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Rituals of Remembrance: An Interview with Yvanovitch Mbaya
Ronewa Art Projects, Berlin
Yvanovtich Mbaya in his studio. Photo by Abdelmoula LeksibiImageYvanovitch Mbaya works in the manner of a sociologist, inspired by his travels as a young man through West Africa. His drawings present a humanity full of hope, told through the lens of the traditions of his native Bantu culture. On the occasion of the exhibition Kimvuka (Together) at Ronewa Art Projects in Berlin, we talked to Mbaya about how these cultural elements are translated into the figures, materials, and symbology in his work.
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Painting is a Dance: An Interview with Clara Berta
Berlin, Germany
Ahead of her solo online exhibition, Ronewa chatted to Hungarian-American artist Clara Berta about her new series of works ‘Blue Confgurations.’ Berta shares insight into her creative process that brings together intuition, movement, and inspirations from nature that give her gestural forms an organic quality.
The online exhibition ‘Blue Configurations (Paper) Series’ is live in the Ronewa viewing room from February 14 to March 14, 2022. Read the exhibition press release here. -
Artist Douglas DiazRonewa had the pleasure of meeting up with American artist Douglas Diaz as he traveled through Berlin to chat about his introspective art-making process and the profound ideas about memory and identity that thread his new series Memorias (Memories) together. We delved into concepts of identity construction and collective histories, the artist’s disciplined practice of meditation, and how place impacts his work.
The online exhibition Memorias (Memories) is live in the Ronewa online viewing room from November 17 to December 31, 2021. Read the press release here.
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A Glimpse Inside the World of Mireille Gros
Berlin, Germany
Season: Fictional Plant 26, 2020, Pencil and watercolor on assorted paper, 29.7 x 21 cm, Signed and dated (Unframed).With one week to go before Mireille Gros' online exhibition opens, I had the pleasure of chatting to the Swiss artist about her ongoing botanical drawing project. Gros shared insights on her relationship with nature, her artistic process, and her new series created for the Ronewa Online Viewing Room.
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An Interview with Mireille Gros in 2001
Marie-Laure Bernadac
Photo credits: Annelies Strba — Location: Arcegnio, Monte Verita, Ticino, SwitzerlandAn Interview with Mireille Gros by Marie-Laure Bernadac - 2001
Marie-Laure Bernadac: this color book carries the name of the exhibition “émergence“. It contains many different drawings that were compiled and pasted in its pages.
Mireille Gros: I use them to prepare the exhibition, to develop my vocabulary of forms.
MLB: some of the motifs are quite different from the plant and vegetable motifs so characteristic of your work. The compositions, too, are different. There are fewer single subjects, the pages are fuller, some even entirely covered with tiny cells.
MG: A reduction took place. When you look through a microscope or a telescope you often see a similar picture. I don’t differentiate between abstract and figurative drawing. By changing my position and thereby my perspective, I’m freer. Near meets far.
