In an act of generosity, Maria Pask opens the fence gate of her private garden and ushers us in, in the hope that what vexes her inspires us, that what cleanses her nurtures us.
Lord Lift Me Up is envisioned as a hortus conclusus in which the exhibited works explore the duality of words as both poisonous and reconciliating. Words, either uttered or written, can have a tremendous effect on us. They can be weaponised for destructive aims, to manipulate or gaslight; yet they can also mend and restore. Maria Pask's drawings are also filled with natural symbols, a word that comes from the Greek and originally meant “casting things together”. Image, words, and symbols are thus knitted together in Pask's solo show at Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS.
