Coloured pencil and acrylic on muslin over record sleeve, 2022
Drawing parallels to both body and machine through commonalities of colour and design, in the pastel tones of reflected metal and shades of what lies beneath the skin, and the mechanical fan as analog for pumping, cyclical hearts, Sluice II depicts a fan stuck in motion.
Composed on a 33 x 33 cm surface of muslin stretched over a record sleeve, and rendered with coloured pencils, applied in delicate and purposeful layering resulting in a jewel-like finish, this work is emblematic of a practice ultimately concerned with vitality and life.
Marlon Kroll is a German Canadian artist living and working in Montréal. He holds a BFA in ceramics from Concordia University and was one of nine recipients of Fonderie Darling’s 2019–22 Montréal Studio Program. He also received the William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists in 2020.
Selected recent exhibitions include Lullaby, Management (New York); Map of Dusk, Afternoon Projects (Shanghai); Receiver, Galerie Acappella (Naples); Nesting, Fondation Phi (Montréal); Stress Tested, Public Gallery (London); A Chronique Fear, Marvin Gardens (New York); Rifts, hovels, a sighing tide, Afternoon Projects (Vancouver); La machine qui enseignait des airs aux oiseaux, Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal; At the centre of my ironic faith, Cassandra Cassandra (Toronto); Red Sky at Morning, Interstate Projects (New York); and Thirsty Things, Clint Roenisch (Toronto).