Published on the occasion of Martin Maeller's 2022 solo exhibition at Kunstverein Göttingen, this publication offers the first comprehensive overview of his artistic work, and features contributions from writers and other artists providing deeper insights into its themes.
Martin Maeller (born 1990) lives and works in Berlin. His art combines personal experiences, text, and elements of pop culture and subculture to observe subjective and collective states of alienation and belonging. Spanning a diverse array of media, including printmaking, sculpture, and installation, his practice constructs inner worlds between melancholy and loss, affection and care. The visual and conceptual language questions the construction of identity and emphasizes the sensitivity and vulnerability inherent in it. It deciphers and maps the dark terrain of the unconscious and focuses on reclaiming personal agency.
