In conjunction with Getty and the Frieze, Marta presents an exclusive tour of the exhibition Objects for a Heavenly Cave led by guest curator and historian Krista Mileva-Frank.
The group exhibition features artists and designers inspired by the materiality and mythos of the grotto, or artificial cave. Grottoes have long been places of symbiosis between human and non-human entities—stalactites ‘growing’ with the help of hidden water spouts, moss creeping over lava rock walls, moss deteriorating marble sculptures.
This tour will focus on how the artists in Objects for a Heavenly Cave use diverse materials to blur the boundaries between natural and artificial, imaginatively contending with our current moment of ecological anxiety. The tour will narrate the show through the larger history of the grotto, illuminating the resonance between the multisensory contemporary works—including sculptural fountains by Lily Clark, “grotesque” sculptures by A History of Frogs, a scent installation by Emily Endo—and historical precedents from sixteenth-century Florence to twentieth-century Mexico City.
