Primorske Novice

August 19, 2005 In Press

Andrew Margolies Mezvinsky is a nomadic artist. He sets out on his round-the-world tour a few years ago in the USA, where he is also headed to. To the beginning. On his way, he lingers a while in places that catch his attention and creates there. He does not seek the spirit of the place, although both the spirit and the place are often fused with the artistís credo. The works of Andrew Margolies Mezvinsky are like pieces cut out from unusual ecosystems. These are views of the countryside, illumined with the fantastic,which, in the old jargon, could be said to be surrealistic. Absurd situations seem real, like moments in life and not like open possibilities. These are places where hybrid beings thrive and call to mind genetic engineering. Although these ecosystems may seem like miniature theatres, they are powerful and full-blooded. There are no puppets there, but real beings that live autonomously on their planets; their stories, like fables, reveal many social situations found in our civilizations.

The exhibition that the author has prepared for the town of Koper is an engaged set of drawings in the open public place, outside of gallery shrines. The address to people, passers-by, not necessarily believers in art, is conveyed by the most typical means of public informing. The drawings took the form of a poster and they are also reproduced by a multiplying, printing procedure. They are not presented according to the marketing rules as they do not flirt with the capital. They primarily aim to establish a dialogue with the surroundings and perhaps the presentation bears the strongest resemblance to graffiti strategy. The world in Mezvinskyís images is hybrid, like the techniques used for their entrance into public space.

-Vasja Nagy