Mascha Moje: Out of Focus
7 – 24 February, 2024
Pairing, covering, hiding, binding…
“Out of Focus contains several groups of work with distinct material languages, indicative of disparate interests and seekings such as: pairing, covering, hiding, binding. These artwork groups have grown over many years, sometimes a material was prepared and is just now finding its way into an object. Like thoughts jotted down as form or word in a sketchbook.
I am seeking an autonomy of the object, something that can arise from an engagement with form and material, and the possibilities that open up when I throw a single word or concept at it: pair, hide, out of focus and so on. The visual continuity of this project is not necessarily marked by a series of repeated formalities but more so in an overall attitude towards making, resolving and allowing for the wonder of it all”.
Mascha Moje, 2024
Mascha Moje’s practice distills ideas of material memory, while employing the impeccable craft of the master maker across a broad range of materials. For more than two decades Moje has predominantly worked within the field of Jewellery, her interest stemming from questions of how objects are worn and the interface of body and object. She employs a reductionist mode of making, fascinated with the language of the material and the essence of form. Moje’s practice is not defined by material, craft or placement, but the careful consideration of given parameters, be they the interface of body and worn object or object in space. Moje welcomes these challenges to expand on possible answers around closely investigated concepts.
Mascha Moje was born in Hamburg Germany. In 1984 she travelled to Australia to undertake training in gold and silversmithing at the Australian National University, Canberra Institute of the Arts, completing her studies in 1989. She went on to teaching roles at RMIT University, ANU and Monash University. Moje has exhibited extensively in Australia, as well as exhibitions in Denmark, Holland, Belgium, New York, Germany, Austria, Japan and completed a 3 month residency in the Ceramic Centre Hertogenbosch, Holland. Her work is widely collected in both private and public collections including NGA, NGV, AGSA, Museum for Art and Design in New York, and several public collections in Germany.
Out of Focus, will open to the public on Wednesday 7 February at 11am.
Please join us for the opening celebration on Saturday 10 February 2-4pm.
