Bettina Pousttchi, 2022

Fluidity

Driven by an interest in urban architectures as well as the specific conditions and peculiarities of their sites, Bettina Pousttchi’s (b. Mainz, 1971; lives and works in Berlin) sculptures focus our gaze on urban furniture like bicycle racks, crowd barriers, tree guards, guard rails, and street posts. The artist creates new, dynamic constellations of forms from the industrially manufactured functional steel elements according to a mechanically controlled transformation process which she specifies, although it can only be controlled to a certain extent. Much like Duchamp’s readymades of yore, these pieces of street furniture become autonomous works of art in the museum, which have little in common with their original function. Guard rails no longer define boundaries, but invite the viewer to take a dance-like path through the exhibition space.

Publisher: Distanz
Language: German / English
24 x 30 cm, softcover
ISBN 978-3-95476-501-0