The roots of early modernism are palpable in the works of Marlena Kudlicka (b. Tomaszów
Lubelski 1973 lives and works in Berlin). She adopts the narrative register of the
avant-garde to transpose it into a realm that lies beyond anonymous and standardized
perfection. Kudlicka's approach to mathematical and scientific thought has more in common with
lyric poetry: she expands language and logic by integrating alternative models and
insignificant processes and produces novel compositions based on various non-intentional and
non-rational principles. She visualizes sounds and rhythms by employing dots letters digits
and words as visual forms creating sculptures that resemble drawings in space. This artist's
book with essays by Friedrich Meschede Octavio Zaya Dorota Monkiewicz and Miguel von Hafe
Pérez is Marlena Kudlicka's first publication and presents a survey of her more recent work
combining photographs of her sculptures and installations with information on the conceptual
considerations that underlie them.
