Katerina Marcelja “Krpice”

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The title, “Krpice”, translated from Serbo-Croatian as rags or trifles, references a poem by Vasko Popa, Give Me Back My Rags. Marcelja’s “Krpice” is an ode to the memories that haven’t surfaced. Those that are too insignificant or inconvenient to become part of a narrative. Ethereal, without facts, sequence or elaboration. The minutiae, the irrelevant, the private. Wasted time, tacit desire, efforts that didn’t quite make it. Krpice are full of inaccurate references with distorted meanings that engage the absurd. The lose constructions, sculptures and collages made from old garments, bits of fabric, and rags, become an invitation for the memory to take flight or for the imagination to create a memory of what never occurred.

Katerina Marcelja (b. 1971) is an artist based in Brooklyn. She is currently an artistic consultant with LGSMA Rome, Italy, for a project of the expansion of the Subway system in Naples. She is also a head designer for “Passive House” project in Brooklyn, NY. She studied sculpture at Boston University with Carol Keller and Performance Studies at NYU. She received her Master of Architecture degree from Spitzer School of Architecture, City College of New York. Her performance work “Arteria” was shown at Mladinsko Theater in Ljubljana. Her recent solo exhibitions include: “Wet Wings and Wooden Sail” Giacobetty Paul Gallery (2012), “Fragment Series” at Open Source Gallery (2014), “Sediments of Erratic Impulse”, happylucky no.1 gallery, Brooklyn (2016) and “Piantar Baracca”at Castello 925, Venice, Italy ( 2018).