift materials like papier-mâché, wood and fabric are pushed to the limits of their potential, but the artist has ensured that the work, which highlights the interplay of mind and body, defies immediate interpretation. The leading role is given to a ship in order to give substance to the idea of a journey with an unknown destination. The huge assemblage seems to connect with some kind of archaic ritual, forgotten to contemporary society.
For the Biennale, Matthew Ronay is showing a work which tells the great story of death and all that follows it. With their obsessive symbolic forms, his sculptures make their way slowly towards the threshold of apainting – a gateway to the unknown. In its mix of the contemplative and the shamanistic, Ronay’s oeuvre is a sensory and mental experience with a straight forward but enigmatic storyline. Makeshift materials like papier-mâché, wood and fabric are pushed to the limits of their potential, but the artist has ensured that the work, which highlights the interplay of mind and body, defies immediate interpretation. The leading role is given to a ship in order to give substance to the idea of a journey with an unknown destination. The huge assemblage seems to connect with some kind of archaic ritual, forgotten to contemporary society.
