Tag: Goshka Macuga

Enchanted Alchemies: Magic, Mysticism, and the Occult in Art

In 1924, the surrealist manifesto stated that art serves as a magical act, invoking mysteries beyond the visible world and turning the mundane into something wondrous. This exhibition, spanning the century from then until now, whets the appetite for an…
Goshka Macuga – interview: ‘I wanted to invite viewers to consider the thin veil that separates past horrors from current realities’

Macuga, whose exhibition Born from Stone is now on view at the London Mithraeum, discusses the potent allure of caves for the human psyche, a complicated relationship with her native Poland and the inexorable reiteration of violence throughout history